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How many Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news? 92% do!

Sara Fischer
Axios
Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
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Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll. Democrats and non-leaning independents also feel this way, but not nearly to the same extent.
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Data: SurveyMonkey poll conducted June 15-19, 2018. Poll methodology; Chart: Axios Visuals
Why it matters: The data shows that trust in the media is heavily influenced by partisan politics, with Republicans more skeptical of mainstream media than their Democratic and Independent counterparts. Other studies from Gallup and Pew Research Center have drawn similar conclusions.

Comment: As you can see, there are very slim pickings on the listing and polling of independent news outlets - so factor that in when you consider the article's arguments and review the results. In fact the options are more like picking out 'less fake' from 'more fake'! Here are the news candidates from the poll discussed above, Democrats left, Republicans right:
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According to the source: "Democrats, including Democratic-leaning independents, tend to see most news organizations as unbiased, except for Fox News, Breitbart News, Mother Jones, the Huffington Post, and Vox," the authors write. "Republicans, including Republican-leaning independents, tend to see all news organizations as biased. The two exceptions are Fox News and The Wall Street Journal."

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Billionaire Richard Branson on how to fix inequality: Europe and America should just give out free cash

Catherine Clifford
CNBC
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 02:08 UTC
Richard Branson
© Cameron Costa/CNBCSir Richard Branson
One solution to income inequality is giving out free cash, according to the British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson. "A basic income should be introduced in Europe and in America," Branson told David Gelles of The New York Times.

Branson was responding to the question, "What do you think those in positions of power should do to address social problems like income inequality?"

In a report published in January, the global charity Oxfam found that 82 percent of the growth in global wealth in the previous year went to the top 1 percent of individuals ranked by riches. Meanwhile, the bottom 50 percent had no increase in their wealth, the report says. "It's a disgrace to see people sleeping on the streets with this material wealth all around them," Branson said.

A universal basic income, as it's known, is a cash payment distributed to residents irrespective of their employment status.

Further, there are other reasons for cash handouts, according to Branson. "I think with artificial intelligence coming along, there needs to be a basic income," said Branson.

Comment: The 'rich' solution to everything is just throw money at it. But, we must remind ourselves, with anything free there is always a cost and the system is always rigged.

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170 parents - split from children - enter UK detention centers each year says migrants' rights charity


RT
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 12:39 UTC
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A migrants' rights charity has denounced the UK for "routinely" separating families, as they say up to 170 parents are placed in immigration detention centers, separating them from their children.

Nicholas Beales, legal manager for Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID), says that parents can be suddenly taken away for unspecified periods of time, and risk permanent removal to a country thousands of miles away - leaving a "devastating" impact on the children involved at the heart of family separation, Sky News reports.

If migrants are removed from the UK, they may be told to relocate families of British citizens or communicate with their loved ones via Skype. Beales says, "you can't overstate what kind of damage it does." He says it's common for children to experience panic attacks, bedwetting, and behavioral changes when their mother or father is detained.

UK Home Office regulations state that children are to be neither separated from both of their parents nor put into detention for immigration purposes. According to Beales, in less than two years, BID has overseen a number of cases in which Home Office enforcement has resulted in children being taken into care.

Comment: If it was your government or child or parent...oh wait...maybe it is. PM Theresa May has been critical of President Trump's now revised system, but is UK's so different?

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Arrow Up

Russia to raise pension ages that date back to Stalin era


The Economist
Sat, 30 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
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When the Soviet Union started paying pensions in the early years of Josef Stalin's rule, the retirement age was set at 60 for men and 55 for women. It has not been raised since. Experts have urged change for decades, but squeamish politicians have balked. Vladimir Putin declared in 2005 that it would not go up as long as he was president.

So it was with trepidation on June 14th, a month into Mr Putin's fourth presidential term, that the government revealed plans to raise the retirement age to 65 for men and 63 for women. They announced the move along with an increase in value-added tax from 18% to 20%, hoping to bury the bad news under the opening of the World Cup that day.

Yet Russians have taken notice. Some 2.5m have signed an online petition opposing the change; according to a government pollster, Mr Putin's approval ratings dropped to "only" 72% on June 17th, levels not seen since before the annexation of Crimea. "They want to solve the government's money problems at the expense of the people," gripes Alexander Serukhin, a 55-year-old engineer in Pskov. Alexei Navalny, the country's leading opposition politician, has called for demonstrations on July 1st, and labeled the government's decision "robbery".

Comment: Reaching retirement age, we all become a version of 'society's child'.

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Stormtrooper

Ron Paul and John Whitehead: Resisting the creeping police state


Information Clearing House
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
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The police look like they are in a war zone. The NSA listens in to our phone calls and reads our text messages with the help of "private" telecommunications companies. The Bill of Rights is being gutted. Should we give up and accept the creeping police state? Hardly!

Rutherford Institute president John W. Whitehead joins today's Liberty Report with important information on how we can fight back against the authoritarians who seek control over us. Also don't miss a special announcement in today's program: John Whitehead is joining our excellent line-up of speakers at our August 18th Peace and Prosperity Conference in Washington, DC!
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NJ cop gets no jail after being arrested for distributing child porn

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 06:32 UTC
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A New Jersey cop was caught in possession of horrifying images of child porn and distributing them but he will escape jail.

For those who doubt the existence of blue privilege and the ability of cops to escape accountability for unspeakable crimes, the following case should serve as proof it is real. When an officer of the law is caught exploiting and abusing society's most vulnerable - children - and they can escape jail time, this is definitive proof of blue privilege.

Millville police officer Samuel F. Brozina was caught with a trove of child porn on his computer and his cell phone. According to prosecutors, the horrifying images depicted the sexual abuse of small children. For possessing these images and videos, an average citizen would and should go to jail - but not a cop.

In Brozina's case, his blue status proved that he is above the law and this child predator will not spend a single day in jail. For multiple charges of possessing child porn, Brozina was sentenced to a mere three years of probation.

Comment: Lawlessness will reign as long as there are those who are above the law.

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Israeli gets 100 days community service for the brutal beating & death of an asylum seeker he mistook for a terrorist


RT
Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:17 UTC
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© REUTERS/Baz RatnerFellow community members attend a memorial ceremony for Habtom Zarhum, an Eritrean migrant who was mistaken for a gunman at a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel October 21, 2015.
An Israeli man has avoided jail time and instead been sentenced to 100 days community service for his role in a mob beating of an Eritrean asylum seeker mistaken for a terrorist in the aftermath of an attack.

The Beersheba District Court sentenced David Muial, 33, on Wednesday, for his participation in the 2015 mob beating of Haftom Zarhum, 29, as he lay bleeding on the floor of a bus station.

In October 2015, Zarhum was an innocent bystander during a bus station gun attack by an Arab Israeli. The attack left four people dead and 10 wounded. He was shot during the ensuing chaos by a security guard who mistook him for being involved in the attack.

As he bled out on the bus station floor, Zarhum was set upon by an agitated crowd who beat him repeatedly with blows to the head while others, including Muial, dropped a metal bench on him. He died from his wounds in hospital with an autopsy recording the gunshot wound as the primary cause of death.
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Gunfire & tear gas: 17 wounded at massive 'Palestinian Women for the Return' protest


RT
Wed, 04 Jul 2018 19:48 UTC
‘Palestinian Women for the Return and Breaking the Siege’ rally in Gaza
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The standoff with Israeli forces at the heavily fortified border fence in eastern Gaza has left more than a dozen injured as hundreds of women and girls joined the 'Palestinian Women for the Return and Breaking the Siege' rally.

Hundreds of women arrived at the Israeli-Gaza border on Tuesday to join the female version of the Great March of Return, denouncing Israeli occupation of the enclave. Many women took their children with them.

Some seventeen people were wounded by Israeli gunfire, according to AFP citing Gaza's health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra.
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Russophobe's nightmare: Sun's deputy head of sport says English fans attending World Cup will change their attitude towards Russia


RT
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:37 UTC
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Martin Lipton, the Sun's deputy head of sport, has said that English fans attending the World Cup will change their attitude towards Russia, which he views as a welcoming and friendly country

In an exclusive interview with RT, Lipton praised the organization of the ongoing World Cup in Russia. He also discussed England's World Cup fears and deteriorating political relations between Russia and the UK.

"It's been a fantastic tournament," Lipton said of the football showpiece taking place in Russia.

"I think the welcome from the Russian people has been clear to everyone. The organization has been superb, the weather has been great. The football has been fantastic. Loads of great games, loads of goals. It's been really, really good at the end of the first stage now. It's been a real pleasure to be here, it's an absolute joy."

He also outlined that his perception of Russia had changed after he saw a large number of open-hearted and hospitable people enjoying the football extravaganza.

Comment: It's difficult not to gloat while watching the West's anti-Russian narratives be spectacularly dismantled:

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Parenting charity that supports fathers says thousands are falsely claiming abuse to get legal aid

Hannah Richardson
BBC
Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:29 UTC
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Thousands of parents falsely claim domestic abuse in order to access legal aid and stop estranged partners from seeing their children, a shared parenting charity claims.

Families Need Fathers says parents are being encouraged by some solicitors to file for non-molestation orders - injunctions used in urgent abuse cases.

New figures show a 30% rise in orders made after legal aid was axed in everything but abuse cases in family courts in 2012.

Comment: It's not just men who perpetuate domestic violence:

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