Monday, February 18, 2019

Andy Ngo breaks down the hoaxes


Right after Donald Trump’s election, the SPLC really stoked panic. A pro-gay Episcopal church in Indiana was vandalized w/“Heil Trump,” a swastika, & an anti-gay slur. Turns out it was the gay organ player who did it. He was only charged w/a misdemeanor.
10:29 PM - 16 Feb 2019
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    1.  15 hours ago
      Days after the Pittsburgh massacre, Trump supporters were blamed for Nazi vandalism at a Brooklyn synagogue & fires in a Jewish community. Turns out the perpetrator was a gay black man who had worked with city council on an initiative to fight hate crimes.
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    2.  10 hours ago
      One week before the presidential election, a black church in Mississippi was burned in an arson attack. “Vote Trump” was written on the building. After much panic, an investigation revealed that the man responsible was a church member. Andrew McClinton:
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    3.  9 hours ago
      In Nov 2016 a Muslim student at the University of Louisiana said two white racist Trump supporters brutally assaulted her, ripped off her hijab, & robbed her. The story went viral. It was a lie. Media never identified her by name after hoax was revealed.
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    4.  9 hours ago
      I remember that Trump & his supporters were blamed for a spate of anti-Semitic, KKK & Nazi graffiti on the campus of Nassau Community College in Long Island in late 2016. The student responsible was Jasskirat Saini:
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    5.  9 hours ago
      In Dec 2016 a Muslim woman said she was attacked by 3 white Trump supporters in NYC on the subway. She said they tried to rip off her hijab. Yasmin Seweid lied. CAIR said Muslims are under tremendous “stress & pressure” resulting in incidents like this.
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    6.  8 hours ago
      In Sep. 2018 a black woman in Long Island said Trump supporters confronted her & told her “she didn’t belong here.” Her car tire was slashed the next day & a hateful note was left behind saying “go home.” Adwoa Lewis made up the whole story.
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    7.  8 hours ago
      In Nov 2018 students at Goucher College demanded social justice training & safe spaces after racist, Nazi, & KKK graffiti was found on campus. Someone even wrote the names of black students. Trump was blamed. Fynn Arthur, a black student, was responsible.
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    8.  2 hours ago
      In 2017 College was roiled by mass protests in response to anti-black notes found across campus. Class was cancelled & admin caved to demands. An investigation found that Samantha Wells, a black victim of one of the notes, fabricated the incident.
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    9.  2 hours ago
      In Nov 2016 a Philadelphia neighborhood was rattled when property was vandalized with pro-Trump and anti-black messages. William Tucker was identified as the vandal through CCTV footage.
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    10.  2 hours ago
      In Nov 2016 a black female student at in PA said a group of white men yelling "Trump!" knocked her to the ground on campus. However a police & university investigation was halted because the student didn't want to pursue the matter.
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    11.  2 hours ago
      In Nov 2017 near University, a black man's car was vandalized with racist messages. Class was cancelled & students held demonstrations. Dauntarius Williams later admitted to police that he did it himself. Police did not charge him.
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    12.  2 hours ago
      In autumn 2018 at U, a note was left on an apartment that read "Beware n***ers live here! Knock at your own risk." The "victim" admitted to police that s/he did it himself. This was the 2nd time s/he had fabricated a hate incident in 2 years.
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    13.  14 minutes ago
      . student Halley Bass told police a Trump supporter attacked her by scratching her face in Nov 2016. She said she was targeted for wearing a pin in support of UK Remain. As her story fell apart, she admitted to scratching herself.
      9 replies109 retweets246 likes


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Tweet of the week



 5 hours ago
MSNBC is Alex Jones for liberals.

A reminder that Russia is an agricultural competitor and is benefiting from a crisis exacerbated by Trump’s tariffs, and the retaliation they triggered.
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This edition's playlist

chaka

1) Chaka Khan's HELLO HAPPINESS.


2)  Diana Ross' DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION.


3) John Mellencamp's SCARECROW.


4) John Mellencamp's SCARECROW.


5) Cat Powers' WANDERER.


6) The Cowboy Junkies' ALL THAT RECKONING.


7) Alicia Keys' HERE.


8) Ben Harper's CALL IT WHAT IT IS.


9) Sam Smith's THE THRILL OF IT ALL.



10)  Sting and Shaggy's 44/876.









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Highlights

This piece is written by Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude, Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix, Kat of Kat's Korner, Betty of Thomas Friedman is a Great Man, Mike of Mikey Likes It!, Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz, Ruth of Ruth's Report, Marcia of SICKOFITRADLZ, Stan of Oh Boy It Never Ends, Ann of Ann's Mega Dub, Isaiah of The World Today Just Nuts and Wally of The Daily Jot. Unless otherwise noted, we picked all highlights.




"The true conspiracy is believing the US government..." -- most requested highlight by readers of this site.


 "Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Early April Fo…,," "Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Thank God for …" and "Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Mean Old Girl"..." -- Isaiah's latest three comics.


"Kat's Korner: Hello, Chaka, and hello, happiness" -- Kat reviews Chaka Khan's new album.

 
"Jussie needs to go to prison," "Is Alyssa Milano's head exploding?," "The fake vs. the real thing," "who hired them?," "Jussie the liar Smollett," "Jussie's story becomes even more questionable," "Oh, Jussie," "Cry Baby Theater," "I wish that I had Jussie's sub -- everybody sing -...," "Smollett's still not making sense," "He's a prankster!" and "THIS JUST IN! CHECKING IN WITH PRANKSTER JUSSIE SMOLLETT!" -- Jussie Smollett coverage in the community.




"Manifest?" and "THE GIFTED" -- TV coverage by Marcia and Stan.



"Kamala's a joke," "Nancy Fake Ass Pelosi," "Calderon," "Tulsi Gabbard and Claudia Jones," "U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar owes me no apology," "Larry Johnson, Russ Baker, R.F.K., C.I.A. torture, Andrew McCabe," "Ralph Nader?," "Kamala With The Good Hair," "Told ya Kamala was a fake ass," "Kamala denies her roots again," "Student loans," "Nancy Pelosi hates We The People," "Immigration," "We need Medicare For All and need it now," "Why Tulsi in this fight,"  "The liar Wiley Miller," "why does vera wang hate gays?,"  "Larry Johnson's back" and "Hagtress Alyssa Milano is responsible for what happened to Maria Butina" -- political coverage in the community.



"What Bernie Wants for America"  -- Isaiah dips into the archives.

"5 great Laura Nyro tracks," "Linda Ronstadt" "5 favorite Janis Joplin songs," "Ryan Adams" and
"Heart's back on tour" -- music coverage in the community.


"Quick Chicken & Rice Dinner in the Kitchen" -- Trina serves up an easy recipe.





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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Truest statement of the week

Shaun King is a relatively well-known media personality whose career benefitted from the Black Lives Matter movement’s emergence in 2014 and 2015. King has become a journalistic face of the nascent movement against police brutality even though he himself has no formal organizational relationships with activists on the ground. His recent work for The Intercepthas fit snugly into the Russia-gate choirthat regularly sings fictional songs about so-called Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential elections. In 2018, King wrote an article in defense of the U.S. intelligence agenciesleading the so-called investigation into Russian interference in the political affairs of the U.S. empire. The article pronounced his loyalty to U.S. intelligence and revealed that the author had no allegiance to the independent media outlets that are constantly being censored in the name of the U.S. crusade against Russian “bots” and “dupes.”
Shaun King is not to be trusted. When Corey Booker announced his presidential candidacy on the first day of Black History Month, King tweeted that he agreed “with 95 out of 100” of Booker’s political stances.Booker tweeted back his thanks for King’s gracious support. King didn’t mention that Booker is not only deep in the pockets of Big Pharma, Wall Street, and the military industrial complex through his Israeli connections, but also that the New Jersey Senator has proudly parroted the U.S.’ anti-Russia narrative ever since Trump was elected. This narrative has served the U.S. censorship and military state well, allowing intelligence agencies to collaborate with multinational social media firms like Facebook and Twitter to purge the media landscape of all independent voices, especially Black voices.

-- Danny Haiphong, "Will Shaun King speak out for independent media?  Probably not" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).













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Truest statement of the week II

“There is a way out that I can see which requires a certain exercise of courage and decency on the part of an Australian government, whether this one or the next one, which is, I hope, coming very soon. And that is for the Australian government to, first of all, make aggressive representations in London to have Assange’s jumping-bail charge set aside because it’s really a very minor charge now, because the Swedish government has withdrawn all prosecution. He’s simply up on a technical charge of jumping bail in Britain.
Now it wouldn't be beyond the capacity of the Australian High Commissioner in London, our embassy there, to prevail on the British government to waive that or set it aside. The next step would be—and I don’t want to sound like a John Le Carré novel, but things happen—would be for the Australian High Commissioner to drive in his car to the Ecuador Embassy to pick up Assange, to drive him under the High Commissioner’s protection, possibly with a British police escort, straight to Heathrow, to the tarmac, and onto a waiting Australian Qantas plane, because we actually have a direct flight on Qantas, our national airline, from London to Perth without stops. And once Assange is on that plane, there is no way he could be touched by the Americans until he gets to Perth. It would then become an issue for the Australian government and the American government what to do with Assange. And I believe that no Australian government would dare to extradite Assange to the United States without a proper legal process, without a proper charge tested in an Australian court.”

-- Tony Kevin, quoted by Ann Garrison in "In the Crosshairs of the Washington Mafia: Venezuela and Julian Assange" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).

























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