Daily Archives: August 19, 2020

2020-08-19: News Headlines

Alan MacLeod (2020-08-19). Popular viral video firm sues Facebook over Russian propaganda label. mronline.org The company behind In The Now, Soapbox and Waste-Ed is taking on media giant Facebook, who it claims is falsely labeling it as Russian state-controlled propaganda.

Editor (2020-08-19). Democrats vs. Republicans: Which party really CARES? workers.org While the corporate media focus public attention on the imminent opening of the Democratic and Republican Party conventions and the electoral contest, another battle matters much more to tens of millions of people still out of work: the failure of Congress to pass a second stimulus bill. The provisions of . . . |

Ben Norton (2020-08-18). US govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War propaganda. thegrayzone.com With backing from the US government's regime-change arm, an Operation Mockingbird-style website called Coda Story is attacking American journalists who…

_____ (2020-08-18). UN Ambassador Moncada: US Keeps Plotting To Invade Venezuela. popularresistance.org The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, reiterated his denunciation of the United States' orchestrating an invasion in Venezuela to destroy the military and political forces of the Bolivarian Revolution. | On his Twitter account, the Ambassador indicated that the White House's war propaganda against Venezuela seeks to assassinate the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro and turn the country into a colony. | "War propaganda in the US affirms that its objective is democracy in Venezuela. The truth is more sinister and deadly: eliminating President Maduro continues the invasion to destr…

Project Censored (2020-08-18). Pandemic Pod People: Invasion of the School Snatchers. projectcensored.org With no national plan to control the pandemic, nor a coherent program to reopen schools safely, the Trump Administration has trapped school districts in a Sophie's Choice: to open schools…

Eds. (2020-08-18). What went wrong with the first COVID-19 shutdown? mronline.org In the spring, we shut down our lives and our economy in hopes of reducing the spread of COVID-19 enough to be able to manage it through widespread testing and contact tracing. In spite of that shutdown, today the virus is raging virtually uncontrolled. We didn't stick with it until the job was done.

RT (2020-08-18). Not with a bang, but a whimper: Final 'Russiagate' report provides 'BREATHTAKING' evidence of… nothing. rt.com A new Senate report resurrects the corpse of 'Russiagate' and promises new evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow. However, it reached its so-called conclusions by relying on some literal fake news. | The Senate Intelligence Committee released its fifth and final

Stephen Lendman (2020-08-18). "Fake News": Iran Paid Taliban to Kill US Troops… Big Lies Take a Life of Their Own. globalresearch.ca When repeated ad nauseam, Big Lies take on a life of their own. | Before the television age arrived, famed actor/humorist Will Rogers once said: "All I know is what I read in the papers." | He might have added that mind …

Julian Cola (2020-08-17). Snowflakes Hither, Yonder and In the Tropics: Ungentrifying Journalism from Brazil to Ecuador. mintpressnews.com The mammoth machine of mainstream and western media at-large tells us who is articulate enough, indeed worldly, mindful, and honest enough to saddle the demands required of international journalism.

Patrick Cockburn (2020-08-17). The Decline in Power of the Oil States. counterpunch.org President Donald Trump is cock-a-hoop over the United Arab Emirates becoming the first Arab Gulf state to normalise its relations with Israel. He needs all the good news he can get in the months before the US presidential election. "HUGE breakthrough today! Historic Peace Agreement between our two GREAT friends, Israel and the United Arab Emirates!" Trump tweeted.

RT (2020-08-17). Twitter 'accidentally' suspends satirical site Babylon Bee after it mocked Kamala Harris and USPS conspiracies. rt.com Twitter suspended the account of parody news site The Babylon Bee after it mocked Democrat VP candidate Kamala Harris and 'mail vote suppression' conspiracies. It was shortly restored amid protests about censorship. | The Bee went dark around 6 pm on Monday. Archives showed that their last BREAKING: It appears the Babylon Bee's Twitter account has been suspe…

RT (2020-08-17). Trump speeds up plans for oil development in Alaska wildlife reserve, but drillers may show little interest amid industry slump. rt.com The Trump administration said it will begin leasing oil exploration blocks in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), inflaming opposition at a time when it may not even be economically attractive to drill in the region. | Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Monday that opening up 1.5 million acres of federally owned land in the refuge will create thousands of jobs and marks "a new chapter in American energy independence." The first lease sale could take place by the end of this year, four years sooner than is required by 2017 legislation. A tax bill passed that year by Congress, then controlled b…

Peter Koenig (2020-08-17). Agenda ID2020 of the "One World Order": The 101 to Understanding Its Implications. globalresearch.ca Agenda ID2020 — is hardly mentioned by any media, let alone the mainstream. Agenda ID2020, if carried out, is the ultimate control by a small elite — of the One World Order (OWO), also called the New World Order (NWO) …

South Front (2020-08-17). Belarus Kicks Off Large-scale Military Drills Near Poland, Lithuania. globalresearch.ca On August 16, the Belarusian Armed Forces announced large-scale military drills near the country's nuclear plant and in the Grodno region bordering Poland and Lithuania. The drills will take place on August 17-20 and involve rocket and artillery units, air-defense …

RT (2020-08-16). 'Worse than CNN': Trump blasts Fox News' weekend coverage as 'unwatchable' and advises supporters to change the channel. rt.com Donald Trump has taken his sporadic criticisms of Fox News to a new level, calling the network "worse than Fake News CNN" when it comes to its weekend programming and advising his supporters to switch over to a minor competitor. | Trump said Fox News is simply "not watchable" during weekend afternoons. "It is worse than Fake News," the president tweeted, on a day when his timeline was mostly filled with condolence messages about the passing of his younger brother Robert the night before. | Not only did Trump slam Fox News' coverage, but he also offered supporters advice about what they should be watching inste…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr (2020-08-16). Video: 'Do Not Trust the Medical or the National Security Establishment!": Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. globalresearch.ca Nephew of President John F. Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, and tireless crusader against the tyranny of the mainstream medical establishment, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. joins today's Liberty Report to discuss his startling discoveries about who really killed his …

_____ (2020-08-16). Reopening Schools: We Don't Have To Descend Into COVID Hell. popularresistance.org With Corona virus cases spiking across the country, America is on the verge of forcing millions of people into extreme danger. Suddenly, everyone from CEOs, the President, state governors, and the corporate media are calling for schools to open "to save the economy". | No country has tried to open schools with the virus spreading like here in the US. We are currently in a massive wave of surging cases in 40 states. There are not enough tests or testing. How do you open schools if you can't test and trace? There's no way that you can keep a school safe from coronavirus if the virus is raging out of control in the…

_____ (2020-08-16). Does the CIA Actually "Control" the Mainstream Media Like Some Claim? strategic-culture.org The CIA could never (and doesn't) regulate every movie, video game and YouTube video. But influencing and observing certain VIPs is a much easier potential task. Watch the video and read more in the

_____ (2020-08-15). Iranian President Denies US Statements On Tankers Seizures. popularresistance.org Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Saturday announced that the U.S. lied about the seizure of four Iranian gasoline tankers headed towards Venezuela. | On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the country's authorities had confiscated four Iranian fuel tankers bound for Venezuela. | "We have successfully executed the seizure of four vessels, that were carrying a total of 1.116 million oil barrels. With the assistance of foreign partners, this seized property is now under U.S. custody," the U.S. Justice Department stated. | However, "non of the seized tankers were Iran-flagged. It was all just fake news,…

sputniknews (2020-08-15). Morocco Could Become Next Arab Country to Normalise Relations With Israel, Report Suggests. sputniknews.com Since its creation after the Second World War out of the British-controlled Palestinian Mandate, Israel has received little to no recognition from the Arab world, including refusals to recognise international travel.

_____ (2020-08-15). How Billionaires Took Over Liberalism and Destroyed It. strategic-culture.org They've done it via the 'news'-media — their propaganda-operations. So, this is about how billionaires do that; how they've done it. | Ever since at least the time of

_____ (2020-08-15). Weekly News Review 9th — 15th August. truepublica.org.uk Editors Review of the Week It must surely be the understanding of most people that can afford an internet connection that Boris Johnson's government has achieved in six months what Margeret Thatcher's government took a decade to do — become the party that represents sleaze and indecency. Many political commentators in the mainstream media have …

RT (2020-08-14). YouTube aims to 'protect' elections by CENSORING what it deems to be 'hacked materials'. rt.com YouTube will remove videos containing "hacked information" about election candidates if it deems them aimed at election meddling. The censorship is supposedly needed to protect the integrity of democratic institutions in the US. | The Google-owned video platform explained on Thursday how it intends to protect users from malign actors during election campaigns and allow apparently benign actors to better engage with voters. Among other things, YouTube will delete videos that contain "hacked information, the disclosure of which may interfere with democratic processes such as elections and censuses," Leslie Mille…