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Pussy Riot, Parcas, Dillom, and Muerejoven Share Video for New Protest Song “1312”: Watch Propaganda

Pussy Riot, Parcas, Dillom, and Muerejoven Share Video for New Protest Song “1312”: Watch

Pussy Riot have teamed up with Argentinian artists Parcas, Dillom, and Muerejoven for a new protest song called “1312.” They’ve also shared an animated music video to accompany the song. Check it out below.“1312” is a critique of femicides (sex-based hate crimes) in Latin America, as well as police violence.…
bubmag
May 29, 2020
Melania Trump says there is ‘no reason for violence’ in Minneapolis protests hours after Trump threatened that ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts’ Propaganda

Melania Trump says there is ‘no reason for violence’ in Minneapolis protests hours after Trump threatened that ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts’

First Lady Melania Trump said on Friday that there is "no reason for violence" following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in Minneapolis who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes."Our country allows for peaceful protests, but there is no reason…
bubmag
May 29, 2020
TV Stations Broke Law by Airing Amazon Propaganda as News, Experts Say Propaganda

TV Stations Broke Law by Airing Amazon Propaganda as News, Experts Say

Earlier this week, 11 local broadcasters were caught airing “news” segments that were actually advertisements praising Amazon’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Experts say the ads—which featured an Amazon PR rep pretending to be a reporter—not only violated the law, but are a shining example of how media consolidation is…
bubmag
May 29, 2020
Trump’s New ‘Religious Freedom’ Adviser At USAID Once Called Islam A ‘Barbaric Cult’ Propaganda

Trump’s New ‘Religious Freedom’ Adviser At USAID Once Called Islam A ‘Barbaric Cult’

The new religious freedom adviser at the U.S. Agency for International Development once called Islam a “barbaric cult” and shared a meme that said people should be forced to eat bacon before purchasing a gun, among other racist posts. Those sentiments are dangerous, and he needs to step down, several…
bubmag
May 29, 2020
No community transmission: CM Propaganda

No community transmission: CM

A group of cartoonists painting walls as part of a COVID-19 awareness campaign organised by the Kerala Social Security Mission and Kerala Cartoon Academy at Caltex Junction in Kannur on Thursday.   | Photo Credit: S.K. MOHAN The sentinel surveillance studies conducted in Kerala so far have given “good results”,…
bubmag
May 28, 2020
Read the text of Trump’s draft Executive Order about Social Media Propaganda

Read the text of Trump’s draft Executive Order about Social Media

After Trump threw a tantrum over Twitter doing the bare-minimum to fact-check his deliberately misleading tweets, Trump announced plans to sign an Executive Order that forces social media to "protect" "free speech." Because government-approved top-down authoritarian control of private companies is apparently now a central tenet of the Republican Party.…
bubmag
May 28, 2020
Fox’s Lou Dobbs Lavishes Praise On Trump As U.S. Hits Bleak Milestone Propaganda

Fox’s Lou Dobbs Lavishes Praise On Trump As U.S. Hits Bleak Milestone

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, one of Donald Trump’s loudest cheerleaders, drew scorn on Wednesday for lavishing praise on the president as the nationwide death toll from the coronavirus passed 100,000. “He is arguably the greatest president in our history,” proclaimed Dobbs, whose sycophantic statement earned a thank-you tweet from…
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May 28, 2020