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2021-10-14: Social Media Postees

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Raúl Isaías Baduel Dies of COVID-19 Complications–Venezuela Rejects Bachelet's Statements
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-14
After suffering complications associated with a COVID-19 infection, Raúl Isaías Baduel, former Venezuelan defense minister and military officer, died this Tuesday, October 12, in Caracas. A top commander, Baduel deserted from the ranks of Chavismo and faced charges for acts of corruption that led to his arrest in 2009. | Baduel's death was reported via Twitter by the Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, who sent condolences to the family and friends of the general, who served as commander-in-chief of Venezuela's Army from 2004 to 2006, and minister of defense from 2006 to…
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Video: Defeat anti-democratic electoral laws! Join the SEP today!
wsws.org | 2021-10-14
This sixty-second video explains the program of the SEP and is designed for social media platforms…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/14/vide-o14.html

Mayo Clinic Minute: Why breast cancer screening is important
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-10-14
It's estimated that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime and 1 in 39 women will die from breast cancer. It's the most diagnosed cancer among women in the U.S., and it's now the most common cancer globally.That's why regular breast cancer screening is so important, says Dr. Christine Klassen, a Mayo Clinic Breast Clinic physician.Watch The Mayo Clinic Minute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XKd_sVm7dw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 06) is in the…
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Is DNC Chair Jaime Harrison The Swamp's Man In DC? New Corporate Lobbyists Join DNC
Ann Brown | moguldom.com | 2021-10-13
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison recently nominated a new list of corporate lobbyists to join the DNC including some who work to influence political decisions on behalf of Comcast, Facebook, and Google. The list has some wondering if Harrison is becoming the swamp's new man in Washington, D.C. DNC members were not allowed input …
moguldom.com/376202/is-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-the-swamps-man-in-dc-new-corporate-lobbyists-join-dnc/

Break the media monopoly over women's bodies
Janet Parker | greenleft.org.au | 2021-10-13
Whistleblower Frances Haugen has called out Facebook and its sister site Instagram for exacerbating body image and mental health issues in teenage girls. Janet Parker argues it helps feminists campaign against the system that commodifies women's bodies.
greenleft.org.au/content/break-media-monopoly-over-womens-bodies

An Energy Giant Touts Its Shareholders' Pandemic Profits
Aditi Ramaswami | dailyposter.com | 2021-10-13
Click to share this on FacebookLast year was a very good year for Consolidated Edison, the massive investor-owned power company that provides electricity to the New York area. As CEO Timothy Cawley announced during the company's September earnings call, it just notched its record-setting 47th straight year of dividend increases. That means ConEd is just three boom years away from being crowned a "dividend king," meaning it will join…
dailyposter.com/an-energy-giant-touts-its-shareholders-pandemic-profits/

Regulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialism
James Muldoon | zcomm.org | 2021-10-13
Facebook won't let state oversight trump shareholder interest, so alternatives — based on common ownership and community control — are needed…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/regulating-big-tech-is-not-enough-we-need-platform-socialism/

The Corporate-Funded Rehabilitation of Rahm Emanuel
Julia Rock | dailyposter.com | 2021-10-13
Click to share this on FacebookIn 2019, Rahm Emanuel left the Chicago mayor's office in disgrace after the public learned his administration suppressed video of police murdering Black teenager Laquan McDonald. It didn't take long, however, for the Washington establishment to bring him back into the fold, first welcoming…
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The Corporate-Funded Rehabilitation of Rahm Emanuel
Julia Rock | dailyposter.com | 2021-10-13
Click to share this on FacebookIn 2019, Rahm Emanuel left the Chicago mayor's office in disgrace after the public learned his administration suppressed video of police murdering Black teenager Laquan McDonald. It didn't take long, however, for the Washington establishment to bring him back into the fold, first welcoming…
dailyposter.com/the-corporate-funded-rehabilitation-of-rahm-emanuel/

María Corina Machado Targets EU High Representative Borrell for His 'Deception' (Electoral Observation Mission)
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-13
Far-right politician, Vente Venezuela leader María Corina Machado criticized European Union High Representative Josep Borrell for his deception and lies about the role of the European Union (EU) in the upcoming regional elections in Venezuela. | Through a post on her social media accounts, Machado questioned Borrell's altercation with the National Electoral Council (CNE) and Venezuelan political leaders. On Friday, October 8, Borrell had commented that the EU electoral observation mission's report will "legitimize or delegitimize" the November 21 elections, and the CNE asked Borrell for an explanation regarding h…
orinocotribune.com/maria-corina-machado-targets-eu-high-representative-borrell-for-his-deception-electoral-observation-mission/

Luis Arce: An Anti-Imperialist Climate Agenda
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-10-13
The Red Nation Luis Arce Catacora: President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia October 11, 2021 Thank you very much brothers and sisters, hugs to the city of La Paz, Bolivia and to everyone that follows us via social media around the world. I want to salute: to the jilata David Choquehuanca, Vice President of… Read…
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Venezuela's Plasencia Participates in Second Meeting of Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-13
On Tuesday, October 12, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia informed that the second meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations has taken place, in which the newest member of the group, Zimbabwe, participated. | Plasencia announced this via Twitter: "We have just had the second meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations, with the news that Zimbabwe has now joined the 18 member countries in raising our voice in defense of international law and the principles of the UN." | Acabamos de instalar la Segunda Reunión del Grupo de A…
orinocotribune.com/venezuelas-plasencia-participates-in-second-meeting-of-group-of-friends-in-defense-of-the-un-charter/

Colombia Accuses Julio Borges of Plotting Against Guaidó
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-10-13

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2021-10-13: News Headlines

James Muldoon (2021-10-13). Regulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialism. zcomm.org Facebook won't let state oversight trump shareholder interest, so alternatives — based on common ownership and community control — are needed…

Janet Parker (2021-10-13). Break the media monopoly over women's bodies. greenleft.org.au Whistleblower Frances Haugen has called out Facebook and its sister site Instagram for exacerbating body image and mental health issues in teenage girls. Janet Parker argues it helps feminists campaign against the system that commodifies women's bodies.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-10-13). Colombia Accuses Julio Borges of Plotting Against Guaidó. orinocotribune.com Amid recent confrontations between formerly allied factions of the Venezuelan right, the fugitive from justice Julio Borges was the subject of criticism and denunciations on the part of sectors of the national and international extreme right, who accused him of wanting to "knock down," or deliver a "low blow," to former deputy Juan Guaidó. | In this case, the criticism came from the former Colombian Ambassador to the United States, Francisco Santos, who spoke through his Twitter account to attack his former partner in conspiracies against Venezuela. | "He has done everything possible to overthrow Juan Guaidó, des…

Project Censored (2021-10-12). Anti-Social Media: Can Our Already Volatile Political Culture Transcend a Facebook World? projectcensored.org In the aftermath of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony to Congress, Mickey and his guests look at the ongoing issues of social media's social responsibility, or lack thereof. Given many…

Jonathan Cook (2021-10-12). Haugen Isn't Really a 'Facebook Whistleblower'. counterpunch.org The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterised Frances Haugen as a "Facebook whistleblower" requires that we pause to consider what exactly we think the term "whistleblower" means. Haugen has brought to the surface a fuzziness in what many of us understand by the idea of whistleblowing.

WSWS (2021-10-12). Whistleblower testimony launches bipartisan campaign for Facebook censorship. wsws.org The Senate testimony by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has intensified the bipartisan drive to clamp down on left-wing and socialist political content on social media platforms.

South Bay Indigenous Solidarity (2021-10-12). Monday 10/11: Indigenous People's Day Webinar. indybay.org Facebook Livestream Event…

_____ (2021-10-12). Haugen Isn't Really a 'Facebook Whistleblower' — and It's Dangerous to Imagine She Is. strategic-culture.org Haugen isn't really a 'Facebook whistleblower' — and it's dangerous to imagine she is | By Jonathan COOK | The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterised Frances Haugen as a " Haugen has brought to the surface a fuzziness in what many of us understand by the idea of whistleblowing. | Even Russell Brand, a comedian turned soothsayer whose c…

Staff (2021-10-12). Sunday Report from Venezuela's Battle Against COVID-19: 1,110 New Cases, 11 Deaths & 95% Recovery Rate. orinocotribune.com A total of 1,110 new COVID-19 cases, all by community transmission, were detected in the last 24 hours by the Venezuelan health authorities, bringing the country's total to 383,376 accumulated cases to date. The rate of recovery stands at 95%, with a total of 363,122 healed patients, thanks to the free treatments guaranteed by the Venezuelan revolutionary government. | This was announced this Sunday, October 10, by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, during the customary daily balance offered by the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, through her Twitter account, @delcyrodriguezv. | <...

Ann Brown (2021-10-12). ADOS Reparations Organization Holds 2nd Annual Conference. moguldom.com Reparations organization ADOS held its second annual conference from Oct. 8 to Oct. 9 at historically Black Simmons College of Kentucky in Louisville. While the event appeared to be well attended, judging from video footage posted on Twitter by ADOS co-founder Yvette Carnell, one person who was not in attendance was ADOS co-founder, Antonio Moore. …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-10-12). Mayo Clinic Minute: What to do if your child has a bellyache. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Kids are back in the classroom, and a common back-to-school sickness is viral gastroenteritis, or stomach flu. It's an intestinal infection marked by watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea or vomiting, and sometimes fever. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/jwxQ2L4ZVXE Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 58) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. If your child is showing symptoms of a stomach bug, such as vomiting…

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