Trump mocks 'fake news' for running 'Russian Sympathizer Bernie' smear, but doesn't miss a chance to score points
rt.com | 2020-02-22
It seems Donald Trump is yet to decide whether he would rather lampoon left-wing media for adding Democrat frontrunner Bernie Sanders to Team Russia or take the opportunity to mock his potential rival in the November poll. | Just a day apart, two steaming-hot scoops landed in the US media cycle. First, the New York Times said Russia was helping Donald Trump to get reelected. Then the Washington Post claimed Russia was helping Bernie Sanders's campaign. All based on anonymous sources, innuendos, and other traits with which even casual followers of the 'Russiagate' saga are all too familiar. | One of the princip…
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Aramco to win unconditional EU clearance for $69 bln SABIC deal
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Saudi Aramco is set to gain unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $69 billion buy of a 70% stake in petrochemicals group Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) , people familiar with the matter said on Friday.Aramco announced the deal to acquire the controlling stake from sovereign investor Public Investment Fund (PIF) in March last year, a move key to its diversification into refining and petrochemicals.Riyadh-headquartered SABIC, the world's fourth largest petrochemicals group, has operations in over 50 countries.The European Commission, which is scheduled to decide on the case by Feb. 27, declined to commen…
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Auschwitz Memorial Slams Amazon for Selling 'Hateful, Anti-Semitic Nazi Propaganda'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-22
In December, the Washington-based Muslim non-profit rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned Amazon for selling white supremacist material, including a notorious "neo-Nazi race war" book, thought to have inspired the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing which killed at least 168 people.
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Did Trump Offer Assange A 'Quid Pro Quo' regarding "Russiagate" and the DNC Troves?
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-21
A revelation in Westminster Magistrate's Court on Wednesday sent shockwaves through the mainstream media. It is being widely publicised that in 2017 US President Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he was to declare that Russia had not …
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Russia and Turkey, "Allies" Fighting One Another: On Opposite Sides of the War on Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-21
US forever war in Syria shows no signs of ending because restoration of peace and stability to the country would be a major strategic blow to Washington's aim for controlling the Middle East
'Some people have too much money': Bloomberg trolled for Trump eats 'burnt steak' and 'cheats at golf' billboards
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to get support is a series of Nevada billboards trolling Trump for everything from how he likes his steak cooked to how he plays golf, but folks aren't buying into the childish antics. | You can't say Bloomberg isn't trying. In his attempt to become the 2020 presidential nominee for the Democrat Party, the billionaire has spent hundreds of millions of dollars already and the 5'8″ former New York City mayor is even enduring perhaps President Donald Trump's most vicious nickname for a rival yet
Hollywood thanks… Kushner? Director says memes of Trump's son-in-law inspired Katie Holmes horror movie
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Movie director William Brent Bell claims his newly released horror film 'Brahms: The Boy II' was greenlit thanks to people using the first film to troll Ivanka Trump's husband
Revealed: The British Government's Covert Media Propaganda Campaign in Syria
Ian Cobain | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-21
The British government covertly established a network of citizen journalists across Syria during the early years of the country's civil war in an attempt to shape perceptions of the conflict, frequently recruiting people who were unaware that they were being …
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Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-02-21
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.
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Critics Attack Buttigieg for Using 'Fox News Propaganda' By Referring to Grassroots Groups Backing Sanders as Dark Money Organizations
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-21
"Disgraceful that Buttigieg continues to smear groups like ours, led by immigrants and people of color—all to boost his own fundraising." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Cop-Hating Vandals or Pro-Democracy Activists? – Depends whose police are being protested
Alan MacLeod | fair.org | 2020-02-20
The "cop-hating vandals" poured glue on three turnstiles and "placed large stickers throughout the subway station" (New York Post, 2/5/20). | The New York Police Department (NYPD) can generally rely on corporate media as allies on controversial police issues. A case in point was the New York subway protests earlier this month, in which the activist group Decolonize This Place…
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Boom for whom? The "zombie idea" of a booming Trump economy
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-20
There are few mainstream news reports that arouse the ire of this writer more than those of the U.S. having a strong economy. This is a complete hoax perpetrated to buttress the sagging fortunes of present-day moribund capitalism, a capitalism in severe crisis personified by Donald Trump. It is also credited by some as saving him from impeachment. One …
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"And Then Nothing. Silence"
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-20
If you were mad enough to judge the state of the world by the daily outpourings of 'mainstream' media, you would have no real understanding of the perilous state of the human race. Or, if you had concerns on seeing the latest news on climate breakdown, you would not be fully informed about the powerful …
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The Novels That Explain the Failure of Centrism
Jake Bittle | thenation.com | 2020-02-20
The Novels That Explain the Failure of Centrism…
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'This should go well': Trolling and worry as Twitter reveals plan to flag 'lies & misinformation'
rt.com | 2020-02-20
Twitter is experimenting with features that will supposedly help identify tweets containing lies with community help, but the social media giant's track record of bias and questionable banning standards has users concerned. | Tweets that spread "lies" or "misinformation" will be highlighted for users with a bright-colored warning that is nearly the same size as the offending post, according to a report from NBC News. The chang…
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Factchecking NPR's attempted takedown of Bernie Sanders
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-02-20
The Iowa caucuses officially began the Democratic primary, and even in this ongoing, extended battle for the White House, Iowa remains an important marker for candidates and the media. A close look at a piece by two of NPR's leading political reporters, which aired just before the caucuses, provides a view of how journalists speak […] | Source…
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How Bloomberg-Funded Center for American Progress Censored a Report on NYPD Surveillance of Muslims
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-17
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's self-funded campaign has flooded the airwaves with political advertisements, with the billionaire former New York City mayor having already spent more than $400 million on TV, radio and other ads
The Corporate Media Is Directly Profiting from Mike Bloomberg's Rise as He Spends Fortune on TV Ads
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-14
Billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is rising in the polls in the wake of the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González speaks with us about Bloomberg's approach to campaign spending, the administration's policies during his three terms as mayor of New York City and the scores of lawsuits filed against Bloomberg and his company. "It's amazing to me that Michael Bloomberg is getting as much attention as he is," González says.
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Neo-Confederate Attorney Accused of Mishandling Clients' Money Promoted Online Trolling, Harassment
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-02-12
Harold Ray Crews, attorney and chairman of the North Carolina chapter of the neo-Confederate hate group League of the South, must attend a hearing Feb. 21 to determine whether the state bar association will suspend his law license.
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White Nationalist State Department Official Still Active in Hate Movement
splcenter.org | 2020-01-30
U.S. State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert has been steadily producing white nationalist propaganda in the nearly six months since he was suspended from his job, Hatewatch has learned.
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White Nationalist Podcaster Identified as U.S. Army Veteran
splcenter.org | 2020-01-30
White nationalist State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert is regularly producing white supremacist propaganda with a man named Michael McKevitt, formerly of the U.S. Army, Hatewatch has determined.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/30/white…