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“People will come back to work
if they’re paid a decent wage”

55 of the most profitable companies in America paid zero federal income taxes the last three years. And we’re supposed to believe that Corporate America can’t afford to guarantee paid sick leave to their workers?

In Biden’s comments he’s trying to flip the UI/unemployment story — onto corporate America. Says companies got $1.4T in gov aid and need to
a) help get employees vaccinated and b) pay them more.

Senate passes $2.1B bill to bolster Capitol security after Jan. 6 insurrection, adds visas for Afghans who helped US.

Governors Prioritize Expanding Internet Access for K-12 Students
digital divide is more severely pronounced in Southern and more rural states, and most present among low-income families, with half of disconnected students in families with annual incomes less than $50,000, and disproportionately among Black, Latino and Native American students, representing 40 percent of the total student population but 55 percent of the disconnected students. An online survey of more than 82,000 K-12 students from the nonprofit YouthTruth, found the digital divide is particularly pronounced among Latino students, with 30 percent reporting a lack of reliable internet access as an obstacle to distance learning, compared to 23 percent of peers in the survey.

Your health insurance provider’s profits, last 3 months
UnitedHealth: $4.9 billion, up 44%
CVS/Aetna: $2.2 billion, up 10%
Anthem: $1.7 billion, up 9%
Cigna: $1.2 billion, down 1%
Humana: $828 million, up 75%

“but universal health care is so expensive”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/08/us-health-insurance-companies-2021-first-quarter

People with COVID Often Infect Their Pets – Scientific American

Study suggests that the top 10 percent of gasoline-using drivers consume one-third of all the gas

A New Report Shows How Trump Keeps Buying Facebook Ads
The Real Facebook Oversight Board is coming after the company again. Demonstrators from the non-profit backed civil society group showed up outside of Facebook’s DC office on Wednesday morning bearing body bags to make the case that “Facebook Kills”—a play on Joe Biden saying earlier this month that disinformation on the social media platform was …

Nearly half of House Ahole Republicans won’t say publicly if they are vaccinated

‘It’s chilling what is happening’: a rightwing backlash to Biden takes root in Republican states

Three states are seeing about 40% of the country’s new Covid-19 cases

Brett Kavanaugh Wasn’t Actually Vetted Before Being Given a Lifetime SCOTUS Appointment

Media’s “both sides” obsession has gone too far: Jan. 6 commission fight is fault of the GOP only

The “Cuban Jamming Crisis” On 40 Meters Ham Radio?

Former WhatsApp employees build HalloApp, a platform to provide alternative to Facebook – The Financial Express

HP patches vulnerable driver lurking in printers for 16 years

DeepMind says it will release the structure of every protein known to science | MIT Technology Review

U.S Senator Warren should stop looking for super coders – STFU and handle  the bankers that are ripping us off every single minute of every single day on every account!

The Fed Announces Plans to Permanently Backstop Wall Street with a Standing Repo Loan Facility of $500 Billion…Starting Tomorrow

U.S. Mega Banks Were Sitting on $6.56 Billion of Chinese Education Stocks that China Just Eviscerated

Biden’s Crime Chief Had Screaming Red Flags on His Financial Disclosure Form; Senators Ignored Them

After JPMorgan Chase Admits to Its 4th and 5th Felony Charge, Its Board Gives a $50 Million Bonus to Its CEO, Jamie Dimon

Someone Is Buying Up Power Plants and Critical Infrastructure in 22 Countries. The Trail Leads to JPMorgan – a Bank Repeatedly Charged with Rigging Markets

The Fed Has Approved 3,576 Bank Mergers in 15-1/2 Years; Denied Zero. One Business Day after President Biden’s Executive Order Warns Against Bank Concentration, the Fed Approves Another Bank Merger.

The Federal Reserve Has Radically Changed from a Central Bank to a Bailout Kingpin. Americans Just Haven’t Paid Attention – Until Tonight

Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming
Back-alley firms meddle in elections and promote falsehoods on behalf of clients who can claim deniability, escalating our era of unreality.

Wormhole – Simple, private file sharing

We Need Help’: Georgia Dem Sends Up Emergency Flare After Watching Republicans Ram Through Voting Restrictions

Constant but Camouflaged, Flurry of Cyberattacks Offer Glimpse of New Era
Once imagined as a new kind of warfare, government-linked hacking has instead become a widespread and perhaps permanent feature of the global order.

Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon

 

Not buying Bitcoin is an expensive mistake.

10 yr return S&P: 225%
Bitcoin: 232,754%

A teenager wrote a summary of What Is Bitcoin for other teens

Scientists develop an ‘iron-air’ battery that stores electricity for days

Bezos one of  the richest men in the world – never sold his stock
Michael Saylor Bitcoin- Bezos Didn’t Sell Amazon when it was down 90%

Why some investors are banking on a bitcoin IRA instead of Social Security
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/24/how-to-invest-bitcoin-in-iras-for-retirement.html