Police in Denver have launched a homicide investigation after one person was shot dead at the site of the duelling right-wing ‘Patriot Muster’ rally and a Black Lives Matter protest. Two suspects have been apprehended. Update: This shooting is now being investigated as a Homicide. Updates will be posted as information comes available. — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) October 10, 2020 Footage has emerged on social […]
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At first glance—with headlines such as “Sleepy Joe Set Politics Back 180 Years,” “BLM Body Count,” and “Trump Paid Zero Taxes? Good for Him”—it doesn’t look much different from hundreds of other Trumpist news sites that rage against Democrats and the elitist mainstream media. But the clunkily titled “Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens,” or NAEBC, was on Thursday exposed as a Russian front reportedly […]
US-Linked PR Firm Ran Fake News Networks For Right-Wing Latin American Regimes By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. September 14, 2020 US-Linked PR Firm Ran Fake News Networks For Right-Wing Latin American Regimes2020-09-142020-09-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/grayzone.png200px200px A Washington, DC-based PR firm linked to the US government and Democratic Party, CLS Strategies, ran a fake news network on Facebook and Instagram, spreading propaganda for Bolivia’s coup regime and the right-wing opposition […]
The fact they are even considering a pardon for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shows how low the Republican party has sunk under Donald Trump, believes Susan Rice, former national security advisor in the Obama administration. The possibility that criminal charges against Snowden may be dropped was floated by the US president this week. The idea triggered an outpouring of public support, including from such senior US […]
I guess it was always too much to hope that the blight on humanity that is Fox News would suddenly reform itself when its architect, Rupert Murdoch, departs this Earth. That kind of magical thinking was based on the idea that the next generation of Murdochs would be more enlightened—enlightened enough to know the malignant effects of Fox News and enlightened enough to see those effects […]
Right-wing artist and activist Scott LoBaido has unfurled a massive banner of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio holding Lady Liberty’s severed head over the Staten Island Expressway. The giant banner is 20′ by 30′, or roughly the size of a large two car garage, and features de Blasio happily holding the bleeding head while rocking a Che Guevara shirt. “Go big or go home!” LoBaido […]
Lloyd Russell-Moyle has come under fire in recent months for his comments accusing author JK Rowling of using her past as a victim of sexual assault as well as comments regarding Israel amid a campaign within Labour to root out antisemitism. Labour’s Shadow Minister for Air Quality and the Natural Environment resigned from his position on Thursday. Lloyd Russell-Moyle said that he spoke to Labour Party leader […]
If you want a hot take about the Middle East, Raphael Badani is your man. As a Newsmax “Insider” columnist, he has thoughts about how Iraq needs to rid itself of Iranian influence to attract investment and why Dubai is an oasis of stability in a turbulent region. His career as a “geopolitical risk consultant and interactive simulation designer” and an “international relations senior analyst” for […]
National Public Radio has come under fire after it illustrated a story on right-wing attacks with the footage from an incident that saw a car knocking down a man after the driver was attacked through the window. #DefundNPR has been trending in the US part of the Twittersphere on Sunday evening after the non-profit media outlet, partially funded by the US government, has ignited outrage from […]
US President Donald Trump has argued that if “people slightly to the right” attempted to occupy a portion of a city – just like protesters against police brutality did in Seattle – they would have been dealt with swiftly. “Could you imagine if people just even slightly to the right tried to take over Seattle, they’d have machine guns out to get them,” Trump said as […]
Earlier this year, a Facebook post spread like wildfire through the Texas film community. It was the account of a young actress, alleging that Adam Donaghey, a rising producer in the region, had raped her when she was 16. Donaghey, who has denied the allegation, was subsequently arrested in late April on suspicion of sexual assault of a minor, and is currently free on bail. The […]
A Democratic group has accused the Department of Homeland Security of violating federal regulations by revealing private information about immigrants to reporters at conservative news outlets. On Monday, Democracy Forward, a left-leaning anti-corruption advocacy group, sent a letter to the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties requesting that the agency open an investigation into the department’s press office. The organization said that according to […]
Are Armed Right-Wing Protests A Harbinger Of Fascism? By John Leslie, Socialist Resurgence. May 8, 2020 Are Armed Right-Wing Protests A Harbinger Of Fascism?2020-05-082020-05-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/may-2020-e1588960682261.jpg200px200px Above photo: Armed protesters gather on the steps of the Michigan state capitol in Lansing, on April 30. Jeff Kowalsky / AP / Getty Images. Protests continue to call for the reopening of the economy, with demonstrations in Michigan, Massachusetts, Texas, California, and […]
Recent polling shows ALEC’s aggressive position on resuming commercial activity to be outside the mainstream of public opinion. Three in four voters (73 percent) think we need to continue social distancing measures despite the impact on the economy, 80 percent want more testing before schools and restaurants reopen, and 65 percent said “they did not want to go back to work without more thorough testing.” ALEC writes […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been widely praised for slowing the spread of coronavirus through a series of aggressive measures that closed down the state before many of his Republican counterparts around the country. But Keith Threewits, the executive committee chairman of the Darke County Republican Party, is not impressed. “Basically he superseded the constitution of Ohio and the constitution of the United States and violated […]