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POLITICS

44 days left until Election Day.

GEN Z TO the RESCUE
Harris Soars, Trump’s Chances Slip Away With New Findings
Kamala Harris rises in the polls and receives support from both sides, as the latest campaign data shows Donald’s path to re-election is slimmer than ever.

we could all use a Good News Monday
Kamala’s up, Donny’s down
Jeff Tiedrich Sep 23
let’s start the week off right. a lot of good shit happened over the weekend. let us count the ways.

Let this sink in.
It should be bigger news that Trump has pledged to have federal forces invade nearly every major American city to takeover law enforcement.

Trump Media and Technology Group
If you invested $1,000 in March, it is worth $190 today.

The GOP is a Russian asset.
#FromRussiaWithLove Sources close to @realDonaldTrump
are saying a flurry of calls among GOP leaders, including Senators and Congressmen, over the weekend in response to the “From Russia with Lev” premiere.
Strategy? **Ignore and divert**.
The aim is to shift the news cycle away from the controversial content.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1837962678867829039.html

“Bill Barr not only politized, he weaponized the DoJ on behalf of Donald Trump to go after his political enemies and help his political friends” ~Parnas
Bill Barr, another corrupt weasel!
@FrankFigliuzzi1 : “I’ve joined over 1600 of my former DOJ colleagues in calling out AG Barr for threatening free and fair elections: 1,600 former Justice Department lawyers accuse Barr of using DOJ to help Trump in election”

When the truth comes out about why Graham became Trump’s patsy, it will be devastating both personally and politically. DNI Official Refuses to Tell Senator Graham if His Conversations with Foreign Leaders were Monitored
Bradley Brooker, the acting general counsel for the director of National Intelligence, declines to disclose if conversations Senator Lindsey Graham has had with foreign leaders have been monitored and if someone made a request to unmask him. He says the request is still be worked on.

!!!!! When newspapers owned by billionaires bash remote work, they’re really just trying to protect office real estate from a $1 trillion financial crash. !!!!!!
They spent their 2020 bailout money on office towers that have tanked in value. That’s why they’re angry.
The Elite’s War on Remote Work Has Nothing to Do with Productivity
It’s about debt on zombie office towers.
https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/heres-why-they-want-you-back-at-the-office-so-bad

RUSSIAN ASSETS

#DeportElonMusk traitor tyrant Elmo
Musk did gift some Cybertrucks to Putin’s Chechen warlord Kadyrov, but when the news got out was forced to remotely disable them lest he be arrested for an intentional sanctions violation.
Chechen warlord accuses Elon Musk of ‘remotely disabling’ his Cybertruck
MAJOR NEW UPDATE: Elon Musk failed to appear for testimony in a FRAUD probe related to his $44 billion Twitter takeover, prompting the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek sanctions. The SEC disclosed in a court filing on Friday that they plan to take action against Musk for his absence.
A federal judge previously ordered Musk to testify as part of the SEC’s investigation into whether his actions and statements regarding the acquisition of Twitter, now known as X, were in compliance with the law.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-sec-intends-seek-sanctions-200024996.html

HEALTH

@JeffSharlet
49% of the class of ’23 at Dartmouth, where I reach, went into finance or consulting. Even were the most ardent capitalist–I am really not that–this would be a crushing statistic. So much energy, education, & intellect hoovered up by one sector.

Metabolism and diet are linked to root of bipolar depression, say researchers
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/21/metabolism-diet-linked-bipolar-depression-scientists-edinburgh

FTC Chair Lina Khan went on 60 Minutes and talked about how the same inhaler that cost $7 in France used to cost $500 in the U.S. Then she took action and got giant pharma companies to bring the cost here down to $35.

Cambodia celebrates return of dozens of Khmer treasures from the Met and other collections
At least 14 of the newly repatriated ancient Khmer objects to Cambodia were previously held by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has had extensive dealings with Douglas Latchford and other accused antiquities smugglers
The spate of repatriations followed extensive efforts to trace and recover looted ancient artifacts, including some identified by ICIJ and linked to disgraced art dealer Douglas Latchford.

@GovernorShapiro
We must all do our part in the fight for freedom — from the workers in Scranton who make Pennsylvania the arsenal of democracy to the brave Ukrainian soldiers protecting their country.
We stand with Ukraine in their just defense of their homeland in the face of Russian aggression.

TECH

Telegram Changes Policy, Says It Will Provide User Data to Authorities
in a massive shift, Telegram says it now *will* provide user data to authorities in response to legal orders. Includes IP addresses and phone numbers. Yesterday privacy policy said just terror suspects. Now it is crimes more broadly

A new regression in the TV interface version of YouTube
Here’s a rather inane regression in the TV interface version of YouTube. Until a day or two ago, there were separate Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down buttons on the UI, to Like or Dislike the current video.
Those have now been combined into one button, with both thumbs up and
thumbs down on it. If you click it, you’ll get a panel where you can choose Like or Dislike. BUT … the new combined button, unlike the individual buttons that used to be present, does not change to show whether you already Liked or Disliked that video. It looks the same for Like, Dislike, or if you never chose either! The only way to know is to click that button and look at the resulting Like/Dislike panel, which does show this info. A new way to waste users’ time. Does anyone at Google actually dogfood this stuff anymore before pushing it to prod? Jeez. -L

BITCOIN

$300K per Bitcoin? Chart of Trading Legend Brandt Implies Massive Rally Brandt expects Bitcoin to substantially outperform gold in the near future.

BlackRock now requires Coinbase to deposit #Bitcoin directly on-chain within 12 hours of instruction after concerns were raised it was selling “paper BTC” to ETFs. I wish BlackRock would require SWIFT to settle my lowly fiat bags within 12hrs.
(US ETFs acquired 913k bitcoins since January)
Supply of coins continues to decline and bull run is about to get interesting. “Get some / get yours” before they are all gone (only 1,242,163 ever to mined in the next 100 years.

BlackRock amended its spot #Bitcoin ETF custody agreement with Coinbase to improve withdrawal times.

Coinbase must now process BTC withdrawals to a public address within 12 hours of receiving instruction

(ii) Section 2.2. The below new sentence shall be added to Section 2.2.
For the avoidance Of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Coinbase Prime Broker Agreement (including any SLAS associated therewith), while a Trade Credit remains unpaid, Client may make withdrawals Of Digital Assets from the Custodial Account to public blockchain addresses provided that an amount equivalent to such Trade Credit is kept in the aggregate of the Borrower’s Trading Balance and Vault Balance following such withdrawal. Subject to confirmation of the foregoing required minimum balance, Coinbase Custody shall process a withdrawal of Digital Assets from the Custodial Account to a public blockchain address within 12 hours of obtaining an Instruction from Client or Client’s Authorized Representatives,

COINBASE DOESN’T OWE YOU
9.3.4. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, a holder of cbBTC holds an ownership interest in the Bitcoin custodied by Coinbase in accordance with Section 9.1.5 above. In the event of a shortfall in the amount of Bitcoin that has been wrapped as cbBTC and held by Coinbase in accordance with Section 9.1.5 above, Coinbase’s liability vis-a-vis any holder of cbBTC will be limited to such holder’s pro rata share of the shortfall amount.

Former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan says, “#Bitcoin is about stopping the state from slowly draining your wealth.”
“The Fed wants you dead—just a little bit every year”

#CRYPTO #ETHERIUM

There’s only one adult in the room with us.
It’s called Bitcoin.
It may be boring, but it’s your best bet at financial independence.
The rest are a great bet at financial ruin, especially if you hold too long. That’s the TLDR of crypto.

@BoringSleuth
Complete Proof of Anarchy5, a Mt. Gox Hacker who walked away with more than 450K Bitcoin, ties to Ethereum’s Team, both Minting the ICO, and receiving funds from the Ethereum Foundations Wallets post ICO.

@BoringSleuth Sep 22
Imagine that, Diddy had the same $PPP Covid Loan Assistance business, named Our Fair Share, as the Crypto Cartel platform Paypie! Both setup in advance to take advantage of the biggest financial corruption event in the History of the World.

EPSTEIN AND DIDDY DIDN’T BANK THEMSELVES

With the recent arrest of P. Diddy
JPMorgan was invested in Diddy’s PPP Loan company and partnered with the National Bankers Association whose CEO is also ex JPMorgan. Now JPM is linked to both Epstein and Diddy!!!
Not only was JPMorgan forced with a $290 million settlement with women who said Jeffrey Epstein abused them, and that the largest U.S. bank turned a blind eye to the late financier’s sex trafficking, JPMorgan was the seed investor in P. Diddy’s “Our Fair Share”.
Our Fair Share provides information and guidance on the SBA PPP loan program to churches, non-profits, independent contractors, and small business owners. They help those who applied for the first time or those who obtained a PPP loan the previous year.
PPP.Paycheck Protection Program.
If you filed for a PPP loan through [P] Diddies racketeering company and you lied to qualify or his company lied on your behalf you will need to lawyer up.
@SenWarren @ewarren is this your buddy Jamie’s @jpmorgan again? Pedophilia bank
WATCH HOW Elizabeth Warren stays quiet about it.
Cargo ship owned by JP Morgan seized with $1 billion of cocaine aboard
@JohnEDeaton1 is going to retire you.

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GOODY GOOD

EU approves ban on destruction of unsold clothing
New rules will also ensure products are more environmentally friendly and that goods are also more easily repaired and recycled.
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states on Tuesday reached an agreement to stop large retail groups of destroying unsold clothes and footwear.
The rules are aimed at cracking down on the impact of “fast fashion” and reducing waste.
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-approves-ban-on-destruction-of-unsold-clothing/a-67641000

GREAT JOBS REPORT

The U.S. economy added another 199,000 jobs in November — more than expected — and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7%. #DemsKeepDeliveringJobs

BAD BAD BAD

BOYCOTT
“STAND TOGETHER MUSIC” “FIRE” “SPIN”  “CHARLES KOCH”

Revealed: how top pop stars are used to ‘launder the reputation’ of Koch family
Stand Together Music, part of rightwing billionaire Charles Koch’s advocacy network, collaborates with Pitbull, Machine Gun Kelly and others
Last September, the rapper Killer Mike was DJing hip-hop classics like Snoop Dogg’s Ain’t No Fun at a music festival afterparty in Louisville, Kentucky. “The inspiration for the night’s set is freedom of speech, so say what the fuck you want!” he told a crowd of hundreds. Killer Mike, half of the duo Run the Jewels, is known for speaking out against police brutality and racial injustice, as well as campaigning for Bernie Sanders.
But this night’s set was co-sponsored by Stand Together Music, an organization backed by the libertarian billionaire Charles Koch, who made his fortune in fossil fuels. Other sponsors of the party included the free-speech group Fire (which has received millions of dollars in contributions from the Charles G Koch charitable foundation), as well as the music outlet Spin, an official partner of Stand Together Music.

According to an exposé by Mary Trump, In 2018, Speaker Mike Johnson received illegal campaign contributions from a company owned by Russians. “American Ethane,” a company that was 88 percent owned by three Russian nationals: Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev gave Johnson at least three checks for $6,100, that he was forced to return. She notes that since, Johnson has consistently voted against Ukraine and for Russian interests.

#TECH / #SECURITY

CZ Must Stay in the U.S. Until His Sentencing
US District Judge Richard Jones just ruled that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) can’t return to his home in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before he is sentenced in the US

Image parsers in UEFIs are riddled with vulns.
Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack. UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
By replacing the legitimate logo images with identical-looking ones that have been specially crafted to exploit these bugs, LogoFAIL makes it possible to execute malicious code at the boot process.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/

Why the 23andMe Data Breach Is Such a Disaster
https://gizmodo.com/what-23andme-data-breach-means-for-users-victims-1851080672

 

Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos
“Imagine with Meta AI” turns prompts into images, trained using public Facebook data. DID YOU PUT YOUR BABY’S PIC UP THERE? SO STUPID.

Bodhipaksa: “[Google] Bard increasingly just made s*it up [about me]”
“Inspired by @cstross’s experience of Google’s Bard generating
increasingly inaccurate “fun facts” about him, I had a go at
that myself.
I asked for five fun facts, then five more, and another five.
Bard increasingly just made shit up. At the start of the second set of five facts, Bard states I’m a musician. I’ve never recorded any albums of “meditative music.”
Bard is a bullshit generator. It reminds me of grading essays by students who hadn’t done the assigned reading.”
https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa/111540214136443297

Warning regarding use of Microsoft email (Outlook, etc.)
I’m seeing increasing cases of Microsoft behaving badly with inbound email, despite proper use of DKIM, SPF, etc. I see items (including not only mailing list email but individual items) that are sitting in my outbound queues all day long — or even longer, and I’m watching now to see if many never make it through. Typical errors are “server busy, try again later” again, and again, again.
I urge that if you or your organization are using Microsoft email services in any way, that you verify that you are not losing inbound email, and perhaps consider a transition to a reliable email service. ~ ANON

CRYPTO

CAN TRADITIONAL FINANCE SHOW PROOF OF RESERVES?
SEC actually out here saying that Proof Of Reserves are bullshit (always has been) pretty much putting every stable coin and exchange on blast.
Pretty sure that’s the ticking time bomb point of our banking system.

SEC — Exercise Caution with Crypto Asset Securities: Investor Alert
March 23, 2023
https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/exercise-caution-crypto-asset-securities-investor-alert

<snip>
Proof of Reserves is a term crypto asset entities, including trading platforms and/or entities that issue crypto assets securities, use to describe a voluntary method for offering evidence that in the aggregate an entity has sufficient reserve assets to cover what is held for customers and/or accounts at a given point in time. Crypto asset entities may be offering these types of assessments as a way to satisfy customers that their funds are safe and available upon demand.  However, these types of services may not provide any meaningful assurance that these entities hold adequate assets to back their customers’ balances.  Further, crypto asset entities might use these in lieu of audited financial statements in order to obscure and confuse customers about the safety of their assets.  For example, a proof of reserves typically:

  • may only provide a snapshot of what is, for example, held by an entity in certain wallets or accounts, or backing customer assets as of a point-in-time;
  • may not disclose management’s activities during the period between the snapshots (for example, use of customer crypto assets in crypto asset lending or other activities); 
  • does not tell customers the whole story about the entity’s liabilities and, for example, whether the customer has to “stand in line” behind other creditors if the entity fails; and
  • may not offer protection against the entity moving customer assets shortly after a proof of reserves is completed.

In addition, a proof of reserves is not as rigorous, or as comprehensive, as a financial statement audit and may not provide any level of assurance.  For example, audited financial statements typically require audits of a complete set of financial statements performed by a registered public accounting firm in accordance with PCAOB auditing standards.  With so-called proof of reserves, there are no specific audit requirements for the engagement or the information reported, allowing an entity full discretion to manage the terms of the engagement.  For example:

  • the extent and frequency of assessments performed around customer assets;
  • the determination of the reserves (for example, which wallets and accounts are examined as part of the assessment);
  • the level of assurance provided (for example, reasonable, limited, or no assurance) and the standards applied;  
  • the type of third-party assurance provider engaged (i.e., accountant or non-accountant assurance providers, affiliated or independent); and 
  • whether the results are made public, including the extent and format of the information shared. 

Investors should be aware that this level of management discretion undermines any suggestion that a proof of reserves offers protections similar to a financial statement audit.  In sum, investors should exercise extreme caution when relying on proof of reserves to conclude that a crypto asset entity has sufficient reserve assets to meet customer liabilities.

</SNIP>

SAB 121

@MattWalshInBos
SAB 121 and how Gary Gensler, the lead henchman of Elizabeth Warren’s anti-crypto army, is turning the SEC into a merit regulator and using an obscure accounting rule to prevent major banks from touching crypto in the United States…
https://twitter.com/MattWalshInBos/status/1680937881970397184
SAB 121 makes their crypto business non-viable
https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-04-23/s70423-187559-342402.pdf
BNY is the most trusted custodian on earth. They launched digital assets in 2022 but according to their filings have ‘de minimis’ assets. They are the custodian on none of the Bitcoin ETF proposals. Why is the SEC decapitating BNY’s crypto custody business?

Fetterman supports Roe. v Wade, Oz will not.

Fetterman Had A Stroke. What’s Mehmet Oz’s Excuse?

First of all, whose idea was it to make last night’s Fetterman/Oz debate into a 30-minute lightning round — like a game show?
It made both candidates look worse, and did not serve anyone!Whoever was in charge of this one did a really shitty job. OZ was a transparent huckster who doesn’t believe in much of anything other than winning.

“I never sold weight loss products as described in those commercials,” Oz said.

Bullshit! You shilled for them, and you made money as a result.
The Dr. Oz rule: If he’s on TV he’s lying.

Fetterman supports Roe. v Wade
not OZ

Your Body, Your Choice, NOT anyone else’s choice and *definitely* not Dr. Oz’s

“Holy shit: OZ SAYS his abortion position: should be between “a woman, her doctor, and local political leaders” #PASenDebate

The real headline from last night’s debate was that Oz said that abortion decisions should be left up to “women, doctors and local political leaders.” It was tone deaf and morally bankrupt. It is the kind of view that will not pass as Fetterman‘s momentary impediments will.

Dr. Oz literally said tonight that he wants “local political leaders” (like his buddy Doug Mastriano) to decide whether or not women have access to safe + legal abortions That is EXTREME
One televised debate will not stop people from remembering how Dr. Oz has lied, misled, and belittled everyday people.

FETTERMAN: “You roll with Doug Mastriano.”
OZ: “I’ve been very clear as a physician not to interfere with what states decide.” Oz‘s sidekick, the GOP candidate for governor Doug Mastriano, wants to ban ALL abortions even in cases of rape, incest, & the life of a woman in PA.

The NYT right-wing media is framing the debate as about what Fetterman has to prove.

“Fetterman’s Debate Challenges: Selling Policies and Proving He’s Fit to Serve” This speaks to the major partisan asymmetry between the right-wing and mainstream media.

Dr. Oz expressed support for a radical GOP plan that would threaten Medicare + Social Security’s very existence.
These programs are lifelines for Pennsylvania’s seniors

NOW THAT BIDEN GOT HEARING AIDS FOR EVERYONE
Maybe seniors will now be able to hear Republicans saying how they are going to take away their Social Security and Medicaid.

HEARING AIDS:
Americans can buy hearing aids over the counter, without a prescription or exam. Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration, Americans are going to start seeing hearing aids on their store shelves. The FDA estimates this is going to save patients as much as $3,000 per pair. Because of Biden, they are now going to cost about $200 bucks.

The WH keep getting shit done while the @GOP keep standing in the way of innovation. Both parties are NOT the same.

“yes, I will choose the guy recovering from a stroke over the smug out-of-touch fake-diet-pill-pushing lickspittle carpetbag jackass liar who says the government should be all up in women’s wombs, why do you ask”

Oz is a doctor like Jeffery Dahmer was just a gourmet chef.

I suppose it was just a matter of time before fanboy Joe Scarborough would invite Todd Rundgren onto Morning Joe. When I saw him on my teevee this morning, I was in a state of disbelief. But Todd, the Ultimate Artist, did not disappoint!
https://crooksandliars.com/2022/10/worlds-collide-todd-rundgren-talks-about

*** JUST IN *** Three of the men accused of concocting and supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been found GUILTY on ALL charges. They face a maximum of life in prison.

Violence is a quest for identity — Marshall McLuhan

The Secret Service waited 4 hours to notify Police about death threats made against Nancy Pelosi. They waited 1 hour to notify police about death threats made against Chuck Schumer. And they deleted their J6 texts after being ordered to turn them over to an oversight Committee. I am sure they know the agents in question. Terminate all of them. The Secret Service needs to clean house!

*That’s cuz they are sucking Trump’s eenie weenie teenie orange peenie

Today is a good day to point out that @SecretService is compromised and should be stood down from executive protection until they clean house .

“Don’t know, Bobert says she left the chambers.”

“How bout Schumer? Is he dead?”

“Hope so. I hate that prick.”

“Stand by! Report incoming!”

“Die, libtards, DIE!”

“They got out! They got away! They’re certifying TONIGHT!”

“Delete, delete, DELETE!”

#HEALTH

A Florida attorney who was an aggressive advocate for overturning the state’s helmet law has died in a motorcycle crash while not wearing one

Lawsuit against L’Oreal, beauty companies alleges hair straightening products cause uterine cancer
“L’Oreal must be held accountable for specifically marketing chemical hair straighteners that contain carcinogenic properties and hazardous chemicals to Black women — without any regard for their health complications.” Black women are more likely to use chemical hair straightening products. Filed on October 21 in Illinois, the suit comes on the heels of a new National Institutes of Health study that found frequent chemical hair straightening doubled the risk of developing uterine cancer among women compared with those who did not use the products.

GET YOUR FLU VACCINE NOW
GET YOUR COVID BOOSTER NOW

Immune system-evading hybrid virus observed for first time
Two common respiratory viruses can fuse to form a hybrid virus capable of evading the human immune system, and infecting lung cells – the first time such viral cooperation has ever been observed.
“This kind of hybrid virus has never been described before,” said Prof Pablo Murcia, who supervised the research, published in Nature Microbiology. “We are talking about viruses from two completely different families combining together with the genomes and the external proteins of both viruses. It is a new type of virus pathogen.” “It is another reason to avoid getting infected with multiple viruses, because this [hybridisation] is likely to happen all the more if we don’t take precautions to protect our health.”
Researchers believe the findings could help to explain why co-infections can lead to significantly worse disease for some patients, including hard-to-treat viral pneumonia.

People who had mild Covid had increased risk of blood clots: UK study People who caught mild cases of Covid-19 during the first year of the pandemic had a higher risk of developing blood clots than those who were not infected, according to a large study published by British scientists this week.
Patients with mild Covid, defined as those not hospitalized, were 2.7 times more likely to develop blood clots, according to the study published in the British Medical Journal’s Heart on Monday. They were also 10 times more likely to die than people who did not have Covid.

Central Florida pediatric hospitals fill up as RSV surges among kids
“Fortunately, in Florida, COVID numbers are still on a gradual decline, but what’s marched into its place is influenza and in young children, an increase in RSV,” said Dr. Kenneth Alexander, chief of infectious diseases at Nemours. Alexander says their emergency department is already busy.

Sleep apnea device recall fuels frustration as replacement effort expected to drag into 2023 A massive recall of millions of sleep apnea machines has stoked anger and frustration among patients, and U.S. officials are weighing unprecedented legal action to speed a replacement effort that is set to drag into next year. Philips initially estimated it could repair or replace the units within a year. But with the recall expanding to more than 5 million devices worldwide, the Dutch company now says the effort will stretch into 2023.

BANKS

Best explanation I’ve heard on the current macroeconomic situation by
Ed Dowd Fmr. Blackrock Portfolio Manager
“Ed Dowd” is the author of this book: “Causes Unknown”

 

“You’re telling me a sovereign government attempted to chart a new course for the domestic economy, and then faced an immediate backlash from the IMF, White House, central bank, and big finance, and then a month later a Goldman and Stanford alum was put in charge?”

JPMorgan Chase Quietly Settles Whistleblower Case Involving Charges of Keeping
Two Sets of Books and Improper Payments to Tony Blair
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
It was a lawsuit that should have made front page headlines in every major
newspaper in America and on the evening television news. Instead, as we
predicted, it was quietly settled on Monday, just 10 business days before a
trial, The lawsuit was filed in the federal district court for the Southern District of New York – a court system where mega Wall Street banks have a long history of evading justice.
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/10/jpmorgan-chase-quietly-settles-whistleblower-case-involving-charges-of-keeping-two-sets-of-books-and-improper-payments-to-tony-blair/

TECH

Microsoft Data Breach Exposes Customers’ Sensitive Information
Data of 65,000 Customers Allegedly Leaked
Names, Email Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Other Information Exposed.
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/microsoft-data-breach-exposes-customers-sensitive-information/

Norway arrested a “Brazilian” university researcher at University of Tromso, who studied “hybrid threats”. The catch? He’s a Russian spy, not a Brazilian professor.

#FIND YOUR PHONE
Hacking cell phones like Mr Robot Season 2 Episode 5
Create the mobile spying machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYt0r5Rw2gE
A femtocell is legal @three_cube
Pentester, Forensic investigator, and former college professor. Trained hackers at every branch of US military and intelligence.

Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Using Academic Cover to Target Individuals in United States

@FTC has taken action against @Drizly (a subsidiary of @Uber) and its CEO James Cory Rellas for security failures that led to a data breach exposing the personal information of around 2.5 million consumers.

What to do if caught in the blast radius of a nuclear explosion‼️👀

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ETHICS

Folks. Apply for student debt cancellation now here:
https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief/application

Want to know why you have American Patriarch Oligarchs bossing people around?
745 billionaires now hold more wealth than HALF of American households. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

How to remake society:
Get Central Banks to hold interest rates artificially low until everyone feels like an idiot for not taking out debt “it’s free money!”
Then raise interest rates and withdraw liquidity to trap every debt holder and force them to agree to your terms.

@jennycohn1 it was about attacking & undermining public schools w/ the goal of replacing them w/ private (4 profit) mostly Christian schools or homeschooling. See Christian Right attorney Michael Farris of ADF who has ties to Alexey Komov (Malofeev’s lackey) & Jenna Ellis. 1/

How Google’s former CEO Eric Schmidt helped write A.I. laws in Washington without publicly disclosing investments in A.I. startups
In short, the commission, which Schmidt soon took charge of as chairman, was tasked with coming up with recommendations for almost every aspect of a vital and emerging industry. The panel did far more under his leadership. It wrote proposed legislation that later became law and steered billions of dollars of taxpayer funds to industry he helped build — and that he was actively investing in while running the group.

If you’re going to be leading a commission that is steering the direction of government AI and making recommendations for how we should promote this sector and scientific exploration in this area, you really shouldn’t also be dipping your hand in the pot and helping yourself to AI investments.

Walter Shaub
Senior Ethics Fellow, Project on Government Oversight

Trump’s Sick Crack About Prison Rape Gets Big Cheers From His Supporters

TECH

Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second

MIITARY SPENDING VS CLIMATE CHANGE

Carl Sagan warning about Donald Trump in 1994
A staggeringly prescient warning from Carl Sagan… He spoke these words in 1994, yet he might as well be talking to us today. Though he has been dead for over two decades, his profound and beautiful insights continue to educate and elevate our thinking and our behavior. He was a shining star, a guiding light… And this message is but one beam from it.

JUSTICE

Supreme court is a clown court owned by evangelical fascists
Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says
In the senator’s recollection, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion overturning the abortion ruling tried to show Mr. Kennedy that he was not a threat to Roe.

EXPAND THE COURT When Democrats voted to keep birth control legal in America 96% of republicans in Congress voted no.


“Congress should take every action that it can to make sure that pregnancy and parenting don’t mean poverty for women and their families. But the very least that Congress can and must do is pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.” #ProtectPregnantWorkers

The GOP’s Cult of Election Deniers Is a Growing Threat to the Nation
This year, more than half of GOP candidates are Big Lie cultists. Repeat: more than half. It’s getting harder to see how democracy can survive this.

Kayne West has officially fallen from the billionaire list after Adidas dropped him for his antisemitic remarks, according to Forbes. That’s what happens when you think you’re The Messiah and Don’t Take Your Meds.

1987 Black Woman New Owner Of Klan Headquarters A black woman whose teen-age son was killed by two Klansmen became the owner Wednesday of the headquarters of the United Klans of America.

‘Revenge porn’ site shut down by ‘anti-bullying’ site

8th Circuit issues stay of student-debt forgiveness plan
The US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has issued a stay of the Biden administration’s student-loan forgiveness program in response to a lawsuit from Republican attorneys general in six states, temporarily blocking the federal government from forgiving debt. The government can still review applications, and eligible borrowers can still apply to the program, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.

Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias
Educated at a private boarding school in New England, a graduate of Trinity, the heir to a frozen food fortune, a millionaire who works for a billionaire, who calls congressmen when people are mean to his grown son, Buckley, lashes out at coastal elites. Tonight at 8.
Tucker Carlson Is Furious Someone Called His Son A Nepotism Baby
The Fox News host allegedly lashed out at Rep. Tom Emmer after someone made an anonymous dig at his son’s employment in Rep. Jim Banks’ office

‘I’m deadly serious’: why film-maker Michael Moore is confident of a Democratic midterm win
The Democratic party consultants are feeding lines that are so lame and weak. They don’t go for the jugular like a Republican would. It doesn’t inspire people at home.”

Biden Could Kill Musk’s Twitter Deal If US Does Security Review

Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with ‘blatant’ misinformation about voting in midterms, researchers say

Officer from Jan. 6 leaks secretly recorded chat with Kevin McCarthy
A new report from CNN says House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California was secretly recorded telling two police officers that former President Donald Trump was, at least for several hours, unaware that his supporters were carrying out an attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which contradicts findings from a special investigation into the attack which suggest Trump did know.

More re Christo-fascist Michael Farris’s close connection to Jenna Ellis. He was her constitutional law professor. ‘Completely Dedicated to God’ and Country: Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis and Her Quest for the Truth

RUSSIA

Russia is a terrorist state. Pass it on.
Republicans are soft on Nazis, soft on Russians, soft on rapists, and soft on pedophiles. They’re brutal on women, immigrants, children, elderly, POC, and veterans.

Burgess Yachts hiding their Russian Oligarch client list
Burgess Yachts HQ they were busy hiding their hugely profitable business interests with Russian Oligarchs. Burgess Yachts first port of call, remove all yachts belonging to Russian clients from their website, which they did. We can indisputably confirm this by using the Wayback machine.
Burgess Chartering Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs yacht for €549,000,000 ($610,000,000) a week while owner is sanctioned

War is indeed a racket
Wagner Group lures foreign mercenaries with bumped-up salaries as Russia suffers losses –
Russian paramilitary outfit liaising with organised crime groups in Latin America and Europe to recruit more fighters

CHINA

SO . . . Garland said they arrested Chinese wanted to steal IP and paid with bitcoin . . . He never mentioned
TikTok’s Alleged Plan to Track Americans Adds to Security Fears

“Every American executive and engineer working in China’s semiconductor manufacturing industry resigned yesterday, paralyzing Chinese manufacturing overnight. One round of sanctions from Biden did more damage than all four years of performative sanctioning under Trump.”

Chinese Intelligence Sought to Infiltrate EDNY Prosecution Team in Huawei Case, DOJ Says

 

The true cost of military spending.