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Russia

Kremlin urged to freeze payments from ‘foreign agents’ such as US state media outlets over claims they fund info war in Russia

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021By Editor

News outlets and campaign groups that get cash from overseas could be prevented from spending money in Russia under proposals put forward by an influential Moscow think tank. … Read More >Kremlin urged to freeze payments from ‘foreign agents’ such as US state media outlets over claims they fund info war in Russia

USA

Rand Paul says Trump impeachment case is ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ after 45 senators support his motion to declare trial unconstitutional

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021By Editor

Only five Republican senators opposed a motion by colleague Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) to declare Donald Trump’s impeachment trial unconstitutional, signaling that Democrats won’t have enough votes to convict the former president. … Read More >Rand Paul says Trump impeachment case is ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ after 45 senators support his motion to declare trial unconstitutional

Journalism & Mass media

Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

Posted on January 26, 2021January 26, 2021By Editor

While Mexico’s progressive President AMLO challenges the Big Tech corporation’s growing censorship, Twitter Latin America’s public policy head was exposed as a right-wing political operative. … Read More >Twitter Latin America coordinator exposed as right-wing operative, amid anti-AMLO social media purge

World

UK risks sparking diplomatic row after refusing to grant EU officials full diplomatic status

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021By Editor

The UK has risked starting a row with the European Union, after refusing to grant full diplomatic status to João Vale de Almeida, the EU’s representative to the UK, as is traditionally granted to ambassadors. … Read More >UK risks sparking diplomatic row after refusing to grant EU officials full diplomatic status

USA

The Donald dilemma: Bolton wants CNN to ERASE Trump coverage, but Graham says Republicans who oblige will get ‘erased’ themselves

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021By Editor

US media are struggling to figure out Donald Trump’s influence now that he’s no longer president. Ex-adviser John Bolton urged ignoring him altogether, but Sen. Lindsey Graham argued he’ll dominate the GOP for years to come. … Read More >The Donald dilemma: Bolton wants CNN to ERASE Trump coverage, but Graham says Republicans who oblige will get ‘erased’ themselves

USA

‘Let the Hunger Games begin’? Biden’s inauguration draws dystopian fiction comparisons as new president calls for ‘unity’

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021By Editor

President Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony has triggered countless comparisons to ‘The Hunger Games,’ as viewers found eerie parallels to the sci-fi flick, whose dystopian themes are a far cry from the new POTUS’ “unity” message. … Read More >‘Let the Hunger Games begin’? Biden’s inauguration draws dystopian fiction comparisons as new president calls for ‘unity’

USA

Trump in talks to launch new ‘Patriot Party’ as he prepares to leave office – report

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021By Editor

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has reportedly discussed plans to create a new political outfit – the Patriot Party – as his administration comes to an end, a move that could further upend an already-divided GOP. … Read More >Trump in talks to launch new ‘Patriot Party’ as he prepares to leave office – report

USA

China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in labor camps amounts to ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity,’ Pompeo says

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021By Editor

Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has used his last full day in office to accuse China of genocide and crimes against humanity over its alleged abuses of Uighur Muslims in its northwestern Xinjiang region. … Read More >China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims in labor camps amounts to ‘genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity,’ Pompeo says

USA

Whose fault is that? Establishment cyber-police drive Parler off the internet, act surprised when it works with THE RUSSIANS

Posted on January 20, 2021January 20, 2021By Editor

Conservative social media platform Parler is back, and after failing to completely railroad it off the internet, respectable “experts” are now whining about its new Russian links. But even those links aren’t what they seem. … Read More >Whose fault is that? Establishment cyber-police drive Parler off the internet, act surprised when it works with THE RUSSIANS

Op-ed

Newly declassified transcripts shed further light on FBI’s farcical failure in Russiagate hoax

Posted on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021By Editor

The just-published transcripts of interviews carried out by US lawmakers scrutinising the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe reveal the incompetence, bias, and dishonesty that marred the investigation from the very start. … Read More >Newly declassified transcripts shed further light on FBI’s farcical failure in Russiagate hoax