Daily Archives: October 6, 2020

2020-10-06: News Headlines

RT (2020-10-06). 'Don't let Covid-19 dominate you': Trump tells Americans to 'get out' & 'be careful' in first statement after hospital stay. rt.com US President Donald Trump has urged Americans not to fear the coronavirus and pledged that he would soon be "back to work" in his first statement from the White House since leaving hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19. | The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt "better than I have in a long time" after his three-day stay. | "One thing that's for certain: Don't let [Covid-19] dominate you, don't be afraid of it, you're going to beat it. We have the best medical equipmen…

Alan MacLeod (2020-10-05). Reporters Claim Facebook is Censoring Information on Julian Assange Case. thealtworld.com "90% of my traffic has just been cut off by what seems to be a general algorithm command of some kind to downplay Assange." "I think it is as simple as that." | MPN— Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and longtime confidant of Julian Assange, has been fastidiously

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-10-05). "How Many People Will Die Because of This Tweet?" Trump, Leaving Hospital, Tells Nation: "Don't Be Afraid of Covid" commondreams.org "That message, coming from THE PRESIDENT, is going to influence so many people and lead to so many more unnecessary deaths." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-says-leaving-hospital.jpg

The Canary (2020-10-05). Trump's car ride while infected and contagious slammed as 'political theater' by doctor. thecanary.co Infected and contagious, US president Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions meant to contain the deadly virus that has forced his hospital admission."This is insanity," said Dr James P Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed, where Trump has been treated since Friday evening."Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential 'drive-by' just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die.""For political theater," the doctor added on Twitter. "Commanded by Trump…

RT (2020-10-05). Facebook breakup would be 'complete nonstarter': memo leaked ahead of antitrust report. rt.com Separating Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp would harm consumers, cost billions and defy US law, the social media giant argued in a memo leaked to the media ahead of a congressional report expected to advise otherwise. | The 14-page document was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend and amounts to a preview of Facebook's defense against the pending report from the House Antitrust Subcommittee. | FB says breakup would be a "complete nonstarter" … as if theirs is the only view that matters. A breakup alone will not eliminate threat FB poses to democracy, public health, privacy, innovation, b…

MEE staff (2020-10-05). Pro-Netanyahu daily tweets false story on Trump's health after hack. middleeasteye.net Pro-Netanyahu daily tweets false story on Trump's health after hack | Israel Hayom's Twitter account issues series of fake posts on Hezbollah spy submarine and gunmen outside Clinton home | Mon, 10/05/2020 – 11: 08 | President Trump's motorcade drives past supporters outside the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, 4 October (AFP) | The Twitter account of Israel Hayom, a daily newspaper close to I…

Adeyinka Makinde (2020-10-05). Rhodesia: Ruminations on a Former Colonial Settler State. globalresearch.ca The following is part of the text of my thoughts about the comments posted at my YouTube Channel in regard to a newsreel I uploaded over four months ago which was a 1977 report on the training and activities of …

Brett Heinz (2020-10-05). Why a DC Public Relations Firm Pretended to Be Bolivian on Facebook. cepr.net The Americas Blog featured a post last week about the growing wave of election interference and misinformation campaigns sweeping Latin America, especially as a tool of right-wing governments and political movements. As these digital operations have grown in popularity, so has the market for firms to organize them. In particular, new details about the recent …

Editor (2020-10-05). Trump's Regime Is Getting Deadlier By the Day. scheerpost.com YouTube] By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible." Then he won — and this November 3rd(or thereafter), whether he wins or loses, we're likely to find out that, when it comes to his base, he was right. He may not have lost a… |

Poor People's Campaign (2020-10-05). Monday 10/5: Nationwide Digital Protest Against Mitch McConnell-Led Senate w/ Poor People's Campaign. indybay.org Online via livestream and protest actions via phone, email, faxing, social media…

Staff (2020-10-05). Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive for COVID. truthout.org White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced in a tweet on Monday that she has become the latest member of the Trump administration to have tested positive for coronavirus. | "After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms,"

sputniknews (2020-10-04). 'Pope Francis Would Be Interested': 'Ancient Holy Bible' Spotted on Mars, Blogger Claims. sputniknews.com Describing his alleged discovery in his blog, Waring argued that it is a "sign that religion is not just a human thing, but a unlimited thing that we share across the universe".

sputniknews (2020-10-04). Facebook Prepares Legal Defence Against Breakup Attempt by FTC – Reports. sputniknews.com Facebook and other technology giants have become the subject of controversy, being accused by government bodies of stymieing competition with their acquisition of other companies as well as impacting politics and freedom of expression.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-10-04). As Covid-Positive GOP Politicians Enjoy Healthcare They 'Would Deny Others,' Coronavirus Pandemic Again Makes Case for Medicare for All. commondreams.org The case for Medicare for All was once again made by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Ed Markey tweeted on Sunday, after Republican politicians including President Donald Trump were able to check themselves into hospitals shortly after announcing they had tested positive for Covid-19. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1228867411_1_0.jpg

Paul Craig Roberts (2020-10-04). ARE THEY MURDERING PRESIDENT TRUMP ? thealtworld.com It looks as if the Establishment has found a way to assassinate Trump! | Why didn't Trump call in Dr. Vladimir Zelenko from New York or Dr. Didier Raoult from France?! | Why is Trump being given experimental drugs and not the known safe HCQ cure? | To Scott Atlas, White House coronavirus advisor | from Jon Rappoport | October 3, 2020 | Scott: | If media reports are correct, the president is receiving 2 experimental drugs: the antibody cocktail, Regeneron, and the antiviral, Remdesivir. | Aside from their individual adverse effects… | THESE DRUGS HAVE NEVER BEEN STUDIED FOR THEIR COMBINED EFFECTS ON A PATIENT. A…

RT (2020-10-03). A bit too late? Senate committee to grill Google, Facebook & Twitter CEOs on 'domination & legal liability' days before election. rt.com The heads of major Big Tech firms have agreed to testify to a Senate panel later this month, where they'll address legal liability for online platforms, privacy and "media domination" just days before the US election. | The CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook are set to testify to the Senate's Commerce Committee on October 28. The tech bigwigs will speak to lawmakers virtually during the hearing, which is scheduled only 6 days before Americans head to the polls to elect the next president. | While the Commerce Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to authorize subpoenas to force the executives to attend the…

_____ (2020-10-03). How Residents Rallied To Get Their Post Office Back. popularresistance.org On an otherwise typical summer day, rumors started spreading in the small rural mountain community of Munds Park in northern Arizona: The local post office had been shuttered. | As the chatter and gossip grew on social media, Allison Tiffany, a seasonal resident, drove down to check. She found a suspension notice taped to the building's glass door. "It was so shocking that you had to find out for yourself," she said. "Sure enough, the doors were locked." | The closure was "extraordinarily disruptive," said Tiffany, who became the de facto organizer of the community's response.

Jay Ramchand, Louise M Burrell (2020-10-03). [Comment] Circulating ACE2: a novel biomarker of cardiovascular risk. thelancet.com Dysregulation of the renin—angiotensin system plays a major role in the progression of cardiovascular disease in humans. The enzymatic reactions within the renin—angiotensin system generate angiotensin II, which promotes vasoconstriction and inflammation and deleterious cardiovascular effects.1 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) acts to counterbalance the renin—angiotensin system by degrading angiotensin II.2,3 In 2005, ACE2 was identified as the cellular receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV),4 and we now know that ACE2 also facilitates viral entry of SARS-CoV…

The Lancet (2020-10-03). [Editorial] Building a resilient NHS, for COVID-19 and beyond. thelancet.com The UK response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been ill prepared, patchy, confused, and incompetent. From initial equivocations, to a series of policy U turns and conflicts with scientific advisers, to vague public health guidance, the UK's COVID-19 performance has fallen disastrously short and undoubtedly cost lives. It has pushed the National Health Service (NHS) to the brink. Having wasted a summer of opportunity to strengthen systems to suppress viral transmission following an easing of lockdown restrictions, the UK Government is facing a winter wave of COVID-19 with no strategy in sight.

sputniknews (2020-10-03). Trump Tweets Video Saying He Feels 'Much Better', 'Will Be Back Soon'. sputniknews.com The president said that when he arrived at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center, after testing positive for COVID-19, he was not feeling so well, but now he feels "much better".

The Canary (2020-10-03). Russian journalist sets herself on fire and dies near police HQ. thecanary.co The editor of a Russian news website died after setting herself on fire outside a regional police headquarters on Friday 2 October. This occurred a day after officers searched her residence. | Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed the death of Kolza.Press editor Irina Slavina in Nizhny Novgorod, a city of 1.2 million. It's located about 235 miles east of Moscow. | Meanwhile, the independent news site Meduza reported that Slavina left a message on Facebook saying her death should be blamed on Russian authorities. | Slavina reported on Thursday 1 October that police searched her home, although the nature of th…

Tom Weis (2020-10-03). Trumpgate Makes Watergate Look Like Child's Play. commondreams.org "We have already had one Civil War. We are not going to have another one because a petulant president living in fear of the long arm of the law has a Twitter temper tantrum meltdown for not getting to declare himself dictator-for-life of the USA." (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_stolen_time_0_0.jpg

RT (2020-10-02). President Trump says he & first lady tested positive for coronavirus after top aide infected on campaign trail. rt.com US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for the coronavirus, just hours after it was learned a senior aide had contracted the illness. | "Tonight, [the first lady] and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!" the president tweeted in the early hours of Friday morning. | Tonight,

RT (2020-10-02). Philly election authorities vow to beef up security FOR REAL as journalist strolls into burglarized voting machine warehouse. rt.com After a local journalist was able to walk into a recently-burglarized Philadelphia warehouse where voting machines are kept and document the lack of security, city officials have promised to bolster security measures. | WHYY reporter Max Marin had no problem gaining access to the East Falls warehouse that holds Philadelphia's voting machines, strolling in through an open door on Thursday morning — the day after election officials admitted sensitive materials had recently been stolen from the facility and vowed to step up their security. | The journalist posted a video to Twitter showing rows and rows of s…

RT (2020-10-02). 'I ask that Russia be blamed for my death': Russian journalist SETS HERSELF ON FIRE in front of regional police office. rt.com A journalist from Nizhny Novgorod has died after setting herself alight in front of a police station, blaming the authorities for her death. The Russian Investigative Committee denies the incident is tied to any police action. | Irina Slavina, the editor-in-chief of small local news outlet, Koza.Press, traveled to a regional police headquarters in the central Russian city and set herself on fire. The woman died at the scene. | Earlier, Slavina wrote on her Facebook page that "I ask that the Russian Federation be blamed for my death," without providing any further explanation. The bizarre incident came a day af…

MEE and agencies (2020-10-02). Israeli minister quits Netanyahu's cabinet over protest curbs. middleeasteye.net Israeli minister quits Netanyahu's cabinet over protest curbs | Emergency laws limit Israelis to protesting only 1km outside of their homes | Fri, 10/02/2020 – 15: 24 | Asaf Zamir who belongs to Gantz's Blue and White Party said Netanyahu was prioritising his interest over the country's (Facebook) | An Israeli minister on Friday resigned because of a new law that limits protests against Be…

Mathew Ingram (2020-10-02). Can we make Facebook and Google "democratic utilities?" zcomm.org Is there another path we could take that might allow us to harness the benefits of these huge services, while also blunting their negative effects?>

2020-10-06: Social Media Postees

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Ecuador's UNES registers candidates for upcoming general elections
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-06
Ecuador's progressive coalition, the Union for Hope (UNES), on October 2, successfully registered Andrés Arauz and Carlos Rabascall as candidates for presidency and vice-presidency, respectively, at the office of the National Electoral Council (CNE) for the general elections scheduled for February 7, 2021. | The UNES presidential candidate and former economic minister, Andrés Arauz, was the first to share the news. "Today, together with Carlos Rabascall, we registered the UNES presidential ticket. It's official," he wrote in a tweet. | The…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/06/ecuadors-unes-registers-candidates-for-upcoming-general-elections/

'Don't let Covid-19 dominate you': Trump tells Americans to 'get out' & 'be careful' in first statement after hospital stay
rt.com | 2020-10-06
US President Donald Trump urged Americans not to fear the coronavirus and pledged that he would soon be "back to work" in his first statement from the White House since leaving the hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19. | The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking the staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt "better than I have in a long time" after his three-day stay. | "One thing that's for certain: don't let [Covid-19] dominate you, don't be afraid of it, you're going to beat it. We have the best medical equi…
rt.com/usa/502650-trump-first-statement-hospital/

'Don't let Covid-19 dominate you': Trump tells Americans to 'get out' & 'be careful' in first statement after hospital stay
rt.com | 2020-10-06
US President Donald Trump has urged Americans not to fear the coronavirus and pledged that he would soon be "back to work" in his first statement from the White House since leaving hospital, where he was treated for Covid-19. | The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt "better than I have in a long time" after his three-day stay. | "One thing that's for certain: Don't let [Covid-19] dominate you, don't be afraid of it, you're going to beat it. We have the best medical equipmen…
rt.com/usa/502650-trump-first-statement-hospital/

Reporters Claim Facebook is Censoring Information on Julian Assange Case
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-05
"90% of my traffic has just been cut off by what seems to be a general algorithm command of some kind to downplay Assange." "I think it is as simple as that."
mintpressnews.com/reporters-claim-facebook-is-censoring-information-on-julian-assange-case/271773/

Reporters Claim Facebook is Censoring Information on Julian Assange Case
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-05
"90% of my traffic has just been cut off by what seems to be a general algorithm command of some kind to downplay Assange." "I think it is as simple as that." | MPN– Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and longtime confidant of Julian Assange, has been fastidiously reporting on the Australian publisher's extradition hearing to the United States. Yet few people have been reading it. This, according to Murray, is because of a deliberate decision by online media giants to downplay or suppress discussion of the case. On…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/reporters-claim-facebook-is-censoring-information-on-julian-assange-case

"How Many People Will Die Because of This Tweet?" Trump, Leaving Hospital, Tells Nation: "Don't Be Afraid of Covid"
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-05
"That message, coming from THE PRESIDENT, is going to influence so many people and lead to so many more unnecessary deaths." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump-says-leaving-hospital.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/05/how-many-people-will-die-because-tweet-trump-leaving-hospital-tells-nation-dont-be?cd-origin=rss

Trump's Regime Is Getting Deadlier By the Day
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-05
YouTube] By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed say: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible." Then he won — and this November 3rd(or thereafter), whether he wins or loses, we're likely to find out that, when it comes to his base, he was right. He may not have lost a… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/10/05/trumps-regime-is-getting-deadlier-by-the-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trumps-regime-is-getting-deadlier-by-the-day

Rhodesia: Ruminations on a Former Colonial Settler State
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-05
The following is part of the text of my thoughts about the comments posted at my YouTube Channel in regard to a newsreel I uploaded over four months ago which was a 1977 report on the training and activities of …
globalresearch.ca/rhodesia-ruminations-former-colonial-settler-state/5725756

Why a DC Public Relations Firm Pretended to Be Bolivian on Facebook
Brett Heinz | cepr.net | 2020-10-05
The Americas Blog featured a post last week about the growing wave of election interference and misinformation campaigns sweeping Latin America, especially as a tool of right-wing governments and political movements. As these digital operations have grown in popularity, so has the market for firms to organize them. In particular, new details about the recent …
cepr.net/why-a-dc-public-relations-firm-pretended-to-be-bolivian-on-facebook/

Monday 10/5: Nationwide Digital Protest Against Mitch McConnell-Led Senate w/ Poor People's Campaign
Poor People's Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-10-05
Online via livestream and protest actions via phone, email, faxing, social media…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/04/18837252.php

Trump's car ride while infected and contagious slammed as 'political theater' by doctor
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-05
Infected and contagious, US president Donald Trump briefly ventured out in a motorcade on Sunday to salute cheering supporters, a move that disregarded precautions meant to contain the deadly virus that has forced his hospital admission."This is insanity," said Dr James P Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed, where Trump has been treated since Friday evening."Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential 'drive-by' just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die.""For political theater," the doctor added on Twitter. "Commanded by Trump…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/10/05/trumps-car-ride-while-infected-and-contagious-slammed-as-political-theater-by-doctor/

GOP COVID Patients Receive Care They'd Deny Others. Time for Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-05
The case for Medicare for All was once again made by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Ed Markey tweeted on Sunday, after Republican politicians were able to check themselves into hospitals shortly after announcing they had tested positive for Covid-19. | Markey noted that throughout the coronavirus pandemic, in which more than 7.4 mil…
truthout.org/articles/gop-covid-patients-receive-care-theyd-deny-others-time-for-medicare-for-all/

Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tests Positive for COVID
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-05
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced in a tweet on Monday that she has become the latest member of the Trump administration to have tested positive for coronavirus. | "After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms," McEnany wrote in a statement. "No reporters, producers, or members of the press are listed as close…
truthout.org/articles/trump-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-tests-positive-for-covid/

Facebook breakup would be 'complete nonstarter': Memo leaked ahead of antitrust report
rt.com | 2020-10-05
Separating Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp would harm consumers, cost billions and defy US law, the social media giant argues in a memo leaked to the media ahead of a congressional report expected to advise otherwise. | The 14-page document was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend and amounts to a preview of Facebook's defense against the pending report from the House Antitrust Subcommittee. | FB says breakup would be a "complete nonstarter" … as if theirs is the only view that matters. A breakup alone will not eliminate threat FB poses to democracy, public health, privacy, innovation, b…
rt.com/usa/502626-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-antitrust/

Facebook breakup would be 'complete nonstarter': memo leaked ahead of antitrust report
rt.com | 2020-10-05
Separating Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp would harm consumers, cost billions and defy US law, the social media giant argued in a memo leaked to the media ahead of a congressional report expected to advise otherwise. | The 14-page document was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend and amounts to a preview of Facebook's defense against the pending report from the House Antitrust Subcommittee. | FB says breakup would be a "complete nonstarter" … as if theirs is the only view that matters. A breakup alone will not eliminate threat FB poses to democracy, public health, privacy, innovation, b…
rt.com/usa/502626-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-antitrust/

Pro-Netanyahu daily tweets false story on Trump's health after hack
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-05
Pro-Netanyahu daily tweets false story on Trump's health after hack | Israel Hayom's Twitter account issues series of fake posts on Hezbollah spy submarine and gunmen outside Clinton home | MEE staff | Mon, 10/05/2020 – 11: 08 | President Trump's motorcade drives past supporters outside the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, 4 October (AFP) | The Twitter account of Israel Hayom, a daily newspaper close to I…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-hayom-hack-twitter-trump-health

The Idiotic Claim That Other Nations Are 'Disrupting the Public Conversation' on U.S. Politics
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-04
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | "Based on intel provided by the FBI, last night we removed approximately 130 accounts that appeared to originate in Iran," a thread by the Twitter Safety account reads. "They were attempting to disrupt the public conversation during the first 2020 US Presidential Debate. We identified these accounts quickly, removed them from Twitter, and shared full details with our peers, as standard. They had very low engagement and did not make an impact on the public conversation. Our capacity and speed…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/04/idiotic-claim-that-other-nations-are-disrupting-public-conversation-on-us-politics/

Monday 10/5: Nationwide Digital Protest Against Mitch McConnell-Led Senate w/ Poor People's Campaign
Poor People's Campaign | indybay.org | 2020-10-04
Online via livestream and protest actions via phone, email, faxing, social media…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/04/18837252.php

'Pope Francis Would Be Interested': 'Ancient Holy Bible' Spotted on Mars, Blogger Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-04
Describing his alleged discovery in his blog, Waring argued that it is a "sign that religion is not just a human thing, but a unlimited thing that we share across the universe".
sputniknews.com/viral/202010041080664031-pope-francis-would-be-interested-ancient-holy-bible-spotted-on-mars-blogger-claims/

Facebook Prepares Legal Defence Against Breakup Attempt by FTC – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-04
Facebook and other technology giants have become the subject of controversy, being accused by government bodies of stymieing competition with their acquisition of other companies as well as impacting politics and freedom of expression.
sputniknews.com/us/202010041080664609-facebook-prepares-legal-defence-against-breakup-attempt-by-ftc-reports/

As Covid-Positive GOP Politicians Enjoy Healthcare They 'Would Deny Others,' Coronavirus Pandemic Again Makes Case for Medicare for All
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-10-04
The case for Medicare for All was once again made by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Ed Markey tweeted on Sunday, after Republican politicians including President Donald Trump were able to check themselves into hospitals shortly after announcing they had tested positive for Covid-19. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1228867411_1_0.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2020/10/04/covid-positive-gop-politicians-enjoy-healthcare-they-would-deny-others-coronavirus?cd-origin=rss

ARE THEY MURDERING PRESIDENT TRUMP ?
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-10-04
It looks as if the Establishment has found a way to assassinate Trump! | Why didn't Trump call in Dr. Vladimir Zelenko from New York or Dr. Didier Raoult from France?! | Why is Trump being given experimental drugs and not the known safe HCQ cure? | To Scott Atlas, White House coronavirus advisor | from Jon Rappoport | October 3, 2020 | Scott: | If media reports are correct, the president is receiving 2 experimental drugs: the antibody cocktail, Regeneron, and the antiviral, Remdesivir. | Aside from their individual adverse effects… | THESE DRUGS HAVE NEVER BEEN STUDIED FOR THEIR COMBINED EFFECTS ON A PATIENT. A…
thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/are-they-murdering-president-trump

How Residents Rallied To Get Their Post Office Back
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-03
On an otherwise typical summer day, rumors started spreading in the small rural mountain community of Munds Park in northern Arizona: The local post office had been shuttered. | As the chatter and gossip grew on social media, Allison Tiffany, a seasonal resident, drove down to check. She found a suspension notice taped to the building's glass door. "It was so shocking that you had to find out for yourself," she said. "Sure enough, the doors were locked." | The closure was "extraordinarily disruptive," said Tiffany, who became the de facto organizer of the community's response.
popularresistance.org/how-residents-rallied-to-get-their-post-office-back/

[Correspondence] Remdesivir and COVID-19
Matthew J Glaus, Serena Von Ruden | thelancet.com | 2020-10-03
In the first published placebo-controlled trial of remdesivir for treating severe COVID-19, Yeming Wang and colleagues1 were unable to attain their primary endpoint of time to clinical improvement. Although admittedly underpowered due to early trial termination, remdesivir did not appear to affect rates of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA load decline and mortality when compared with placebo. Given these disappointing findings, we are left to wonder if a lack of clinically significant outcomes in placebo-controlled trials could have been predicted.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32021-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Editorial] Building a resilient NHS, for COVID-19 and beyond
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-10-03
The UK response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been ill prepared, patchy, confused, and incompetent. From initial equivocations, to a series of policy U turns and conflicts with scientific advisers, to vague public health guidance, the UK's COVID-19 performance has fallen disastrously short and undoubtedly cost lives. It has pushed the National Health Service (NHS) to the brink. Having wasted a summer of opportunity to strengthen systems to suppress viral transmission following an easing of lockdown restrictions, the UK Government is facing a winter wave of COVID-19 with no strategy in sight.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32035-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Circulating ACE2: a novel biomarker of cardiovascular risk
Jay Ramchand, Louise M Burrell | thelancet.com | 2020-10-03
Dysregulation of the renin–angiotensin system plays a major role in the progression of cardiovascular disease in humans. The enzymatic reactions within the renin–angiotensin system generate angiotensin II, which promotes vasoconstriction and inflammation and deleterious cardiovascular effects.1 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) acts to counterbalance the renin–angiotensin system by degrading angiotensin II.2,3 In 2005, ACE2 was identified as the cellular receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV),4 and we now know that ACE2 also facilitates viral entry of SARS-CoV…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32011-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Trump Tweets Video Saying He Feels 'Much Better', 'Will Be Back Soon'
sputniknews.com | 2020-10-03
The president said that when he arrived at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center, after testing positive for COVID-19, he was not feeling so well, but now he feels "much better".
sputniknews.com/us/202010031080658036-trump-tweets-video-saying-feels-better-next-few-days-will-be-real-test/

Russian journalist sets herself on fire and dies near police HQ
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-03
The editor of a Russian news website died after setting herself on fire outside a regional police headquarters on Friday 2 October. This occurred a day after officers searched her residence. | Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed the death of Kolza.Press editor Irina Slavina in Nizhny Novgorod, a city of 1.2 million. It's located about 235 miles east of Moscow. | Meanwhile, the independent news site Meduza reported that Slavina left a message on Facebook saying her death should be blamed on Russian authorities. | Slavina reported on Thursday 1 October that police searched her home, although the nature of th…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/10/03/russian-journalist-sets-herself-on-fire-and-dies-near-police-hq/

A bit too late? Senate committee to grill Google, Facebook & Twitter CEOs on 'domination & legal liability' days before election
rt.com | 2020-10-03
The heads of major Big Tech firms have agreed to testify to a Senate panel later this month, where they'll address legal liability for online platforms, privacy and "media domination" just days before the US election. | The CEOs of Google, Twitter and Facebook are set to testify to the Senate's Commerce Committee on October 28. The tech bigwigs will speak to lawmakers virtually during the hearing, which is scheduled only 6 days before Americans head to the polls to elect the next president. | While the Commerce Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to authorize subpoenas to force the executives to attend the…
rt.com/usa/502430-google-facebook-twitter-testify-senate/

Ex-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hospitalized with Covid-19, diagnosed with serious 'bilateral pneumonia' infection
rt.com | 2020-10-03
As Ukraine struggles with a surge in Covid-19 cases, ex-President Petro Poroshenko has been hospitalized with the virus, according to his wife Marina. One of their daughters has also been admitted to hospital for the same reason. | "Despite the fact that my husband has bilateral pneumonia, he has a strong will," Marina Poroshenko wrote on the Facebook page of the former head of state's political party, European Solidarity. | Petro Poroshenko, aged 55, who ran the country from 2014 to 2019, was di…
rt.com/russia/502465-ukraine-poroshenko-hospitalized-covid19/

Trumpgate Makes Watergate Look Like Child's Play
Tom Weis | commondreams.org | 2020-10-03
"We have already had one Civil War. We are not going to have another one because a petulant president living in fear of the long arm of the law has a Twitter temper tantrum meltdown for not getting to declare himself dictator-for-life of the USA." (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_stolen_time_0_0.jpg
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Trumpgate Makes Watergate Look Like Child's Play
Tom Weis | commondreams.org | 2020-10-03
"Democracy's best defense is a tidal wave of voters that sweeps Donald Trump and his enablers out of office on November 3…We are not going to have another one because a petulant president living in fear of the long arm of the law has a Twitter temper tantrum meltdown for not getting to declare himself dictator-for-life of the USA." (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_stolen_time_0_0.jpg
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Never mind the presidential debate. Here is the real video we should all be watching
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-10-03
The firsts US presidential debate took place this week and has already created a firestorm of commentary. It has been dubbed the "worst presidential debate in history" owing largely to US president Donald Trump's churlish behavior throughout. But as the eyes of commentators are focused on this latest entry in the long-running freak show that is the Trump presidency, there is one YouTube video that raises a far more interesting question: why is it that the careerist Joe Biden is Trump's opponent and not the far m…
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The Long Overdue Alaska-Canada Railway Takes One Step Closer to Reality
Matthew Ehret-Kump | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-02
In the early hours of September 26, President Trump sent out the announcement on Twitter that a gigantic continental project long through dead and buried will be revived: The 2570 km Alaska Canada Rail connection which will move freight, oil, …
globalresearch.ca/alaska-canada-railway-one-step-closer-reality/5725536

Can we make Facebook and Google "democratic utilities?"
Mathew Ingram | zcomm.org | 2020-10-02
Is there another path we could take that might allow us to harness the benefits of these huge services, while also blunting their negative effects?>…
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President Trump says he & first lady tested positive for coronavirus after top aide infected on campaign trail
rt.com | 2020-10-02
US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for the coronavirus, just hours after it was learned a senior aide had contracted the illness. | "Tonight, [the first lady] and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!" the president tweeted in the early hours of Friday morning. | Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get thro…
rt.com/usa/502309-trump-melania-positive-covid/

Philly election authorities vow to beef up security FOR REAL as journalist strolls into burglarized voting machine warehouse
rt.com | 2020-10-02
After a local journalist was able to walk into a recently-burglarized Philadelphia warehouse where voting machines are kept and document the lack of security, city officials have promised to bolster security measures. | WHYY reporter Max Marin had no problem gaining access to the East Falls warehouse that holds Philadelphia's voting machines, strolling in through an open door on Thursday morning — the day after election officials admitted sensitive materials had recently been stolen from the facility and vowed to step up their security. | The journalist posted a video to Twitter showing rows and rows of s…
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