Emily Jones
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Category: Capitalism
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Josh Kruger: Arrest warrant issued for suspect in Philadelphia journalist’s killing | CNN
Authorities in Pennsylvania say they have issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of killing journalist and advocate Josh Kruger earlier this week. — Read on www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/us/josh-kruger-philadelphia-suspect-warrant/index.html Read.
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Great Podcast: the Clinton Failure.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nation-podcasts/id1060110806 Read.
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BANKMAN FRIED TRIAL
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/04/technology/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-trial.html Read.
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‘A Travesty’: Clarence Thomas Refuses to Recuse in Case That Could Benefit Billionaire Benefactor
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday recused himself from a decision—but the rare move from the embattled right-winger came as he weighed in on another case involving his billionaire benefactor, which outraged one watchdog group. The high court declined to hear Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP) v. City of New York, New York,… Read.
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Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian
Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada — Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/04/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-rights-abuses This should not be in private hands. Read.
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AUTHORITARIAN REPUBLICAN TAKE OVER.
www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/politics/trump-indictment-fake-electors-memo.html Excerpt A lawyer allied with President Donald J. Trump first laid out a plot to use false slates of electors to subvert the 2020 election in a previously unknown internal campaign memo that prosecutors are portraying as a crucial link in how the Trump team’s efforts evolved into a criminal conspiracy. The existence of the Dec.… Read.
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News Notes
Blog Notes: Bank Failure This podcast by the Daily Podcast is the best explanation out there of the SVB failure. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-implosion-of-silicon-valley-bank/id1200361736?i=1000604095392 Now, we have huge fees related to the SVB failure. Bank failures, like train derailments, are the Republican, deregulated future. This is an opinion piece by Elizabeth Warren. While, I deeply distrust Warren over… Read.
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William Barr, Trump’s Sword and Shield | The New Yorker
The Attorney General’s mission to maximize executive power and protect the Presidency.— Read on www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/20/william-barr-trumps-sword-and-shield Read.
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William Barr, nation’s top lawyer, is a culture warrior Catholic | National Catholic Reporter
After mounted police and tear gas cleared a path of peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park for a presidential photo-op last month, President Do…— Read on www.ncronline.org/news/justice/william-barr-nations-top-lawyer-culture-warrior-catholic Read.
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The Transnational Crime Syndicate
Monday 3 October 2022 The Transnational Crime Syndicate CPAC is now openly distributing Russian propaganda. In a tweet now removed from their website, CPAC criticized “gift giving to Ukraine.” In this tweet a graphic showed eastern provinces of Ukraine as Russian territory and included a Russian flag. CPAC is claiming that the tweet was “unauthorized.”… Read.
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Burkina Faso coup fuels fears of growing Russian mercenary presence in Sahel | Burkina Faso | The Guardian
North Africa analysts believe new leader Ibrahim Traoré may seek help from Moscow in fight against Islamic extremists — Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/03/burkina-faso-coup-fears-growing-russian-mercenary-presence-sahel-north-africa Russian mercenaries may be poised for further expansion in Africa’s strategically important Sahel region after the latest coup d’etat in the region, western officials and analysts fear. The coup leader ” is likely… Read.
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Capitol Flight: How Dems Dropped the Stock Ban | The Nation
Democratic Senate candidates in Georgia Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock hammered Perdue and Loeffler nonstop on the skeevy trades that fall. Improbably, both Ossoff and Warnock barely eked out wins in the traditionally ruby-red state, delivering Democrats the party-line votes they needed to pass all those other pieces of legislation. — Read on… Read.
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Russia, Nuclear Threats
Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former Russian president and the hawkish vice chairman of Mr. Putin’s Security Council, laid out that thesis this past week in a post on the Telegram social network. If Russia were forced to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, he argued, it was unlikely that NATO would intervene militarily because of the risk that… Read.
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Nuclear threats
“officials in Washington are gaming out scenarios should President Vladimir V. Putin decide to use a tactical nuclear weapon to make up for the failings of Russian troops in Ukraine.” www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/world/europe/washington-putin-nuclear-threats.html Read.
Law, Power, and Justice 