Barrett Confirmed: Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza on GOP’s Supreme Court Power Grab
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-27
As right-wing judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in as the ninth justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, just 30 days after President Trump announced her nomination and eight days ahead of the November 3 election, we speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, who says the rushed confirmation shows that the Supreme Court “is not a neutral body — it is incredibly political.” Barrett’s confirmation to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks after her death seals the court’s 6-3 conservative majority potentially for decades to come and could have major consequences for reproducti…
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With Amy Coney Barrett, US Supreme Court lurches further to the right
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-27
Six of the nine judges in US Supreme Court are conservatives and Amy Coney Barrett is likely to be among the most extreme. This could have a massive impact on the upcoming elections and a host of issues, including abortion and healthcare…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/27/with-amy-…

Barrett’s confirmation threatens fair election, healthcare, and women’s rights
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-27
Hundreds at the White House celebrated the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court–just one month after her nomination became a COVID-19 superspreader event that infected the president and at least three dozen others.
therealnews.com/barretts-confirmation-th…

‘Should be ashamed’: After installing Barrett, McConnell adjourns Senate for recess with no Covid relief insight
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
“Small business owners, workers, and families are desperate for support–and lawmakers and the president abandoned them in order to focus on jamming through a historically non-transparent and extreme Supreme Court pick.”
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/should-be-…

Republicans Have Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett–and Officially Captured the Supreme Court
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Republicans Have Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett–and Officially Captured the Supreme Court…
thenation.com/article/politics/amy-coney…

Thousands of ex-felon first-time voters in Florida could help decide the 2020 election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-27
In 2000, with all eyes on Florida, a young lawyer named Amy Coney Barrett helped swing the controversial Bush v. Gore decision, securing a Republican presidency. In 2020, the courts could again be decisive in swing states. Voting rights activist Desmond Meade is working to get court costs paid and ex-felons registered to vote.
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Barrett Confirmed, Post-Election Chaos Will Ensue
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Yesterday Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate confirmed its third ultra conservative Supreme Court nominee, Amy Barrett, as Supreme Court Justice. Coming in the midst of America’s current dual crisis–economic and Covid health–both now worsening, the Barrett appointment ensures the emergence of historic political instability in the USA. The dual crisis is about to become a triple…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/barrett-conf…

Barrett confirmation likely to supercharge voter suppression efforts
John Winstead | liberationnews.org | 2020-10-27
Barrett’s confirmation just one week ahead of what could be the most hotly-contested presidential election in recent U.S. history is sure to intensify efforts to disenfranchise working class and oppressed people…
liberationnews.org/barrett-confirmation-…

Barrett Confirmed by US Senate: Post-Election Chaos Now Inevitable
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
The Supreme Court of the USA, now firmly in the Trump camp with the Barrett appointment, may well prove to be one of his essential tools in pulling off that coup d’etat…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/barrett-confirmed-…

Barrett cements 6-3 GOP majority as election lawsuits hang in balance
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-27
With exactly a week until Election Day 2020, Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, has now been installed, taking the seat previously held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As voters nationwide line up hours in advance to cast a ballot or request a mail-in ballot in an unprecedented electoral uprising, Barrett’s …
peoplesworld.org/article/barrett-cements…

Barrett Confirmed, Post-Election Chaos Will Ensue
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Yesterday Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate confirmed its third ultra conservative Supreme Court nominee, Amy Barrett, as Supreme Court Justice. Coming in the midst of America’s current dual crisis–economic and Covid health–both now worsening, the Barrett appointment ensures the emergence of historic political instability in the USA. The dual crisis is about to become a triple…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/barrett-conf…

Trump escalates coup plotting with swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
The installation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, without significant resistance by the Democrats, is a key step in Trump’s plans to hijack the presidential election.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/pers…

Trump escalates coup plotting with swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
The installation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, without significant resistance by the Democrats, is a key step in Trump’s plans to hijack the presidential election.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883790…

AOC Pushes for Dems to “Expand the Court” After Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
Following the confirmation by the United States Senate of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) sent out a tweet that expressed her view of how Democrats should proceed from this moment onward. | “Expand the court,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. | The congresswoman elaborated on the point in a second tweet, explaining that increasing the number of sitting justices on the high court was n…
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Monday 10/26: Our Court, Our Voices: Rally Against SCOTUS Confirmation Vote for Amy Coney Barrett
PFAWMP | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online via livestream…
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Now Is No Time for Cowardice. Abolish the Filibuster and Expand the Court
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
Mitch McConnell and his cohort of conservative allies believe the elevation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is the capstone move in their long game. Between Barrett creating a meaty 6-3 conservative majority on the high court and the more than 200 right-wing judges the GOP senate has elevated to the bench, they think they have cemented the rule of a wealthy, white minority for another generation at least. | Who knows? They may even be right. | There is no doubt that Justice Barrett is a…
truthout.org/articles/now-is-no-time-for…

Barrett Confirmed by US Senate: Post-Election Chaos Now Inevitable
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Today Mitch McConnell’s Republican Senate confirmed its third ultra conservative Supreme Court nominee, Amy Barrett, as Supreme Court Justice. Coming in the midst of America’s current dual crisis–economic and Covid health–both now worsening, the Barrett appointment ensures the emergence …
globalresearch.ca/barrett-confirmed-us-s…

70+ Climate Journalists Pen Open Letter Condemning Barrett for Enabling the ‘Ecological Crisis of Our Times’
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
“At the moment when the facts of the case were presented to her, this arbiter of justice freely chose to side with mistruths. Judge Coney Barrett’s responses are factually inaccurate, scientifically unsound, and dangerous.” | *** | More than 70 science journalists …
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Never-Trumper Ana Navarro mocked for shaming third-party voters, after saying she’d write in her MOTHER on 2016 ballot
rt.com | 2020-10-27
After blaming Americans who didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton for the confirmation of a new conservative Supreme Court justice, commentator Ana Navarro was reminded she had vowed to write in her own mother’s name on the 2016 ballot. | “If you’re mad Amy Coney Barrett was just rammed through to replace RBG, then you better get off your duff and vote,” Navarro tweeted late on Monday following the senate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. | “To those who voted for Jill Stein or the pot-smoker from New Mexico, or wrote-in, “Mickey Mouse…congrats on your new SCOTUS Justice!” she added, referrin…
rt.com/usa/504698-ana-navarro-voting-mot…

McConnell caught trying to sabotage Covid Relief agreement in order to prioritize Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
The window to hash out any details of a coronavirus relief deal is coming to an end as Election Day approaches even though there is a huge need for one.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/mcconnell-…

Kavanaugh Issues Ominous Opinion Regurgitating Trump Mail-In Ballot Lies
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
The U.S. Supreme Court late Monday delivered a victory for the Republican Party by barring the crucial battleground state of Wisconsin from extending its Election Day deadline for the arrival of absentee ballots amid the pandemic, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh issuing an ominous concurring opinion that echoes President Donald Trump’s false narrative on mail-in voting. | The 5-3 decision along ideological lines — with the court’s five conservatives in the majority — blocked a request by…
truthout.org/articles/kavanaugh-issues-o…

The Physician’s Responsibility
jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
The recent decision of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, abstracted in the Medicolegal department of The Journal last week, is of importance and interest to practicing physicians, and especially to health officers…. The plaintiff, while stopping at a small hotel, consulted a local physician, the defendant, regarding some sores that had appeared on his body. After an examination, the physician told the plaintiff–his patient–that he believed the disease to be syphilis, but that it was impossible to make a positive diagnosis without a Wassermann test, for which he had no equipment. The defendant physician…
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‘It’s too late to use the mails’: Former Attorney General Eric Holder temporarily CENSORED by Twitter for urging in-person voting
rt.com | 2020-10-27
Eric Holder, attorney general under Barack Obama, had a tweet flagged by Twitter that encouraged people to “plan” their vote and cast doubt on the reliability of the “deliberately crippled Postal Service” and Supreme Court. | “It’s too late to use the mails,” Holder tweeted on Tuesday. “Given Supreme Court rulings I urge everyone to now vote in person; early vote or use drop boxes.” | Holder did not specify the “rulings” he meant, but he was likely referring to disputes in multiple states about the deadline for mail-in ballots. A court ruling on Monday handed a defeat to Democrats in Wisconsin, saying mail-in…
rt.com/usa/504720-eric-holder-twitter-ma…

Will Democracy’s Myths Doom Liberty?
James Bovard | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
The Supreme Court declared in 1943, “There is no mysticism in the American concept of the State or of the nature or origin of its authority.” In reality, the cardinal doctrines of contemporary democracy are layer upon layer of mystical …
globalresearch.ca/will-democracy-myths-d…

Why It’s Really Hard for Trump to Steal the Election
John Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Election Day is soon upon us, and worries abound about the fairness of the voting now underway, and the counting to come. Reasonable people believe that Donald Trump will provoke a Constitutional crisis if he loses the vote, a fear he stokes at every turn. Meanwhile, the clock ticks. Professionals and local official running the…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/why-its-real…

Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-vot…

‘Serious concerns’ over rights situation in Myanmar ahead of next month’s elections
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced “serious concerns” on Tuesday over the situation in Myanmar — including rights violations and proliferation of hateful speech against minority communities — as the country prepares for general elections next month.
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The Rise in Material Hardship Among Working-Class Whites and How It Could Impact the 2020 Election
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-10-27
Missed or late rent or mortgage payments with little confidence of being able to catch-up are hallmarks of what economists call “housing insecurity.” Black and Hispanic people are much more likely to be housing insecure than white people and have seen larger increases in housing insecurity during the pandemic. At the same time, there is …
cepr.net/the-rise-in-material-hardship-a…

So Trump Loses. What Happens Then?
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-27
By Rajan Menon / Reposted with permission from TomDispatch.com Donald Trump isn’t just inside the heads of his Trumpster base; he’s long been a consuming obsession among those yearning for his defeat in November. With barely more than a week to go before the election of our lifetime, those given to nail biting as a response to anxiety have by now gnawed ourselves down to the quick. | Source…
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Voters’ remorse? Searches spike for ‘can I change my vote’ as US election enters home stretch
rt.com | 2020-10-27
With less than a week left in the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, it seems like many Americans who voted early are trying to change their mind — and in some places, may be able to do so. | …
rt.com/usa/504733-change-vote-searches-t…

Tanzania: UN chief calls for safe, peaceful voting process
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
The UN Secretary-General has called on everyone involve inTanzania’s political process to ensure that Wednesday’s general elections are held in a safe, inclusive and peaceful manner, amid reports of intimidation and harassment of political opponents, journalists and activists.
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Wednesday 10/28: Strength Thru Unity: Multicultural Election Special on COVID, Racism, & Human Rights
KPFK: Strength Thru Unity Program | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Watch online via website livestream…
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The role of the Left in the 2020 elections
Jarvis Tyner | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-27
Support of a broad anti-Trump coalition is building momentum for the Biden-Harris ticket in this historic 2020 presidential election, now just days away. If the effects of important grassroots work continues, and the huge Democratic registration and early voting tallies up, then Trump’s monstrous reign will end. This is not just a battle of Democrats …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-role-of-the…

Carnegie Museum workers file for union election
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Pittsburgh, PA – Approximately 500 scientists, educators, art handlers, front staff, gift shop clerks, ushers and other workers from across the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh system today announced Oct. 20 they filed for a union election as they seek to join the United Steelworkers (USW). | The group, working under the banner of the United Museum Workers, announced their organizing drive on June 29 and are now seeking a formal vote through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). | “Our movement began with concerns about transparency and limited career opportunities, but it now has even greater urgency as it’s…
fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/carnegie-mu…

Wednesday 10/28: 2020 Election Protection in California w/ CA Common Cause
California Common Cause | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online via Livestream…
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Alicia Garza on Being Targeted in Armed White Supremacist Plot as Trump Stokes Fires of Racism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-10-27
This election season, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza says President Trump is “stoking fires he has no intention of controlling” and inciting far-right extremists. She was recently approached by the FBI after agents found her name on a list in the home of a white supremacist in Idaho who was arrested on weapons charges. “Racial terror has always been used as a form of control, particularly during periods of people fighting for social change,” she says.
www.democracynow.org/2020/10/27/alicia_g…

Fascism Is A Failed Response To Capitalist Crisis
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
Few would disagree in light of recent events that the Trump regime, its most diehard extreme-right, white supremacist supporters, and elements of the Republican Party are bidding for a fascist putsch. Whether this putsch remains insurgent or is beaten back will depend on how events unfold in the November 3 election and its aftermath, and especially on the ability of left and progressive forces to mobilize to defend democracy and to push forward a social justice agenda as a counterweight to the fascist project.
popularresistance.org/fascism-is-a-faile…

What the Election Should Have Been About
Steven Dandaneau | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Economists, and, and I stress, most people, even me, have not quite admitted to themselves, nor fully gamed out, that the global economy, in broad strokes, is unsustainable. More to the point, it is killing us. Capitalism is an inherently growth-oriented economic system, but infinite “growth” was bound to end up a problem on a finite planet.
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/what-the-ele…

HACKED Trump campaign website proclaims US president ‘involved in origin of coronavirus’ in apparent cryptocurrency scam
rt.com | 2020-10-27
US President Donald Trump’s website has been taken offline after a fake ‘seizure’ notice was posted on multiple pages, claiming the president had ‘spreaded’ fake news and was ‘involved in the origin’ of the Covid-19 pandemic. | While it featured the FBI and Justice Department logos, the announcement was written in broken English and without capitalizations, according to screenshots posted on Tuesday evening. | “[We] have evidence that completely discredits mr trump as president,” the notice said, “proving his criminal involvment [sic] and coorperation [sic] with foreign actors manipulating the 2020 election.”
rt.com/usa/504742-trump-website-hacked-d…

Turkish parliament head meets Turkish Cypriot president
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Turkey’s parliament speaker on Tuesday met with the newly elected president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) visiting the capital Ankara.According to a statement by the speaker’s office, Mustafa Sentop and TRNC President Ersin Tatar discussed possible cooperation between the two countries.TRNC Ambassador Kemal Koprulu also took part in the meeting, after which Sentop offered a luncheon in Tatar’s honor.Then-Prime Minister Ersin Tatar on Oct. 18 won a presidential runoff election in the TRNC with 51.74% of the votes, beating incumbent Mustafa Akinci’s 48.26%.Tatar is the TRNC’s fifth president, an…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkish-parliamen…

Save the election, resist the hate
Barton Kunstler | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
The only thing that can work against a hijacked election is mass citizen action. A General Strike.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/save-the-e…

Carnegie Museum workers file for union election
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Pittsburgh, PA – Approximately 500 scientists, educators, art handlers, front staff, gift shop clerks, ushers and other workers from across the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh system today announced Oct. 20 they filed for a union election as they seek to join the United Steelworkers (USW). | The group, working under the banner of the United Museum Workers, announced their organizing drive on June 29 and are now seeking a formal vote through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). | “Our movement began with concerns about transparency and limited career opportunities, but it now has even greater urgency as it’s…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/carnegi…

From a Wealthy Socialite to an Israeli Govt Censor, Facebook’s New “Free Speech Court” Is Anything but Independent
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-10-27
Freedom of speech on the Internet is all but extinct, and on the eve of the 2020 US elections, a de facto “free speech court” is going to make sure it never comes back. On Facebook at least.
mintpressnews.com/facebook-free-speech-c…

‘Election misinformation pre-bunking’? Twitter again censors Trump as it begins spamming Americans with new Orwellian warnings
rt.com | 2020-10-27
Twitter has slapped a “misleading” label on yet another tweet from President Donald Trump, as it rolls out a new effort to “pre-bunk” criticism of mail-in voting and warns Americans not to expect final results on election night. | In a tweet on Monday night, Trump stressed the need to have a final vote tally on the day of the general election, stating there are “big problems and discrepancies with mail-in ballots all over the USA,” reiterating previous complaints about potential flaws in universal distance voting.
rt.com/usa/504638-twitter-censor-trump-e…

A week before the US Presidential election, USPS management pushes forward unprecedented attacks on mail-in balloting
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
With the US Presidential election one week away, the United States Postal Service, led by GOP mega-donor Louis DeJoy, has ramped up the drive to privatization and to place a cloud over mail-in balloting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/usps…

Concord D2 Residents Can Vote Out Caviar Carlyn
Concord Author | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
In the lead up to the election during the economic and Covid crisises, Carlyn Obringer is promoting caviar on Twitter and Facebook. Caviar Carlyn is out of touch when it comes to the struggles that so many Concord residents are facing.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883791…

Visually impaired? Get help voting with Vote.org and Be My Eyes
Special to People’s World | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-27
There are at least 26.9 million American adults with vision loss–a staggering 8% of the U.S. population–and even though not all of them are “blind” (about 1 million), there are still many who need help filling out paper documents, accessing technology, and completing complex government forms. In the leadup to the 2020 presidential election, Be My Eyes …
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Along the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hoping for a Miracle
Sara Hylton, Magnum Foundation | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Along the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hoping for a Miracle…
thenation.com/article/environment/keysto…

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Was Targeted in Armed White Supremacist Plot
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
This election season, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza says President Trump is “stoking fires he has no intention of controlling” and inciting far-right extremists. She was recently approached by the FBI after agents found her name on a list in the home of a white supremacist in Idaho who was arrested on weapons charges. “Racial terror has always been used as a form of control, particularly during periods of people fighting for social change,” she says. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a…
truthout.org/video/black-lives-matter-co…

Israel eyes new normalization deals after US polls
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Israel will intensify normalization talks with five Arab countries after US presidential elections early November, an Israeli minister said on Tuesday. | “After signing the agreement with the United Arab Emirates, I said there will be other agreements with a country from the Gulf and a country from Africa and later Bahrain and Sudan joined the historical path,” Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen said in a statement. | “There are five others, namely Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, Algeria and Morocco and negotiations with these countries will intensify after the US presidential elections,” he added.US pre…
yenisafak.com/en/news/israel-eyes-new-no…

If Trump Loses, He Will Be A Ruthless Lame Duck
Rajan Menon | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
If Trump Loses, He Will Be A Ruthless Lame Duck…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-ele…

Tanzania: UN chief calls for safe, peaceful elections
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
The UN Secretary-General has called on everyone involve inTanzania’s political process to ensure that Wednesday’s general elections are held in a safe, inclusive and peaceful manner, amid reports of intimidation and harassment of political opponents, journalists and activists.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/10/1…

The China-Russia “Threat to America”: Biden’s Intriguing “Attempt” to Unite Democrat and Republican Foreign Policy Hawks
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Biden’s description of Russia as “the biggest threat to America” and China as its “biggest competitor” is an intriguing attempt to unite the anti-Russian and anti-Chinese factions of America’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies (“deep state”) even if it’s …
globalresearch.ca/biden-unite-democrat-r…

Trump pledges to ‘save your fracking’ and Biden says no ban — but most Pennsylvania voters oppose fracking
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2020-10-27
Voters in Pennsylvania have turned against fracking after over a decade of experience with shale drilling in the region.
nationofchange.org/2020/10/27/trump-pled…

Get Trump, But Biden is Next, So Lose the Kumbayas
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Inasmuch as even the hyperbolic, overused expression “existential threat” doesn’t quite capture the nature and extent of the “clear and present danger” that a second Trump term would pose, dispatching Donald Trump is and ought to be Job Number One. This means voting for, and even piling votes on for, Joe Biden. Biden has been…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/get-trump-bu…

10 Ways to Call Something Russian Disinformation Without Evidence
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2020-10-27
By Matt Taibbi / Reposted from Reporting by Matt Taibbi We don’t know a whole lot about how the New York Post story about Hunter Biden got into print. There are some reasons to think the material is genuine (including its cache of graphic photos and some apparent limited confirmation from people on the email chains), but in terms of sourcing, anything is possible. This material could have been… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2020/10/27/10-ways-to-cal…

Is this what democracy looks like? Rich donors pack Biden’s campaign chest to seduce poor spurned by Trump and both parties
rt.com | 2020-10-27
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign is using a vast reserve of donations from the usual plutocratic suspects to pry even deep-red states away from an incumbent who’s done little to help the working class. | The Biden campaign broke all-time records for TV ad spending over the weekend, leveraging Wall Street donors’ unprecedented largesse in its effort to woo ordinary Americans back into the establishment fold. | Given how Trump’s record bristles with policies so ‘pro-business’ they can be seen as anti-working-class, it’s a strategy just crazy enough to work. Voters need only be reminded how…
rt.com/usa/504709-biden-fundraising-reco…

How a key Pentagon official turned China policy over to arms industry and Taiwan supporters
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-10-27
The “Fortress Taiwan” arms deal overseen by ex-Assistant Secretary of Defense Randall Schriver is one of the most provocative U.S. moves against China in years — and a big win for his think tank’s arms industry and Taiwanese patrons. When the United States finalized a set of seven arms sales packages to Taiwan in August, including 66 upgraded F-16 fighter planes and longer-range air-to-ground missiles that could hit sensitive targets on mainland China, it shifted U.S. policy sharply toward a …
thegrayzone.com/2020/10/27/pentagon-chin…

Top EU official tests positive for COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said on Tuesday he tested positive for coronavirus. | “I have just learned that my regular scheduled COVID-19 test before the College came back positive. I am now self-isolating as required. Stay safe,” he tweeted. | Earlier this month, Mariya Gabriel, the European commissioner for innovation and research, also contracted the novel virus. | Other top officials who self-isolated after coming in contact with those who tested positive include foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, EU Commission President Ursula von der, and European Council President Charles Michel.
yenisafak.com/en/world/top-eu-official-t…

The World Moves On, Yet Australia Clings to a Dangerous Past
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
There are many definitions of stupid, but acting against one’s interests, on either a personal or national level, must rank as among the more significant. It is certainly among the most of contemporary relevance. It is no better personified than in the current extraordinary anti-China campaign being waged by politicians of all the major parties …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/the-world-mov…

China Is “Not Interested in War, but in Trade and Development, Both Internal and with Foreign Partners.”: Pepe Escobar
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
China’s ping-pong team invited members of the US team to China on April 6, 1971, and the momentum was begun to establish warm relations between the two nations. However, during the current Trump administration, we have seen the relationship drop …
globalresearch.ca/china-not-interested-w…

The World is Changing: China Launches Campaign for Superpower Status
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
The outdated notion that China ‘just wants to do business’ should be completely erased from our understanding of the rising global power’s political outlook. Simply put, Beijing has long realized that, in order for it to sustain its economic growth unhindered, it has to develop the necessary tools to protect itself, its allies and their …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/the-world-is-…

The Heat: China’s 5 year plan
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-10-27
China’s looking ahead to the next five years. What are the main issues at stake?
america.cgtn.com/2020/10/27/the-heat-chi…

Global foreign direct investment halved amid pandemic, but China remained resilient
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
Foreign direct investment (FDI), a bellwether of globalisation and economic confidence, fell by 49 per cent to $399 billion in the first half of 2020, amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new report from the UN trade and development organization UNCTAD showed on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/10/1…

China: The Upcoming Global Superpower
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Despite its large population of 1.5 billion which many have considered as an impediment, China’s domestic economic reforms and collaborative strategic diplomacy with external countries have made it attain superpower status over the United States. While United States influence is …
globalresearch.ca/china-global-superpowe…

New Report: Crowded Sky, Contested Sea: Drones over the South and East China Seas
Joanna Frew | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Amid naval patrols, live military drills, island building, trade wars and diplomatic breakdown, drones are making an increasing impact on the security situation in the South China Sea and the relationship between China and the US. Smaller nations in the …
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Global Debt Disaster with No Escape. Under the “New Normal”, Poor Countries Worldwide are Heading for a Catastrophe
Michael Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
The IMF-World Bank semi-annual meeting starts this week. Earlier the IMF kicked off the show with a warning that the poor countries of the world are heading for a catastrophe from the pandemic slump, leading to defaults on the debts …
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Muslims not to bear any insults to Prophet of Mercy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iran Embassy in Moscow stated that Muslims will never allow enemies of Islam to reach their evil goals through insulting the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who’s the messenger of love and peace.
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Out of the Park–Encouragement Makes All the Difference
Snyder RA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
In this narrative medicine essay, a surgical oncologist describes the erosion of her confidence when patients and colleagues question her abilities or ignore her contributions based on her diminutive stature and sex and suggests that colleagues offer encouragement and praise to help stay further damage.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

On prison hunger strike, Maher al-Akhras fights for all Palestinians
Christian Noakes | workers.org | 2020-10-27
Maher al-Akhras, a 49-year-old Palestinian political prisoner and father of six from the Occupied West Bank, has been on hunger strike since his July 27 arrest by Israeli forces. He is under administrative detention — a practice both British and Israeli colonizers have long used to hold Palestinians captive indefinitely . . . | Continue reading On prison hunger strike, Maher al-Akhras fights for all Palestinians at Workers.org…
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After 2019 ‘Great Uprising,’ the struggle continues in Ecuador
Michael Otto | workers.org | 2020-10-27
Ibarra, Ecuador October 23 — Ecuador’s regime mobilized all 47,000 national police to repress massive worker-student demonstrations in Quito, the capital, and 17 provinces of the country on Oct. 22. Trans demonstrators lead Oct. 22 protest in Quito. Is a new uprising ahead? Only four days earlier, the government of . . . | Continue reading After 2019 ‘Great Uprising,’ the struggle continues in Ecuador at Workers.org…
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Health Care Worker SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Flying Under the Radar
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
A high percentage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among health care workers appear to go undetected, often because they have mild or no symptoms and workplace testing isn’t sufficient, investigators from a multistate hospital network reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

France business group unapologetic amid boycott calls
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
France’s largest business group on Monday backed the country’s president amid his controversial claims about Islam, despite widespread protests and boycott calls in Muslim countries.In an interview with the private RMC Radio, the chairman of France’s largest employer’s union, MEDEF, characterized the international backlash to Emmanuel Macron’s comments as “blackmail.””We must put our principles before the possibility of developing our business,” said Geoffroy Roux de Bezieu, urging companies not to buckle under a boycott on French goods.His comments came after a recent announcement by Macron on his controversial…
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PREVIEW: What to Look for in the Third Quarter GDP Report
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2020-10-27
While we are virtually certain to see record growth for GDP in the third quarter, without a new stimulus package a drop is likely in the fourth quarter. We are virtually certain to see a record growth figure for GDP in the third quarter, likely close to 35 percent at an annual rate. The sharp …
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Enemy reached ‘aimless’ conditions in economic war
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization said that the enemy has reached ‘aimless’ conditions in economic war.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165238/Enemy-reache…

International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore
Jimin Kang | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US…
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Liquid Capitalism: Everyone Drinks it, Swims in it, Drowns in it
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
The most radical socialists; Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters (Black, White, Latino or Asian); liberal and conservative zealots; diversity and equity gurus; pacifists; denizens of corporates and non-profits; rappers, rockers and country western musicians; Bernie Sanders; racists and White guilt pushers; Baptists, Catholics, and Muslims; children; bland K-16 teachers; members of the military; indeed, every …
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Scientists Welcome Key Milestone for Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
Scientists for Global Responsibility | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) welcomes the 50th ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — reached late yesterday — which means the treaty will now enter in force on 22 January 2021. | The treaty bans …
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FBI Charges Boogaloo Adherent With Shooting Police Precinct
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
On Friday the US Department of Justice released a federal criminal complaint against Ivan H. Hunter, 26, of Boerne, Texas, charging him with participating in a riot for his alleged role during protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota following the police murder of George Floyd on May 25. Hunter was arrested in Houston, Texas. | The allegations against Hunter are only the latest in over a dozen instances so far this year of violence by adherents of the far-right boogaloo movement–known as boogaloo bois or boys–that have resulted in either criminal charges, arson, or death.
popularresistance.org/fbi-charges-boogal…

100 days since the forced disappearance of Honduran Garífuna leaders
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-27
The Afro-descendant and Indigenous Garifuna community of Honduras continues to demand the safe return of the five members of their community abducted by armed men dressed in police and military uniforms in July…
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Palestinians protest French insults against Islam
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Hundreds of Palestinians staged a protest in the town of al-Ram in Jerusalem on Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s insulting statements of Islam and Prophet Muhammad. | Protesters waved banners and chanted slogans defending the Prophet against the French insults, according to eyewitnesses. | Macron has sparked outrage across the Muslim world by accusing Muslims of “separatism” and describing Islam as a “a religion in crisis all over the world”. | This coincided with a provocative move by Charlie Hebdo, a left-wing French magazine infamous for publishing anti-Islamic caricatures, which have drawn w…
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The Planet is Liquid
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
The Planet’s a Liquid The planet’s not solid, it’s liquid That’s only developed a bit of a crust The crusta, the bark And beech, did you know, Is the etymon of book Just look In the park at its bark, carved and scarred Just south of the swings and the pull-up bars The golden honey locust…
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US forced to obey by language of force: Cmdr
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Deputy Commander of IRGC noted that the US does not understand any language other than force.
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Nuclear Weapons Will Soon Be Banned Under International Law
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
Nuclear weapons will soon be illegal under international law. Seventy-five years to the day after the founding of the United Nations, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) began the 90-day countdown until the treaty enters into force. | The milestone was achieved after years of global efforts spearheaded by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) led to the treaty’s ado…
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Jannati urges Islamic countries to condemn Macron’s remarks
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Secretary of Iran’s Guardian Council condemned the French president’s support for blasphemous cartoons of the Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH).
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Patient Information: Carotid Artery Stenting
Baiu I, Stern JR. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
This JAMA Patient Page describes the use of the carotid artery stenting procedure to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis.
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‘Iraq War Diaries’ at Ten Years: Truth Is Treason
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
The purpose of journalism is to uncover truth — especially uncomfortable truth — and to publish it for the benefit of society. In a free society, we must be informed of the criminal acts carried out by governments in the …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-war-diaries-ten-y…

The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence
Arvind Dilawar | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence…
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Police arrest 33 FETàñ suspects across Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Turkish security forces arrested 33 people on Tuesday for their suspected links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey.In operations based in the northwestern Kocaeli province, police from the anti-smuggling and organized crime unit arrested seven suspects, including an expelled lieutenant and six former military school students.The arrests came during simultaneous operations also in Istanbul and Bursa after Kocaeli prosecutors issued arrest warrants for nine suspects as part of an investigation into FETO’s infiltration into the Gendarmerie General Command…
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15 Artsakh War Myths Perpetuated By Mainstream Media
Lucine Kasbarian | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
From peddling false equivalence, to selectively reporting the facts, to committing sins of omission, to cherry-picking so-called experts to support a desired argument, to concluding news coverage with biased policy recommendations, these actions taken by mainstream media about the facts on the ground reveal the handiwork of master purveyors of fake news.
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Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul begins new hunger strike
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul begins new hunger strike | Jailed women’s rights campaigner protesting against restrictions on contact with her family, her sisters say | Nadda Osman | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 11: 57 | Al-Hathloul’s family have expressed concern for her as she starts a hunger strike for a second time (Reuters) | Jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has gone on hunger strike, her family…
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Police Frequencies in Greece
ELLIN | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
How is it possible to aquire or scan police frequencies?>…
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Evaluating Non–Statistically Significant Results From Trials in Practice
Hofmann SG. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
To the Editor Dr Young and colleagues suggested that there are occasions when clinicians may treat statistically nonsignificant results as clinically meaningful and incorporate them in important clinical decision-making, especially when considering the effect size and associated confidence intervals. This recommendation is problematic because it elevates underpowered studies in clinical decision-making. Even more problematic in this context is the assumption that inferences can be made directly from group-level data to the individual, even if the group-level results are ambiguous or nonsignificant.
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Inmate Sues Prison Over Lack Of COVID19 Precautions
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
Union, NJ – An inmate at the state’s only prison for women has filed a lawsuit alleging the state Department of Corrections is failing to take proper precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic. | Jennie Cullum filed the lawsuit in state Superior Court in Hunterdon County against the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women claiming she was not allowed to take precautions against the virus as cases began to increase, and, in one instance, guards did not allow her to wear a face mask she had fashioned out of her own bra.
popularresistance.org/inmate-sues-prison…

Vitamin D and Calcium Prevent Recurrent Vertigo
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
Vitamin D and calcium supplements reduced vertigo recurrence after successful vestibular rehabilitation, especially among patients with subnormal vitamin D levels, a trial in Neurology reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

‘Check your privilege’ is corrosive to our politics
Cara Ng, Khelsilem | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
We do not begrudge those who have lived their lives free from discrimination. We just hope that they are fighting alongside us for a world where human dignity is secured for all…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/check-your-privile…

SEX CULT leader slammed with 120 year prison sentence over NXIVM group that attracted rich & famous
rt.com | 2020-10-27
Keith Raniere, the founder of the group NXIVM, was sentenced to 120 years in prison after a shocking trial revealed the organization was grooming sex slaves for their leader, who still claims he’s “innocent.” | Raniere was convicted last year on multiple counts, including racketeering, sex trafficking, and forced labor conspiracy. | Raniere’s self-help organization was the subject of two series this year, ‘The Vow’ and ‘Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult,’ both of which gave an inside look at what was described during trial as a sex cult where women were groomed to be “sex slaves” for Raniere and others were force…
rt.com/usa/504735-nxivm-cult-leader-pris…

UK renewal of arms sales to Saudi Arabia to face another legal challenge
Rayhan Uddin | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
UK renewal of arms sales to Saudi Arabia to face another legal challenge | Campaign Against Arms Trade to launch judicial review after UK government claimed international law violations in Yemen were ‘isolated incidents’ | Rayhan Uddin | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 12: 08 | Schools are among several non-military sites which have been attacked by air strikes since the war in Yemen broke out in 2015 (AFP/File photo) | The UK go…
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Ticagrelor vs Clopidogrel and Adverse Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing PCI
You S, Rho Y, Bikdeli B, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
This cohort study compares net risk for ischemic vs hemorrhagic events at 12 months among patients treated with ticagrelor vs clopidogrel during and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
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Mass Rebellion in Nigeria: #EndSARS Protests Met with State Repression and Police Brutality
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
A series of incidents involving the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad police unit (SARS) in the Federal Republic of Nigeria has brought to the surface underlying societal contradictions which have been simmering for many years. | This year represents the 60th…
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U.S. Empire, Trumped. “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”
Asad Ismi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
In a 1967 speech, Martin Luther King Jr. called the United States government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” He identified economic profit as the motivator of this violence. The record of Washington’s international aggression since then …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-empire-trumped-the…

Presence of terrorists in region intolerable for Iran
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iranian FM Zarif said Iran has made it clear to war parties in Karabakh that the presence of terrorist groups in the region is intolerable for Iran.
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20 things the government must do to tackle structural racism and protect BAME communities from coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-27
Baroness Doreen Lawrence has set out 20 recommendations for the government to protect those most at risk from coronavirus and tackle inequality in the longer term.Here are her recommendations from her review into the impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) on Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities: | Set out an urgent plan for tackling the disproportionate impact of Covid on BAME people this winter | 2. Implement a national strategy to tackle health inequalities.3. Suspend the “no recourse to public funds” rule during the pandemic and review its impact on public health and health inequalities.4. Ensure Covi…
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Tuesday 10/27: Stop the City’s Attacks on Food Not Bombs and the Survival Encampments
posted by Norse | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
809 Center St. | City Council Courtyard | (across from the main closed library).
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Paradise For Human Victims Of Corporate Persons
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
Any day now, Zambia will be the first African country to slip into a private debt default. It can only pay interest on the $3 billion in dollar-denominated bonds if it totally ignores the needs of the Zambian people. The country has suffered from the slowdown of the world economy, which impacted the sale of its copper for a part of this year (although copper prices and future prices have now begun to rise). | Cosmas Musumali, the general secretary of the Socialist Party of Zambia, says that the convulsions of indebtedness are not only due to the coronavirus recession but also to the wealthy bondholders and to the…
popularresistance.org/paradise-for-human…

Equality, sustainability should guide COVID-19 recovery, say governments at regional forum
news.un.org | 2020-10-27
Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have called for COVID-19 recovery to be guided by the principles of inclusive development, equality and sustainability.
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Premature Deaths,Profiteering, Abuse: US Nursing And Assisted Living
SNS | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Unnecessary deaths, abuse, neglect, excess profiteering, conflict of interest, substandard food, constant noise, theft, | denial of civil liberties… some of the hazards of the warehousing of seniors in assisted living and nursing home facilities…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883790…

The Thai Uprising Against the Military-Monarchical Complex
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-10-27
Thai intellectual and writer Giles Ungpakorn talks to Vijay Prashad on the massive protests that are currently on in Thailand demanding reform of the monarchy and restoration of democracy…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/10/27/the-thai-…

Turkey denounces killing of French teacher
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Turkey’s presidential spokesman on Monday condemned the brutal murder of French teacher Samuel Paty.”We strongly condemn the murder of Samuel Paty in France and reject this barbarism. There is nothing legitimate about this murder,” Ibrahim Kalin wrote on Twitter.He said those who insult Prophet Muhammad fail to understand the love and reverence Muslims feel for him.However, he said: “To become monstrous while fighting evil is the worst disaster.”Samuel Paty, 47, who taught history and geography at Bois-d’Aulne College in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was brutally murdered by Abdullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old of Chech…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-denounces-k…

No Mortality Differences Among Localized Prostate Cancer Treatments
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
Compared with active monitoring, radical treatment of localized prostate cancer does not improve disease-specific or overall survival at 10 years, a multicenter UK trial in Health Technology Assessment found.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Electromagnetic and Informational Weapons: The Remote Manipulation of the Human Brain
Mojmir Babacek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Editors Note: | We bring to our readers this carefully documented review article by Mojmir Babajek first published in 2004. | While the text deals with a number of complex scientific processes, the implications of these findings are far-reaching. This study also …
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IAM Local 1855 wins a better contract after strike in Appleton, WI
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-10-27
Appleton, WI – On the morning of October 24, the following message was posted on the social media accounts of IAM Local 1855: “After a week-long strike IAMAW Members employed at AstenJohnson in Appleton overwhelmingly accepted a greatly improved contract offer this morning. This offer included locking in insurance plan design and premiums for the next two years among other positive changes. Their solidarity and persistence paid off big. Congratulations to the members of Local 1855 and a special thank you to the Teamsters Local 662 for honoring our picket line.” | The machinists at AstenJohnson were on strike to d…
fightbacknews.org/2020/10/26/iam-local-1…

Purdue Pharma guilty in opioid deaths
Princess Harmony | workers.org | 2020-10-27
A contributing cause to the opioid epidemic — overprescription of painkillers like OxyContin — has been identified by both individuals and the state. Since the start of the opioid crisis, overdoses have continued to rise, with COVID-19-based isolation pushing even more people toward the abuse of prescription and illicit opioids. . . . | Continue reading Purdue Pharma guilty in opioid deaths at Workers.org…
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The government quietly U-turned on a key pandemic promise just before going on a week’s holiday
Jasmine Norden | thecanary.co | 2020-10-27
The government has slashed one of its key programmes aimed at helping disadvantaged children during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. And it did so quietly. On a Friday evening — just as parliament was going into recess for the week and half-term was starting for children across the country. | On 19 April, the government made headlines, claiming: Disadvantaged children across England will be given free laptops and tablets to enable them to study online while school…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/10/27/the-gov…

Trump’s Broken Promises to U.S. Factory Workers
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
Rather than manufacturing jobs returning during the Trump administration, they have been departing…
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US relief bill talks hit wall over COVID-19 differences
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
The much-anticipated $2.2 trillion US relief bill negotiations between Democrats and Republicans have hit a wall on Monday amid party differences for nationwide testing plans against COVID-19.US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi continued her weeks-long talks with White House top negotiator Steven Mnuchin on the stimulus package, but released a letter with a harsh tone criticizing the Republicans.”The Republicans’ continued surrender to the virus — particularly amid the recent wave of cases — is official malfeasance,” the top Democrat wrote in the letter.”Unless we have a national plan for testing,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-relief-bill-ta…

US Sanctions: Shooting Blanks Against the Resiliency of Targeted Nations
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
As explained many times before, Security Council members alone may legally impose sanctions on nations, entities and individuals. | When used by countries against others, they breach the UN Charter, how the US, NATO and Israel operate time and again. | The …
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Deception 2020: One Party, Two Flavors
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
In this second installment of the Deception 2020 Series, we dig into the so-called Two Party System in order to highlight the stark similarities that drive both the red and blue — namely, corporate power. Interestingly enough, Mussolini had a good quote on just this form of government… | Then, we sit down with Nick Braña, National Coordinator for The Movement for a People’s Party, to talk about one alternative to the blue and red dumpster fires.
popularresistance.org/deception-2020-one…

Macron’s anti-Islam remarks give rise to France boycott campaign in Egypt
Amr Emam | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
Macron’s anti-Islam remarks give rise to France boycott campaign in Egypt | Calls for boycotting French goods find support and opposition in Egypt, one of France’s main strategic allies in the region | Amr Emam | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 11: 44 | Workers at an Egyptian supermarket chain remove French products from shelves, 24 October 2020 (Facebook) | A major supermarket chain in Egypt has taken French goods off its shelves in res…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-france-…

COVID rips through Michigan K-12 schools: record 29 new outbreaks reported last week
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
Altogether, there are now 99 total ongoing outbreaks that have led to 482 reported cases of COVID-19 among students, teachers and staff throughout Michigan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/scho…

The June 2018 Arrest in Germany of Iranian Diplomat Assadollah Assadi. Violation of International Law?
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
In June of 2018, Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi was arrested in Germany on his way back to Vienna. He has been accused of involvement in a plot to bomb a rally of supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization (MEK), a …
globalresearch.ca/interview-professor-ei…

Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN survey
MEE and agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
Child malnutrition reaches new highs in parts of Yemen: UN survey | Programmes keeping millions from starvation and disease are gradually closing amid an acute funding shortage | MEE and agencies | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 07: 54 | The UN said it needs $50m urgently to boost nutrition programmes (AFP) | Parts of Yemen are seeing their highest levels of acute malnutrition in children, heightening warnings that the c…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-child-m…

Deprescribing Antihypertensive Medication in Elderly Adults
Applegate WB, Williamson JD, Berlowitz D. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
To the Editor Deprescribing medications in frail older adults may result in improvements in overall health status. However, deprescribing should be based on a full consideration of scientific evidence. A clinical trial of antihypertensive medication reduction in persons aged 80 years or older with a systolic blood pressure of less than 150 mm Hg (mean, 130 mm Hg) reported that after 12 weeks of follow-up, the intervention group, which underwent removal of 1 medication, was noninferior with regard to systolic blood pressure control compared with the control group, in which there was no change.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Tuesday 10/27: The Right to Vote Freely Without Voter Intimidation w/ LCCHR
LCCHR | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online via livestream…
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Adelsons Got a Lot from Trump for $75 Million — But Media Won’t Tell You What
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
The news late yesterday was that Sheldon and Miriam Adelson poured $75 million in September into a new super PAC that supports Donald Trump. Way more money than other donors, on either side. | Many news outlets have now reported …
globalresearch.ca/adelsons-got-lot-trump…

The MAS victory in Bolivia and bourgeois nationalism’s betrayals in Latin America
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
The return of the MAS to power in Bolivia is being celebrated by the demoralized bourgeois nationalist parties and the pseudo-left as a political turning point in the region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/28/boli…

Something Wicked this Way Comes: Anarchy Is Being Loosed Upon the Nation
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
“Every day I ask myself the same question: How can this be happening in America? How can people like these be in charge of our country? If I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I’d think I was having …
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Sunday 11/1: Nonviolent Mass Action Training
The Lighthouse Collective, Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
sent upon registration…
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Triple Crisis in the Anthropocene Ocean. “Absorbing and Storing Immense Amounts of Heat”
Ian Angus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Until the 1970s, the constant flow of energy that Earth receives from the sun was offset by heat reflected back into space, so the planet’s overall energy level did not change very much over time. The amount of incoming solar …
globalresearch.ca/triple-crisis-in-the-a…

Il ministro Guerini sulle orme di San Francesco
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Per la Festa di San Francesco, il ministro della Difesa Lorenzo Guerini (Pd) ha inviato i caccia delle Frecce Tricolori a sorvolare la Basilica di Assisi. ´àà l’omaggio più forte che la nostra Italia abbia potuto rendere al Poverello, a …
globalresearch.ca/il-ministro-guerini-su…

Trump, the Mr. Magoo of geopolitics, incites warfare between Egypt and Ethiopia
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
Trump is much more terrifying, if equally cartoonish…
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Republicans and Democrats Will Never Deliver Peace
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-27
The Libertarian Party presidential candidate makes her case for why a third party is needed to bring the troops home. | Jo JORGENSEN | The 2016 Republican presidential primary debates revealed a sea change. From 2008 to 2012, then-congressman Ron Paul was routinely booed for his criticism of America’s foreign policy. It was even common to hear Republican office holders, commentators, and activists say they “agreed with Ron Paul on everything but foreign policy.” Yet in 2016, candidate Donald Trump was cheered for calling the Iraq war the biggest blunder in American history. | One would have thought Trump’s victor…
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Capitalism is double-billing us
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
Here is a word that risks deterring you from reading on much further, even though it may hold the key to understanding why we are in such a terrible political, economic and social mess. That word is “externalities”. It sounds like a piece of economic jargon. It is a piece of economic jargon. But it …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/capitalism-is…

There Are Anti-War Candidates
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
Can we make opposing militarism mainstream, respectable, acceptable? Can we make warmongering marginal, shameful, despicable? We have to try…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/there-are-anti-war…

Cultivated Lunacy, Nuclear Deterrence and Banning the Nuke
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Are international relations a field for cautious minds, marked by permanent setbacks, or terrain where the bold are encouraged to seize the day? In terms of dealing with the existential, and even unimaginable horror that is nuclear war, the bold …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-deterrence-ban…

Vivid memories of tribesman who fought in Kashmir
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Old and frail Akhunzada Bacha Khan, 99, has vivid memories of his march to Jammu and Kashmir in October 1947 as part of a tribal force aiming to liberate the region from its unpopular Hindu ruler.”The Nawab [royal title for sovereign ruler] of Dir announced jihad [holy war] against the Hindu ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, who was conspiring against the Muslim majority,” Khan, a resident of Dir district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told Anadolu Agency.Three months after India and Pakistan achieved freedom from the British in August 1947, thousands of tribals from neighboring North-West Frontier Province…
yenisafak.com/en/world/vivid-memories-of…

Evaluating Non–Statistically Significant Results From Trials in Practice–Reply
Young PJ, Nickson CP, Perner A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
In Reply We submit that clinicians have a responsibility to evaluate major clinical trials and, at times, to implement their findings in advance of clinical guidelines being produced by scientific societies and government agencies. In our Viewpoint, we sought to provide a framework for them to do this in situations in which actionable findings might be hidden behind a non–statistically significant primary outcome. We agree with Dr Piovani and colleagues that when deciding whether to implement clinical trial findings, outcomes that matter to patients are the most important. However, because data pertaining t…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Polysocial Risk Scores for Assessing Social Determinants of Health–Reply
Figueroa JF, Jha AK. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
In Reply Drs Kinner and Borschmann raise important concerns around the development and deployment of polysocial risk scores into real-world practice, a topic we described in a Viewpoint. Issues they highlight include problems related to the dynamic nature of social risk, the difficulty of capturing social complexity in a single score, the fact that there is not an optimal score to capture risk across multiple health outcomes, and the potential danger of interpreting the relationship between risk scores and health outcomes as causal. These are all important issues, and we largely agree, although we offer some poin…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Selected Articles: Mass Rebellion in Nigeria, State Repression and Police Brutality
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Study Refutes Official Covid-Sars-2 Narrative | By Makia Freeman, October 27 2020 | CDC (Center for Disease Control) scientists made some COVID admissions that totally destroy the official COVID narrative in a study published in | …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-mass…

Twenty-nine outbreaks reported in K-12 schools as COVID-19 rips through Michigan
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
Altogether, there are now 99 total ongoing outbreaks that have led to 482 reported cases of COVID-19 among students, teachers and staff throughout Michigan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/scho…

Anti-Iran sanctions to do ‘no good’ for US internal problems
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iranian envoy to London said that the US act of reannouncing a sanction for a hundred times as well as adding new Iranian political figures and economic institutions won’t resolve US internal problems.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165211/Anti-Iran-sa…

Trump’s Body Count: Failed Brutal Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen
Al Carroll | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883788…

Iran records highest COVID-19 daily death toll again
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran hit a high record on Tuesday as 346 new deaths were registered over the past 24 hours, the highest since the virus outbreak in the country.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165234/Iran-records…

De Cine Invisible FilmFest. appreciates Iranian short ‘Horn’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iranian short film ‘Horn’ directed by Ghasideh Golmakani have been appreciated at the 12th edition of the Festival Internacional De Cine Invisible Film in Spain.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165225/De-Cine-Invi…

Iran reports record 6,968 new coronavirus cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Iran on Tuesday reported 6,968 new coronavirus cases and 346 deaths in the past 24 hours, its highest daily tally, pushing the death toll in the hardest-hit Middle Eastern country to 33,299.Health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state media that the new cases brought the country’s total number of identified cases to 581,824.
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-reports-reco…

Digital organizing isn’t as straight forward as it seems
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-10-27
Over the past few years, digital organizing has become the hot new thing in unionization campaigns. Digital mobilization and engagement technologies have become essential to winning.
mronline.org/2020/10/27/digital-organizi…

Shifting Hydroxychloroquine Patterns Raise Concern
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
The number of hydroxychloroquine prescriptions by specialists who don’t typically prescribe the drug skyrocketed after preliminary reports in March suggested potential benefits for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

UN urges Israel to allow staff to return to Palestine
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
The UN’s special coordinator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict urged Israel on Monday to allow its international staffers to return to the occupied Palestinian territories.Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that Israel has not responded to visa renewal requests for international staffers with the UN’s Human Rights Office “over the past months.”It is unclear exactly how long Tel Aviv has been doing so, but Mladenov said the rights body is continuing to “deliver on its mandate” with most staffers working outside of the area.”After the release of the report to the Human Rights Council on business activit…
yenisafak.com/en/news/un-urges-israel-to…

Video: Nobody Believes in Peace. Azerbaijan Attacks Armenian Forces Despite US-sponsored Ceasefire
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
As of October 26, Azerbaijan and Turkey kept their operational initiative in the war with Armenia in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. Their forces continue developing their offensive in southern Karabakh by trying to remove Armenian forces from of the Lachin …
globalresearch.ca/video-nobody-believes-…

Semnan exports top $120m in six months
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — A total of 116,000 tons of goods worth $120.4 million were exported form Semnan province during the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 21).
en.mehrnews.com/news/165227/Semnan-expor…

Zionist regime to be destroyed if it wages any war
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Secretary-General of al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance Movement stressed that the Zionist regime will mark its end if it enters any war.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165251/Zionist-regi…

CPUSA: Electoral uprising shatters records, signals possible democratic breakthrough
Communist Party USA | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-27
The popular chant, “This is what democracy looks like!” can mean many things: people hitting the streets, getting arrested in peaceful protest, organizing themselves into unions, lobbying their elected officials, and yes, even the “simple” act of voting. The yearning for more democracy is reflected in what can only be described as an electoral upsurge that’s …
peoplesworld.org/article/cpusa-electoral…

Tuesday 11/3: Take the Defend Democracy Pledge
The Lighthouse Collective, Santa Cruz | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online Event | forms.gle/NjYGeh395c224d9C6…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/27/1883790…

Financial Stability as a Goal of Payment Reform–A Lesson From COVID-19
Gondi S, Chokshi DA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
Over the last decade, the US health care system embarked on a journey toward value-based care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) designed and implemented a range of value-based payments through the rollout of alternative payment models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs). The goal of these efforts was to increase value by improving quality and reducing costs. To date, however, alternative payment models have had modest effects on health outcomes or spending.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

IADL Demands Immediate Release Of Palestinian Maher al-Akhras
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
IADL calls for the immediate release of Maher al-Akhras, a Palestinian man and father of six, jailed by Israel without charge or trial. As IADL convenes its Council, al-Akhras has been on hunger strike for 91 days to protest his arbitrary detention and demand his freedom. His health condition is increasingly critical and his life is at grave risk. | Al-Akhras is jailed under Israel’s policy of administrative detention, used routinely against Palestinians. These detention orders may be issued for up to six months at a time, and they are indefinitely renewable.
popularresistance.org/iadl-demands-immed…

A Pandemic Pivot
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
If the current pandemic is a test of the global emergency response system, the international community is flunking big time. It has done just about everything wrong, from the failure to contain the virus early on to the lack of effective coordination thereafter. As the predicted second wave begins to build — the world is…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/a-pandemic-p…

A Soundscape of Pure Empathy
Julyssa Lopez | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
A Soundscape of Pure Empathy…
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‘My Psychedelic Love Story’: A flashback down memory lane to meet Timothy Leary
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-10-27
The 34th annual AFI Fest is arguably Los Angeles’s biggest and best film festival, and this year it is taking place virtually through Oct. 22 (see more here). The closing world premiere of the American Film Institute’s yearly fete is the Showtime documentary My Psychedelic Love Story, wherein Timothy Leary, the High Priest of LSD, …
peoplesworld.org/article/my-psychedelic-…

Honest Government Ad–Qanon
The Juice Media | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
Another brilliant piece of satire by Juice Media exposing the conspiracy, inside the conspiracy, you didn’t know you were in. Very funny, very scary…
zcomm.org/zvideo/honest-government-ad-qa…

VIDEO: California wildfire spread to residential areas
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Terrible fires in forest of California, US, reached the wooden houses in this area. Southern California Wildfire forces up to 100,000 to evacuate, power cut to 1 million because of fire danger.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165215/VIDEO-Califo…

Traditional Owners tell Origin not to build gas pipelines on country
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-10-27
Traditional Owners from the Northern Territory have again made it clear to Origin Energy that they do not want gas infrastructure crossing through their country and sacred sites. Daniel Robins spoke to Pip Hinman.
greenleft.org.au/content/traditional-own…

US approves with arms sales to Taiwan
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — US Department of States approved with selling costal defense systems, valued at $2.37bn, to Taiwan.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165220/US-approves-…

Black History Month and Racism in the UK
Pablo Navarrete | thecanary.co | 2020-10-27
Kaeshelle Rianne, journalist and podcaster, tells us that we are in no position to move beyond Black History Month in the UK because we are still facing many issues of racism. | Find out more about Rianne’s One Fi Dem podcast here. | By Pablo Navarrete…
thecanary.co/video/2020/10/27/black-hist…

Protests flare in Philadelphia after police fatally shoot Black man
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Street protests broke out on Monday night in the western part of the U.S. city of Philadelphia, injuring four police, after police had shot and killed a Black man they said had been armed with a knife.The violence is the latest in months of anti-racism protests across the United States since the May death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American, after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.Four officers were hit with bricks when Monday’s protest outside a police station in Philadelphia turned violent and they had to be taken to hospital, broadcaster NBC said.Earlier, a man…
yenisafak.com/en/world/protests-flare-in…

New figures show a 53% rise in coronavirus registered deaths in one week
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-10-27
The number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus has risen by more than half in seven days, new figures have shown. | There were 670 deaths registered in England and Wales which mentioned “novel coronavirus” in the week ending 16 October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. | This is a rise of 53% from the previous week, when 438 deaths involving Covid-19 were registered. | It is the sixth consecutive rise and the highest number of registered deaths involving Covid-19 since the week ending 19 June. There were: | 521 deaths in hospitals | 106 deaths in care homes | 33 deaths in private homes…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/10/27/new-figu…

NPR and the Corporate Criminal Element
Russell Mokhiber | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
Ever wonder why you rarely hear serious discussion on National Public Radio (NPR) about corporate crime and violence? For a hint as to why, pick up the most recent NPR annual report, and flip through the listing of corporate criminals and other major recidivist law violators on the corporate sponsor page. ExxonMobil (guilty plea Exxon…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/npr-and-the-…

Evaluating Non–Statistically Significant Results From Trials in Practice
Piovani D, Pansieri C, Bonovas S. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
To the Editor The Viewpoint by Dr Young and colleagues discussed the interpretation of non–statistically significant results from clinical trials. The topic of statistical vs clinical significance has long been debated in medical research. Although there have been attempts to dismiss P values, arguing that the criteria for statistical significance should be substituted with “discussing compatible effects,” most of the decisions in medicine remain dichotomous: a new drug will either be licensed or not and it will either be used for a certain condition or not. We believe P values and confidence intervals stil…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Deprescribing Antihypertensive Medication in Elderly Adults–Reply
Sheppard JP, Mant J, McManus RJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
In Reply We agree with Dr Applegate and colleagues that antihypertensive deprescribing in patients aged 80 years or older should be based on robust scientific evidence. At present there are few studies examining this question, hence the rationale for doing this trial. A recent Cochrane review of studies examining the effects of antihypertensive withdrawal identified just 6 trials enrolling a total of 1073 participants, meaning that our study alone would increase this sample by more than 50%.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Forests as Carbon Preserves
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-27
George WUERTHNER | Record temperatures across the West, including a record 121 degrees in southern California by Los Angeles. Massive wildfires charring millions of acres including record large blazes in Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and California, with the smoke that spread across the entire West. Half of the country is experiencing “severe drought”. Hurricanes ravage the Southeast. Do we need more evidence that climate change is real? | In the face of climate change society must accelerate the storage of atmospheric carbon if we hope to slow and eventually reverse the worse effects of the climate crisis. One of m…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/27/fo…

Iraqi army arrests 2 ISIL elements in Diyala province
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iraqi Army has identified and arrested two ISIL elements in an operation east of Diyala.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165248/Iraqi-army-a…

Israel arrests Palestinian journalist in West Bank
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-10-27
Israel arrests Palestinian journalist in West Bank | Filmmaker Abdelrahman al-Thaher one of more than 20 Palestinian journalists reportedly currently detained by Israel | MEE staff | Tue, 10/27/2020 – 12: 48 | Abdelrahman al-Thaher, 38, is Palestinian journalist and filmmaker from Nablus (Screengrab) | Israeli forces on Tuesday arrested Palestinian journalist and filmmaker Abdelrahman al-Thaher at his home in the city of…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-isr…

Iranian amb. submits credential to Zimbabwean president
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Iran’s new ambassador to Harare submitted his credentials to Zimbabwean President Emerson Mnangagwa.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165206/Iranian-amb-…

IAEA maintained good level of cooperation with Iran: Grossi
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the organization has kept a good level of cooperation with Iran.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165252/IAEA-maintai…

The Cult of the Brave New Normal
Dr. Bruce Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
In March, it was just a three-week lockdown, to flatten the curve so as not to overwhelm the NHS. The narrative has quickly evolved. It has progressed from what seemed a reasonable idea of keeping NHS bed space free based …
globalresearch.ca/cult-new-normal/572765…

Algeria may take France to arbitration over ‘stolen’ archive
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
Algeria said Tuesday it does not rule out international arbitration to resolve its dispute with France over the archives of the French colonial era. | “There is nothing that prevents the people from resorting to international arbitration or submitting the case to international judicial bodies in the future,” presidential adviser Abdelmadjid al-Sheikh said in a radio interview. | The Algerian authorities say that during the colonial period (1830-1962) the French forces smuggled hundreds of thousands of maps and historical documents, including those dating back to the Ottoman era (1518-1830). | However, the French…
yenisafak.com/en/news/algeria-may-take-f…

Protests Rise in Philly After Police Murder Black Man Amid Mental Health Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-10-27
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–West Philly saw a quickly escalating situation develop on 4 p.m. Monday afternoon and dragging into the evening and overnight. In a graphic and disturbing video circulating on social media, two white Philadelphia Police (PPD) officers are seen repeatedly shooting a Black man in front of his mother from several feet away as he walked while holding a knife. Neither of the two officers in the video seemed to attempt to use their taser, and they appeared to hav…
truthout.org/articles/protests-rise-in-p…

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
Quebec nurses blocked key bridges into Montreal and Quebec City to press contract demands including lower patient staff ratios and less oppressive shift schedules in the midst of a resurgent pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/wrkr…

Saturday 10/31: Pacifica Fightback Town Hall
Pacifica Fightback | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883789…

US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Study Refutes Official Covid-Sars-2 Narrative
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
CDC (Center for Disease Control) scientists made some COVID admissions that totally destroy the official COVID narrative in a study published in June 2020 entitled Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Patient with Coronavirus Disease, United States. The …
globalresearch.ca/june-study-cdc-scienti…

Trump Out Now
Paul Street | zcomm.org | 2020-10-27
We are up against seven narratives that stand in the way of the mass action required…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-out-now/

Empty Plate Protest Over Vote Against Free School Meals
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-10-27
Around 20 plates with messages on were attached to the windows of Stuart Anderson’s office along with a poster which said: “Your MP voted no to feeding poor kids”. | The plates were removed within hours of being put up but the word “scum” was then sprayed onto the office window. | Mr Anderson said he and his family have also received death threats and said he had reported the intimidation and vandalism to the police. | The Wolverhampton South West MP was one of 322 MPs who last week voted against a Labour motion calling for the extension of free meals during the school holidays in England until Easter 2021.
popularresistance.org/empty-plate-protes…

What We are up Against: Fascism in the United States
Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-10-27
Are you or do you know an emerging activist who needs support? Popular Resistance and the Kevin Zeese family are launching the Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund with an online celebration on his birthday, this Wednesday, October 28, from 7: 30 to 9: 00 pm Eastern. Learn more and buy tickets here. We will begin accepting applications …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/10/what-we-are-u…

The New Tyranny Few Even Recognize. The Digital Dollar and the Fed’s Big Money Power Grab
Charles Hugh Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
Clearly, the Fed reckons the public is foolish enough to believe the Fed’s money will actually be “free.” | It’s pretty much universally recognized that authorities use crises to impose “emergency powers” that become permanent. This erosion of civil and economic …
globalresearch.ca/new-tyranny/5727743

Israel Chooses to Normalize Relations with Countries Which Have Directly Supported Terrorism
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
A new agreement of enormous importance to the Middle East has followed Israel’s peace deals with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates — the normalization of relations between Israel and Sudan. The agreement marks a new direction in Israel’s normalization …
globalresearch.ca/israel-normalize-relat…

US Drug Use Survey Uncovers Both Promising and Concerning Trends
Rubin R. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-10-27
Among people aged 12 years or older in 2019, 60.1% reported having used a substance during the past month, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, compiled by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

‘Nice career move’: Morning Joe whitesplains to Ice Cube, slams him for ‘associating’ with Trump
rt.com | 2020-10-27
Joe Scarborough has slammed rapper Ice Cube for his work with the Trump administration, claiming his decision to consult on the ‘Platinum Plan’ automatically “associates” him with the president’s most controversial statements. | Discussing White House advisor Jared Kushner’s recent comments about black Americans doing well under Donald Trump only if they “want to be successful,” Scarborough set his sights on Cube’s widely-scrutinized meeting with Kushner. | The Trump critic said Ice Cube’s work with Kushn…
rt.com/usa/504715-morning-joe-ice-cube-t…

Thursday 10/29: The Virus, The Climate, The Alternative: Ecosocialist Solutions to Capitalist Crises
Haymarket Books | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883787…

EC strongly condemns insulting French papers to Holy Prophet
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Expediency Council Chairman on Tuesday condemned insulting of French magazines to the Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (S) and called on Muslims to unite with one another against the anti-Islamism move.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165249/EC-strongly-…

Wednesday 11/18: EV 101: An Introduction to Owning Electric Vehicles
City of Sunnyvale | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883789…

Right-wing recall campaign seeks to remove Socialist Alternative’s Kshama Sawant from Seattle City Council
wsws.org | 2020-10-27
The campaign to recall Kshama Sawant is led by the Democratic Party with the active support of Republican and far-right elements.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/27/sawa…

Enlaces Red Latina sin fronteras 27oct
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
ENLACES de Red Latina sin fronteras 27.10.2020 | comunicaciones e información para la liberación…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883789…

Macron using irritant comments to mask his failed policies
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-10-27
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) — Deniz Caner believes that Macron uses provocative comments to mask his mismanagement in the country and the government’s unsuccessful economic and social policies.
en.mehrnews.com/news/165244/Macron-using…

Britain’s Nuclear Weapons: Money for Nothing
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-10-27
On 19 October the BBC reported that “A Royal Navy officer has been sent home from the U.S. after reporting to take charge of a submarine’s Trident nuclear missiles while unfit for duty. Lt Cdr Len Louw is under investigation at Faslane naval base in Scotland amid reports he had been drinking. Colleagues raised concerns when the weapons engineering officer arrived for work on HMS Vigilant last month.” | It must be made clear that there was no possibility this officer or any other single person could in some way commit the submarine to despa…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/10/27/br…

You voted. Great! Now the real political work begins
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-10-27
Can we burn down the system at the ballot box? We explore different methods beyond voting to make systemic change with our guests, Ricci Sergienko of the People’s City Council of Los Angeles, and Green Party VP nominee Angela Walker. | Burn It Down is our new show — and on a new YouTube channel. Don’t forget to subscribe!
therealnews.com/you-voted-great-now-the-…

Chile: Ana Tijoux, una voz en la revuelta
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2020-10-27
Ana Tijoux, una voz en la revuelta chilena. Su música y sus letras son banda de sonido de la calle en rebeldà¨a.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/10/26/1883788…

Welcome to the Trump Tower of Terror
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Welcome to the Trump Tower of Terror…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-hal…

Burying 1,000 Bodies and Loads of Prejudice
Kavitha Muralidharan | counterpunch.org | 2020-10-27
“We were worried that our father would not be treated well in death.” Two months after Panchanathan Subramaniam’s demise, his son S. Ramesh still grieves: “When we got him admitted to Thanjavur government hospital with symptoms of Covid-19, we never imagined we would take him back lifeless.” More so since 68-year-old Subramaniam, who retired years…
counterpunch.org/2020/10/27/burying-1000…

Sudan says legislature must OK normalization with Israel
yenisafak.com | 2020-10-27
The head of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council said Monday that full normalization with Israel would not be implemented until a legislative council is formed.Speaking in an interview on state television, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan stressed that the deal was yet to be finalized and may be beneficial for the country as it grapples with a severe economic crisis.”Let me call it reconciliation instead of normalization and let me also confirm that we didn’t face any kind of blackmailing to normalize with Israel. But we all know that normalization with Israel is something that is motivated by the American administrati…
yenisafak.com/en/news/sudan-says-legisla…

Want to Win Rural Voters? Fight Big Ag
Brian Barth | thenation.com | 2020-10-27
Want to Win Rural Voters? Fight Big Ag.
thenation.com/article/politics/rural-vot…

Using Arabs or Muslims as Scapegoats Has a History
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-10-27
During the past century, we have witnessed a long and tragic history of domestic policies that have targeted persons of Arab descent. We have been subjected to discriminatory treatment by law enforcement, immigration authorities, and by both Democratic and Republican …
globalresearch.ca/using-arabs-muslims-sc…