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14. 1. 2019 No Responses

PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires – Now the Utility Faces Collapse

PG&E Corp. equipment started more than one fire a day in California on average in recent years as a historic drought turned the region into a tinderbox. The utility’s unsuccessful efforts to prevent such blazes have put it in a...

13. 1. 2019 No Responses

Tulsi Gabbard, the intrepid congresswoman who has over the years given the Neocons and war machine heart attacks, is running for president in 2020

“I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week,” she told CNN. Gabbard (D-Hawaii) tells us exactly: “There are a lot of reasons for me to make this decision. There are a lot...

2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Congo cuts internet for second day to avert ‘chaos’ before poll results

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday began counting ballots from a presidential election marked by delays and fears of violence and vote-rigging, straining hopes for its first-ever peaceful transfer of power. After a relatively bloodless vote, elec...

2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Turkey Tops China As World’s Top Jailer Of Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has released its annual census showing the number of journalists imprisoned across the world. More than 250 journalists are behind bars for the third consecutive year and the CPJ said that an authorita...

2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Google wins lawsuit, can continue to use facial recognition tech on users without consent

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that alleged Google’s nonconsensual use of facial recognition technology violated users’ privacy rights, allowing the tech giant to continue to scan and store their biometric data. The lawsuit, filed in 2016, alleg...

2. 1. 2019 No Responses

Facebook least trusted big tech company, finds survey

In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world’s largest social network leads the list of companies that people trust the...

31. 12. 2018 No Responses

Saudi-led Coalition Uses Sudanese Child Mercenaries In Yemen War

Saudi Arabia allegedly offered approximately $10,000 to families in Darfur, Sudan if their sons joined the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the New York Times reported on December 28th. According to the report, as many as 14,000 Sudanese militiamen have been ...

31. 12. 2018 No Responses

Skepticism & Pocahontas jokes: Twitter reacts to news Elizabeth Warren running for president in 2020

With a mere 673 days until the 2020 US presidential election, Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has announced the formation of an “exploratory committee” to consider a run for the highest office in the land. In American politics jargon, this means...

31. 12. 2018 No Responses

The Establishment Will Never Say No to a War

The question before us is a relatively simple one: What would be the criteria for removing our remaining troops from the Iraqi, Syrian, and more general Middle Eastern conflicts? Or, for that matter, from Afghanistan, where we have been trapped...

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