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One Third of Biden’s Pentagon Transition Team Hails From Organizations Financed by the Weapons Industry
The president-elect is drawing from hawkish think tanks funded by arms companies.
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California Bill Would Mandate ‘Crime Prediction’ Algorithms Instead of Cash Bail
The bill would require judges to use discriminatory “risk assessment” tools to predict future criminality, with no possibility for appeal.
Green Party Of Alaska Rejects National Candidate, Nominates Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura replaces Howie Hawkins as the presidential candidate for the Green Party of Alaska on the state’s official November 2020 General Election ballot. This means Hawkins has been removed and Ventura’s name will be listed in its place along with Donald Trump and Joe Biden for official party-nominated presidential candidate choices.
Arizona DMV Sells Drivers’ Photos and SSNs to Private Investigators
Whereas many DMVs sell drivers’ names, addresses, or vehicle information, the Arizona Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) sells some residents’ most personal information.
Twitter Spreads Paid US Gov’t Propaganda While Falsely Claiming It Bans State Media Ads (VIDEO)
Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, US government propaganda organs like the Voice of America’s VOA Persian pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran and other foreign adversaries.
Sanders Bill to Tax ‘Obscene’ Pandemic Windfall of Billionaires Would Empower Medicare to Cover Every American for One Year
“By taxing 60% of the wealth gains made by just 467 billionaires during this horrific pandemic, we could guarantee healthcare as a right for an entire year.”
Twitter Faces FTC Probe, Likely Fine Over Use of Phone Numbers For Ads
Twitter’s use of the data for advertising purposes was discovered in 2019.
Homeland Security Justifies Invasion of Portland by Claiming Shields and Gas Masks are Weapons
DHS’ Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli claimed that defensive tools like Shields and Gas Masks were evidence that protesters were making “preparations for violence.”
With NEPA Changes, Trump Administration Puts Public Health at Risk for Private Gain
The White House finalized its rollback of one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws Wednesday, with President Trump calling the law the “single biggest obstacle” to major construction projects.
Texting App with Ties to Trump Campaign to Be Repurposed for Contact Tracing
A mobile app once used by the Trump campaign and other partisan interests has been rebranded and is now part of an “approved” national app database specifically designed for use by public health and safety agencies.
A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.
A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork violated her probation. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” said the girl’s mother.
St. Louis Mayor Doxes Constituents Who Called For Defunding the Police During Live Video Stream
In the now-deleted Facebook video, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson read the full names and street addresses of protesters who are calling on the city to defund the police department during a Facebook Live public briefing Friday afternoon,
Trump Used Looted Venezuelan Public Money to Build Border Wall With Mexico
Around $24 billion of Venezuelan public money was looted by the US government, and the Trump administration has used at least $601 million of it to construct a militarized wall on the US-Mexico border.
Activists Urge US Dept of Agriculutre to Deny Deadly New Monsanto GMO-Herbicide Combo
The US is considering approving the product even as Monsanto juggles multiple multi-million dollar lawsuits from cancer patients over its deadly Roundup herbicide.
In U.S. Counties Where Lynchings Were Prevalent, Police Are More Likely to Shoot Black People
While historical lynchings peaked more than a century ago, these racist acts can be linked to officer-involved shootings today.