Now that my 44 years on daily newspapers have ended, I’m finally free to admit my biases. I’m biased toward the facts. Toward compassion. Toward freedom. All basics of our business. All under attack by today’s Republicans. We reporters pride ourselves on open minds. We’re fiercely independent. We defy sources […]
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Earlier today we reported that Facebook and Instagram deleted Roger Stone’s personal accounts. Tonight we have an exclusive statement from Roger Stone regarding these social media giants taking way his free speech rights. Earlier today Jacob Engels at TGP reported Facebook and Instagram have deleted the verified personal account of […]
Facebook had the chance to curb voter suppression targeting Black Americans ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Instead, it stumbled on that and other civil liberties issues, according to a new independent civil rights audit released on Wednesday. The audit, commissioned by Facebook and conducted over two years by civil […]
Lamenting declining minority enrollment, California State University’s faculty union has called for tuition-free education for nonwhite students, nixing a ban on affirmative action, and… segregating students and faculty by color? The California Faculty Association has published a list of demands aimed at “redress for systemic anti-Black racism in the CSU,” […]
The interest by foreign investors in trading in yuan-based oil futures has grown significantly. According to the Shanghai Energy Exchange, this year, foreigners accounted for 16 percent of the daily turnover of trading in yuan futures. Over the year, the volume of transactions with foreigners has almost doubled. China launched […]
Federal immigration authorities are refusing to release an HIV-positive man who has been held in a Minnesota detention facility since January, despite the fact that the man has already won his case for release before an immigration judge—and despite his severe risk of medical complications from the coronavirus outbreaks that […]
FOX News cable television set a new record this past quarter. The Tucker Carlson Show set the record for the largest cable news show audience during a single quarter in cable news history. He did this by calling for equal justice under the law and for free speech. These are […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Reeling under the economic distress following the lockdown, Indian government provided relief to 800 million people by allocating free ration for three months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the number of people provided free ration is several times the population of many large countries like […]
Helen Buyniski is an American journalist and political commentator at RT. Follow her on Twitter @velocirapture23 “Free speech driven” social network Parler is being smeared as a “far right” cesspool as a Twitter crackdown drives conservative signups – even as its new users include milquetoast Republican politicians like Ted Cruz. Like […]
Paige VanZant looks set to become the latest high-profile free agent in MMA after the flyweight fighter added her voice to growing discontent about fighter pay, suggesting she earns more through endorsements than via the UFC. VanZant is scheduled to face Amanda Ribas at UFC 251 on ‘Fight Island’ next […]
A young Wisconsin woman accused of murdering her alleged sex trafficker has been freed from jail—where she’s spent two years awaiting trial—after community activists raised her $400,000 bail. Chrystul Kizer, 19, faces life in prison after being charged with arson and first-degree intentional homicide charges for the June 2018 slaying […]
President Trump’s campaign manager Brad Parscale joined FOX and Friends on Friday morning to discuss the Tulsa rally on Saturday, the 2020 campaign and Joe Biden. During the discussion Parscale was asked about the Tech Giant’s suppression of free speech and conservative voices. This was ONE DAY AFTER Facebook removed […]
July 1: Call To Action To Confront Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine June 16, 2020 July 1: Call To Action To Confront Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/freepal-e1592328683398.jpeg200px200px Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora has issued the following call, originally in Arabic. As an international network, we fully join in this […]
The ruling Conservative Government planned to the free school meal voucher system which had been provided for low-income children while school ended over the summer holidays. A campaign by footballer Marcus Rashford put pressure on the government to maintain the scheme in order to combat increasing financial vulnerability. Westminster announced […]
The black community in the US lives in constant fear of trigger-happy officers who routinely avoid responsibility for misconduct, activists told RT, insisting that real change can only be brought by action, not words and retweets. “We keep hearing about how difficult the jobs of the officers are, but we […]
“She is … much more like him than it appears,” Jordan adds. …education, immigration story, languages, plastic surgeries…everything…totally made up Comfortable with racist attacks on the Obama’s, an avid “birther,” our current first lady has pretended she is above her husbands indiscretions…and now it seems they are twins. Daily Beast/Washington […]
The problem with paying gas to run transactions is that it discourages lots of transactions. The advantage of paying gas to run transactions, though, is that it discourages lots of transactions. This contradiction is captured well in a new paper examining transactions on EOS, Tezos and XRP Ledger (XRPL) over […]
Lummi Tribal Members Fight To Free Orca From 50 Year Captivity June 11, 2020 Lummi Tribal Members Fight To Free Orca From 50 Year Captivity2020-06-112020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/lolita-e1591840789840.jpg200px200px Above photo: Lolita has lived for 45 years in a Miami Seaquarium enclosure that activists say is 35 feet wide at its narrowest point. Earth Law Center […]
Slovakia will allow free travel to and from 16 more European countries from June 10 and no longer require face masks to be worn outside, PM Igor Matovic said on Tuesday. There will be no restrictions on visitors from the countries including Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Baltic states, […]
The Minneapolis City Council is disbanding the police department. Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender on Monday told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that a “police free future” is “the goal.” Brilliant idea! WATCH: TRENDING: Wow! Minneapolis City Council President Says Calling the Police on Burglars “Comes from a Place of Privilege” […]
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear intends to ‘put dollars’ into ensuring all of the state’s African-American residents have healthcare, citing ‘inequalities’ in Covid-19 treatment – which was fully funded by the federal government. “I believe health care is a basic human right,” Beshear, a Democrat, said on Monday at a press […]
A high token price gives a project crucial staying power, believes the CEO of IOHK, Charles Hoskinson. Mention token price in the company of developers and many will hold their noses. In a lunch interview with the Financial Times back in 2018, Ethereum’s creator Vitalik Buterin said that he felt […]
World 15:57 GMT 03.06.2020(updated 16:09 GMT 03.06.2020) Get short URL Several journalists from different countries have been attacked by US police while covering the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on US authorities to ensure that reporters can […]
India 13:00 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL New Delhi (Sputnik): India has recorded 198,705 positive COVID-19 cases, of which 3,926 are in Bihar. The northern Indian state has witnessed a massive influx of migrant workers returning to their homes from urban areas. In a random sampling, 26% of migrants returning to […]