An order signed by Israel’s defense minister on Friday designated six leading Palestinian human rights groups “terror organizations,” marking an escalation in Israel’s effort to deprive independent agencies that document Israeli military abuses in the occupied territories of funding from… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Robert Mackey’
Taliban Spokesman Accuses Facebook of Stifling Free Speech by Banning Group
The Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, emerged from the shadows on Tuesday and devoted part of his first press conference to a rant about Facebook, in which he accused the tech giant of violating the Islamist group’s right to free speech… Read More ›
Israeli Police Round Up Palestinian Protesters Out of Global Spotlight
Palestinian activists urged the world not to look away from their struggle for freedom and equality following the ceasefire in Gaza, as Israeli police began rounding up Palestinian citizens of Israel who took part in demonstrations described as riots by… Read More ›
White House Plants Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Among Reporters in Briefing Room
In an apparent effort to make his daily news conferences even more like campaign events than they already are, the White House press office has been packing the briefing room with supporters of President Donald Trump from far-right media outlets… Read More ›
Trump's New Favorite Channel, OAN, Keeps Lying About Buffalo Protester Assaulted by Police
One America News, a far-right cable channel that rounds up internet conspiracy theories for its viewers, has spent the past week trying to smear Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old Catholic peace activist who was assaulted by Buffalo police officers at a… Read More ›
Trump Hails "Good Bloodlines" of Henry Ford, Whose Anti-Semitism Inspired Hitler
Donald Trump’s campaign to change the subject from the coronavirus pandemic took a bizarre turn on Thursday, as the president paused during a speech at a Ford Motor Company plant in Michigan to praise the “good bloodlines” of the family… Read More ›
Alarm and Confusion at Fox News as Trump Says He Takes Hydroxychloroquine
Fox News viewers were warned on Monday not to take medical advice from the president, following Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he takes the drug hydroxychloroquine, based on his belief that it could prevent him from becoming infected with Covid-19… Read More ›
Pence Aide's Positive Covid-19 Test Exposes Folly of White House Aversion to Masks
Mike Pence was unmasked in Iowa on Friday, attending two events without covering his face, even though public health officials say masks slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus and one of the vice president’s aides tested positive for Covid-19… Read More ›
Through Creative Accounting, Trump Tries to Cast America’s Death Toll as an Achievement
In a week where the number of Americans killed by Covid-19 passed 66,000, Donald Trump assured us that this death toll, looked at from the right angle, is really proof of how great he is at his job. Asked on… Read More ›
Quack-in-Chief Donald Trump Asks If Bleach Injections or Tanning Could Cure Covid-19
Dr. Deborah Birx tried hard not to betray her feelings, looking down and away from the president, when Donald Trump suggested, during a coronavirus briefing on Thursday, that doctors should “check” to see if injecting patients suffering from Covid-19 with… Read More ›