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• Joe Manchin Gets Candid With Billionaire Donors in Leaked Audio

  By theintercept on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  [Musical introduction.] Ryan Grim: Lee Fang, welcome to Deconstructed. Lee Fang: Hey, Ryan, thanks for having me. RG: Hey, so, you’ve got your hands on some interesting audio from a recent meeting between Senator Joe Manchin and the big money… Read More ›

• Biden’s Defense Budget Is a Big Win for Hypersonic Weapons Contractors

  By theintercept on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The U.S.’s largest defense corporations can breathe a sigh of relief: President Joe Biden’s first budget proposal not only continues his predecessor’s commitment to hypersonic weapons, but it’s also seeking a major increase in government spending. While the Pentagon has… Read More ›

• Changing Section 230 Won’t Make the Internet a Kinder, Gentler Place

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Tech platforms, especially the largest ones, have a problem—there’s a lot of offensive junk online. Many lawmakers on Capitol Hill keep coming back to the same solution—blaming Section 230. What lawmakers don’t notice is that a lot of the people… Read More ›

• Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring's Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security camera when it received an email from an officer in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Gang and Narcotics Division, who… Read More ›

• ICE Discussed Punishing Immigrant Advocates for Peaceful Protests

  By theintercept on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement monitored immigrant advocacy organizations engaged in First Amendment-protected activity around a highly contentious immigration detention center in Georgia, according to documents obtained by the advocacy groups and shared with The Intercept. The public records show… Read More ›

• The G7 Upheld Vaccine Apartheid. Officials From the “Global South” Are Pushing Back.

  By theintercept on June 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  From left to right, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President of the European Council Charles Michel, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, President… Read More ›

• School Privatization Lobby Places Fake News on Local Stations

  By theintercept on June 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  On a weekly basis over the last three years, an arm of the national school privatization lobbying group the American Federation for Children has been producing fake news segments and distributing them to local news stations. The stations often air… Read More ›

• 22 Rights Groups Tell PayPal and Venmo to Shape Up Policies on Account Closures

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on June 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Companies Have History of Unfair Crackdowns on First-Amendment Protected Activities San Francisco – Nearly two dozen rights groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), have joined together to tell PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo to shape up its policies on… Read More ›

• Democracy Now! 2021-06-15 Tuesday

  By democracynow on June 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Democracy Now! 2021-06-15 Tuesday Headlines for June 15, 2021 NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Released from Prison as Family Pushes Biden to Pardon Her NATO Ramps Up Rhetoric Against China & Russia. Is Biden Leading the U.S. into a New Cold… Read More ›

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