Al Jazeera anchor files lawsuit against Saudi, UAE rulers over alleged phone hacking
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-10
Al Jazeera anchor files lawsuit against Saudi, UAE rulers over alleged phone hacking | The lawsuit was brought against Mohammed bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed over alleged operation against Oueiss because of her reporting on Gulf states | MEE staff | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 12: 25 | Prominent Al Jazeera TV anchor Ghada Oueiss says she was hacked in the operation (Facebook) | Prominent Al Jazeera TV anchor Ghada Oueiss has fi…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-saudi-arabia-uae-al-jazeera-anchor-lawsuit-hacking

'Spurious charges': Women's activist Loujain al-Hathloul appears before Saudi terror court
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-10
'Spurious charges': Women's activist Loujain al-Hathloul appears before Saudi terror court | UN expert following trial says she is 'extremely alarmed' by Hathloul's prosecution in terror court, which she says is based on false charges | MEE staff | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 22: 05 | Undated handout picture released on Facebook page of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul shows her at beach (AFP/file photo) | Imprisoned Saudi women'…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/spurious-charges-womens-activist-loujain-al-hathloul-appears-terror-court

Consumer Price Index: Rental Inflation Has Slowed Sharply Since the Pandemic
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-12-10
(This is a compilation of Dean Baker's quick-take analysis over Twitter. Follow @DeanBaker13 on Twitter to get his quick-take analysis of government data immediately upon release.) Overall and core CPI both rose 0.2 percent in November. Overall CPI is up 1.2 percent year-over-year. Core CPI is up 1.6 percent year-over-year. Store bought food prices fell …
cepr.net/prices-2020-12/

Stop Government Attack On COVID-19 Whistleblower
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-10
Florida state police barged into Jones' home Monday with guns aimed at her and her family. They seized her phone, computer and several hard drives, preventing her from continuing to publish data on COVID-19 outbreaks. After the raid Jones tweeted: "They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids… This was DeSantis. He sent the gestapo." | Jones tweeted Friday that she has learned that Circuit Judge Joshua Hawkes was appointed by Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in September, and one of his first acts as a judge was to sign the search warrant that led to the seizure of her technology.
popularresistance.org/stop-government-attack-on-covid-19-whistleblower/

Federal and state lawsuits brought against Facebook calls for an end to BigTech's predatory practices
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2020-12-10
"[Facebook] used its monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition, all at the expense of everyday users."
nationofchange.org/2020/12/10/federal-and-state-lawsuits-brought-against-facebook-calls-for-an-end-to-bigtechs-predatory-practices/

Thursday 12/10: Human Right's Day Virtual Gathering w/ National Union of the Homeless & NWRU
National Welfare Rights Union, NUH, partners | indybay.org | 2020-12-10
Online via livestream: YouTube & FB…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/09/18838859.php

The new-style pop histories making socialism cool again
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-12-09
Online and on social media, popular historians are helping young Chinese reframe the country's leftist past in a more positive light.
mronline.org/2020/12/09/the-new-style-pop-histories-making-socialism-cool-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-style-pop-histories-making-socialism-cool-again

The Dogies Bawl and Bawl and Bawl
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-09
On today's episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events, such as Texas filing a lawsuit to the Supreme Court against Pennsylvania, YouTube announcing removal of videos of electoral fraud in the 2020 election, and 48 states joining a lawsuit against Facebook for antitrust.
sputniknews.com/radio-the-backstory/202012091081413235-the-dogies-bawl-and-bawl-and-bawl/

Case Against Facebook Heightens Need For Independent Executive Branch
commondreams.org | 2020-12-09
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/12/09/case-against-facebook-heightens-need-independent-executive-branch?cd-origin=rss

Federal Regulators, States File Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook
commondreams.org | 2020-12-09
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/12/09/federal-regulators-states-file-antitrust-lawsuits-against-facebook?cd-origin=rss

Israeli 'anti-terrorism' lawyer was convicted over attacks on Palestinians
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
Israeli 'anti-terrorism' lawyer was convicted over attacks on Palestinians | Aviel Leitner, who works for Shurat HaDin, was jailed over 1980s attacks linked to far-right Kach party in East Jerusalem and West Bank | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | Aviel Leitner (L) pictured next to Israeli Minister of Public Security Amir Ohana (C) and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner at a Shurat HaDin conference in February 2020 (Facebook)…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-anti-terrorism-lawyer-shurat-hadin-convicted-attacks-palestinians

Viral Michigan witness won't quarantine after Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis test positive for COVID
Roger Sollenberger | salon.com | 2020-12-09
Melissa Carone, whose testimony last week went viral, says she won't get tested unless OANN and Newsmax tell her to…
salon.com/2020/12/09/viral-michigan-witness-wont-quarantine-after-rudy-giuliani-and-jenna-ellis-test-positive-for-covid/

Watch SpaceX's Starship Prototype SN8 Explode During Attempted Landing
sputniknews.com | 2020-12-09