(2020-10-06). A Wrong Turn At Albuquerque: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com ~ | Really sucks how the US intelligence cartel is going to claim a rival nation interfered in the election no matter who wins in order to advance pre-planned geostrategic agendas and everyone's just going to accept it on faith because they learned nothing these last four years. | Not looking forward to Trump supporters unquestioningly swallowing the narrative that China interfered for Biden and then spending years screaming about the need for more cold war aggressions against Beijing while Biden does exactly that and they still claim he's not doing enough. | ~ | The fact that politicians who not only supported t…
(2020-10-06). Tongues as Sharp as Snakes. counterpunch.org 
Thomas Muntzer's name is indelibly inscribed in the blood of the peasants who were slaughtered in the Peasants' War of 1524-5 in Germany. The German revolutionary and bon vivant, Friedrich Engels, celebrated Muntzer as a proto-revolutionary; streets were named after him in the former Democratic Republic of Germany (he was hated in West Germany). Today
(2020-10-06). The Supreme Court Will Hear a Case That Could Destroy What Remains of the Voting Rights Act. zcomm.org And Republicans are poised to gain a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.
(2020-10-06). Defeating Trump: Grassroots Organizations Can Tip the Scales. zcomm.org We don't know what the last weeks of the campaign will bring, but one thing is clear. Defeating Donald Trump is too important to leave up to the Biden campaign.
(2020-10-06). Poor People's Caravan Targets Senators Feinstein and Harris. indybay.org Political action as applied morality…
(2020-10-06). America's Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy. thenation.com America's Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy…
(2020-10-05). Chris Hedges: Trump's Barrett Nomination. popularresistance.org The Christian Right is content to have the focus on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett revolve around her opposition to abortion and membership in People of Praise, a far-right Catholic cult that practices "speaking in tongues." What it does not want examined is her abject subservience to corporate power, her hostility to workers, civil liberties, unions and environmental regulations. And since the Democratic Party is beholden to the same donor class as the Republican Party, and since the media long ago substituted the culture wars for politics, the most ominous threat Barrett's appointment to the court repr…
(2020-10-05). Headlines for October 5, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Breaks Isolation, Endangers Secret Service as WH Sends Mixed Messages on Trump's Condition, GOP Vows to Push Through SCOTUS Hearings as 3 Senators Test Positive for COVID-19, Coronavirus Cases on the Rise Across the Country as NYC Seeks to Shut Down 9 Neighborhoods, ICE Prisoners in Washington Tested for COVID-19 After Exposure from a Guard, Police in Chile Throw Teenager Off Bridge During Anti-Government Protest, Fighting in Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region Escalates, Killing at Least One, Guatemala Deports Thousands of Central American Migrants Headed Toward U.S., ICE Erects Billboards with Faces of Immig…
(2020-10-05). After Recklessness, a Coronavirus Outbreak at the White House; Will Admin Cover Up or Contract Trace? democracynow.org 
As President Trump and a growing number of prominent Republicans are infected with COVID-19, we speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, who says Trump was reckless in his approach to the coronavirus and continues to flout public health recommendations. "There is an outbreak happening at the White House. It will continue to spread. It will not go away on its own," says Dr. Jha. "The way you stop it is to test, trace and isolate."
(2020-10-05). "Black Women's Lives Matter": Breonna Taylor's Family Demands a Special Prosecutor to Reopen Case. democracynow.org 
Breonna Taylor's family is calling on Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to appoint a new special prosecutor to reopen the case after they say newly released grand jury tapes confirm the state Attorney General Daniel Cameron "did not serve as an unbiased prosecutor in this case and intentionally did not present charges to the grand jury that would have pursued justice for Ms. Taylor." Cameron complied with a judicial order to release 15 hours of audiotapes just before the judge's noon deadline on Friday. "The recordings that were released were just as we assumed they were, that nobody was presenting evidence on behal…
(2020-10-05). Learn About Where the Cobb County Sheriff Candidates Land on Civil Liberties Issues. aclu.org 
The Cobb County Detention Center is in crisis. Fifty people have died in custody since 2003, and others have experienced deadly neglect, misconduct by deputies, inhumane conditions, extended lockdowns, and inadequate medical care. The sheriff's office also works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a program to detain immigrants who live in Cobb County, splitting apart families and promoting racial profiling. To make an informed decision, make sure you know where the candidates land on the issues. | ACLU of Georgia asked the candidates: | IssuesCraig OwensNeil Warren (inc.) | Has pledged to e…
(2020-10-05). A Biden victory will be 'bad' for Israel, Gulf states, US envoy claims. middleeasteye.net 
A Biden victory will be 'bad' for Israel, Gulf states, US envoy claims | US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman says if Joe Biden wins presidential election, it would damage Trump's efforts to subdue Iran | Mon, 10/05/2020 – 15: 57 | US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during a briefing at the White House on 13 August 2020 (AFP/File photo) | The US ambassador to Israel has said a victory for Joe Bide…
(2020-10-05). House Dems pass climate bill boosting oil drilling, lobbied for by Biden donor. therealnews.com 
In this week's Climate Crisis News Roundup, House Democrats push bill lobbied for by ex-Goldman Sachs executive, Trump backs "1 trillion trees" and a new study links the 1% to disproportionate climate impacts.
(2020-10-05). Republican leaders denied COVID's seriousness. Now they are being ravaged by it. therealnews.com 
Trump, who was recently revealed to have paid little to no money in taxes in the last 15 years, is receiving cutting-edge, taxpayer-funded medical treatment at Walter Reed Military Medical Center…
(2020-10-05). All aboard to defeat Trump: Biden train tour in Pennsylvania steel country. peoplesworld.org 
JOHNSTOWN, Penn.— It was an unusually warm autumn evening in Johnstown as Joe Biden's Amtrak pulled into the city's historic passenger station, opened in 1916. The station is a unique structure, as trains arrive above the depot on an elevated level. The adjacent wall was adorned with a massive Biden-Harris sign, rising above a very …
(2020-10-05). Washington state unionists protest Boeing move of 787 Dreamliner production to S.C. peoplesworld.org 
EVERETT, Wash.—Upset, disappointed union leaders in Washington state lambasted Boeing for its decision to move all remaining 787 Dreamliner production at its Everett, Wash., plant to its non-union factory in anti-union red state South Carolina. And the company's pullout of that plant from the Puget Sound area by mid-2021 will leave thousands of union members, …
(2020-10-05). Regression as a National Theme. counterpunch.org 
Going Backwards Led by a reactionary, autocratic faction of the Republican Party, the United States has taken another step backward in terms of social progress. This comes with Donald Trump's nomination of a religiously motivated conservative, Amy Coney Barrett, to the Supreme Court. Barrett, a devout Catholic and presently a federal appeals court judge, was
(2020-10-05). 'The Campaign of Miner Bo' tells a sad, Quixotic West Virginia story. peoplesworld.org 
Perhaps 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's biggest mistake—if you don't count her never setting foot in the state of Wisconsin to campaign—was the remark she made at a town hall meeting that March in Ohio. She was speaking about a future of replacing fossil-fuel energy with renewable sources. She spoke of bringing "economic opportunity …
(2020-10-05). A Model for Healthcare Reform from a Surprising Place. dissidentvoice.org 
The issue of healthcare reform is one that is consistently identified by opinion polls as being among the most important to Americans. The United States continues to be the only fully industrialized nation that lacks a public healthcare system, a feature of modern "democracy" that is taken for granted in most developed countries. Most American …
(2020-10-05). The increasingly impossible middle class. mronline.org 
IN 2010 THE Commerce Department prepared data for the Obama administration's Middle Class Task Force, headed by Vice President Joe Biden. Sidestepping knotty problems—see below—of just who was middle class, part of their study proposed a host of expectations that a middle class family would hold.
(2020-10-05). Facebook breakup would be 'complete nonstarter': memo leaked ahead of antitrust report. rt.com 
Separating Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp would harm consumers, cost billions and defy US law, the social media giant argued in a memo leaked to the media ahead of a congressional report expected to advise otherwise. | The 14-page document was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend and amounts to a preview of Facebook's defense against the pending report from the House Antitrust Subcommittee. | FB says breakup would be a "complete nonstarter" … as if theirs is the only view that matters. A breakup alone will not eliminate threat FB poses to democracy, public health, privacy, innovation, b…
(2020-10-05). Ginsburg Institute for Justice Needed for Our Depleted Democracy. counterpunch.org Jean Monnet — a founder of the European Union once said: "Nothing is possible without men, but nothing is lasting without institutions." I'm reminded of his observation each time our country loses a "just" Supreme Court Justice. So, what will follow after the few days of prominent encomiums at memorial events and editorial praise of
(2020-10-05). Matt Taibbi: Hate Inc., Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another. thealtworld.com Journalist and author Matt Taibbi presented a lecture on his book "Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another." This event was co-sponsored by Penn State's McCourtney Institute for Democracy and Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. | The lecture is followed by an audience Q&A moderated by McCourtney Institute communications specialist Jenna Spinelle.
(2020-10-05). Trump mobilized Republican-state army to suppress DC protests in June coup attempt. wsws.org An investigation conducted by the Washington Post details how Trump utilized a legal loophole to deploy National Guard troops from various states on the streets of Washington D.C. to suppress protests on June 1.
(2020-10-05). Republican Attempts to Suppress the Vote Must be Stopped. cepr.net MarketWatch See article on original site Democrats need to keep their eyes on the prize Trump has governed in some ways that no US president has ever done before. One is that he made almost no attempt to expand his support beyond his hard-core base. Even dictators generally come to a different conclusion about what …
(2020-10-05). Free State of Jones available again on Netflix. wsws.org This important film from 2016 is now available again on Netflix. It is a rebuke to the racialist politics of the New York Times and the Democratic Party and to the 1619 Project in particular.
(2020-10-05). Trump's illness and the Democrats' call for unity. wsws.org The response of the Democratic Party to Trump's illness is determined, as always, by the class interests that it represents and its fear of working-class opposition from below.
(2020-10-05). CIA Director Haspel Personally Blocking Declassification of Documents that Will Reveal Truth About Russiagate. Federalist's Sean Davis. globalresearch.ca "Federalist" co-founder Sean Davis reports that CIA Director Gina Haspel is personally blocking the release of documents that will show "what actually happened" with Russiagate. | "This isn't just a scandal about Democrat projection, this is a scandal about what was …
(2020-10-05). Trump and the Lost Country. counterpunch.org Where, oh where, is the United States of America — global leader, creator of democracy, hope of humankind? It certainly wasn't up there on the debate stage last night. When 9-year-olds start slinging insults at each other — "Is not!" "Is too!" — it's hard for platitudes to step in and re-establish a sense of
(2020-10-05). Nico Perrino and Nolan Higdon. projectcensored.org With the November election drawing near, media analyst Nolan Higdon returns to the Project Censored Show to explain how fake news and biased media undermine democracy, and why individuals should be "media citizens" rather than "media consumers." | Then in the second half-hour, Nico Perrino joins the program to explain the results of a new study of freedom-of-speech on US college campuses, based on a survey of 20,000 students at 55 schools. At which schools is freedom of speech most respected, and what policies should every college follow to protect it?
(2020-10-05). Panic Over Mail-in Voting Only Feeds Trump's Chaos, Says Top Pennsylvania Democrat. zcomm.org Voters in the Keystone State who request an absentee ballot but decide to vote in person are playing into Trump's hands, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman warns.
(2020-10-05). Leaked FBI Report Warns Of Far-Right "Boogaloo" Violence Before Election. popularresistance.org A leaked September 29 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intelligence report prepared by the Dallas, Texas, field office warns that leading up to the November election, "boogaloo adherents" and "militia violent extremists" are increasing "violent and criminal activity" in the Dallas area. | The assessment was made the same day President Donald Trump, in the first presidential debate with his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, refused to condemn white supremacists and militia groups, instead instructing the fascistic street gang the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by."
(2020-10-05). Friday 10/16: Juneteenth Food and Wine – Virtual Celebration. indybay.org TBD and Virtual Online…
(2020-10-05). The utility of high-flow nasal oxygen for severe COVID-19 pneumonia in a resource-constrained setting: A multi-centre prospective observational study. thelancet.com In a resource-constrained setting, HFNO for severe COVID-19 HRF is feasible and more almost half of those who receive it can be successfully weaned without the need for mechanical ventilation.
(2020-10-05). Biden Courts Florida Hispanic Community, Hits Trump Record on COVID-19. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Hispanic Americans have been dying from COVID-19 at three times the national average as a consequence of President Donald Trump's pandemic policy, while his actions on Cuba have left the government there stronger and more repressive, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said in a speech in Miami.
(2020-10-05). WATCH: Campaigning for Biden in Michigan, Sanders Calls for Covid-19 Response and Economy 'That Work for All of Us'. commondreams.org The senator said that while they still have some disagreements, "there is also no question that the economic proposals that Joe is supporting are strong and will go a long, long way in improving life for working families." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-10-05_at_18.39.27.png …
(2020-10-05). 'Middle-Class Joe' Doesn't Understand the Middle Class. thenation.com 'Middle-Class Joe' Doesn't Understand the Middle Class…
(2020-10-04). All Russiagate Did Was Advance Pre-Existing Agendas Of The Same Spy Agencies Who Started It. thealtworld.com 
One of the many interesting stories that has gotten lost in the shuffle over the controversy over the horrible Trump-Biden debate and the president's recent Covid-19 diagnosis is the recent
(2020-10-04). Trump's Turn From Immigration to the Enemy Within. zcomm.org Trump's shift from demonizing immigrants to targeting leftists is straight out of the fascist playbook…
(2020-10-04). Senate Democrats' leader Schumer slams idea of virtual hearing for SCOTUS pick – but not all the other virtual Senate hearings. rt.com 
"A virtual hearing is virtually no hearing at all," the New York Senator says, suggesting the decision on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should be postponed, despite Senate already using the practice throughout pandemic. | "If it's not safe for the Senate to meet in session, it's not safe for the hearings to go forward," Chuck Schumer said at a Sunday press conference. | The Senate has already cancelled meetings this week due to several senators, including two on the judiciary committee, revealing they are positive for Covid-19. | The idea of virtual hearings has been suggested, but Democrats have bee…
(2020-10-04). Senate Democrats' leader Schumer slams idea of virtual hearing for SCOTUS pick — but not all the other virtual Senate hearings. rt.com "A virtual hearing is virtually no hearing at all," the New York Senator says, suggesting the decision on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should be postponed, despite Senate already using the practice throughout pandemic. | "If it's not safe for the Senate to meet in session, it's not safe for the hearings to go forward," Chuck Schumer said at a Sunday press conference. | The Senate has already cancelled meetings this week due to several senators, including two on the judiciary committee, revealing they are positive for Covid-19. | The idea of virtual hearings has been suggested, but Democrats have bee…
(2020-10-04). Denver SDS rallies to defund campus police. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On the evening of September 28, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) led a rally of students and community members on Auraria campus in Denver. The rally demanded that the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) defund and disarm the Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD). | "Recently, AHEC approved a new budget for the 2020-2021 school and, unbelievably, ACPD is actually receiving a larger percentage of the budget this school year than they did for last year, despite the fact that there's hardly any students on campus," said Shaine Carroll-Frey, a member of SDS. | "We believe that the 4.2 millio…
(2020-10-04). Educators set donation records, back Biden over Trump nearly 6-1. zcomm.org During his three years in office, Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos have attempted to expand school choice and redirect money from public schools to private and charter schools…
(2020-10-04). Trump Megadonors Bankroll QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates. zcomm.org The Republican Party overall has become more receptive to QAnon, likely recognizing that its adherents have become part of the GOP base…
(2020-10-04). Preempting Progress In The South. popularresistance.org A new report from the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) at EPI and the Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) describes the ways in which state interference—in the form of preemption—is impeding local democracy and hamstringing progress on a variety of economic, social, and public health issues for communities throughout the South. The report also describes how this interference is a continuation of long-standing state-imposed policies and practices rooted in anti-Black racism and how modern-day misuse of preemption disproportionately disadvantages workers of color, women, and low-income wo…
(2020-10-04). As Covid-Positive GOP Politicians Enjoy Healthcare They 'Would Deny Others,' Coronavirus Pandemic Again Makes Case for Medicare for All. commondreams.org The case for Medicare for All was once again made by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Ed Markey tweeted on Sunday, after Republican politicians including President Donald Trump were able to check themselves into hospitals shortly after announcing they had tested positive for Covid-19. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1228867411_1_0.jpg …
(2020-10-04). A New Nonviolent Medicaid Army Is on the March. commondreams.org Activists rally against the Republican healthcare agenda outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club on July 5, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/medicaid_oklahoma.jpg …
(2020-10-04). Donald Trump Makes the Swamp Bigger. commondreams.org Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump delivered remarks with his children—from left, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump—during the grand opening ceremony of the new Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 26, 2016. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2017-07-05_at_11.20.23_am_0_0.png …
(2020-10-03). Response To Trump Covid Diagnosis Shows His 'Opposition' Always Saw Him As Part Of The Club. thealtworld.com The Joe Biden campaign is reportedly taking down all negative ads against the US president due to his recent positive test for Covid-19. | "The VP can't say 'God Bless this family' and then trash him in ads," one Biden ally told The Hill. | "Jil…
(2020-10-03). 'Postpone the Hearing': Democrats Demand Delay in Barrett's Confirmation Process After Third GOP Senator Tests Positive for Covid-19. commondreams.org Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates demanded on Friday and into Saturday that the Senate Judiciary Committee postpone Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing for the U.S. Supreme Court after at least three Republican senators tested positive for the coronavirus. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1228810906_1.jpg …
(2020-10-03). Tennessee governor Bill Lee hails "strong safety measures" in schools amid growing anger from teachers. wsws.org On Monday, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee praised "very strong safety measures" in schools in Knox County, despite over a thousand students and staff in quarantine.
(2020-10-03). As polls shows climate action winning issue, green campaigners mobilize for Democrats in key Senate and House races. nationofchange.org "Arizona, Iowa, Maine, and South Carolina could hardly be more different, but solid majorities of voters in each state support building a clean energy economy."
(2020-10-03). Malign neglect in New York schools: The politics of the SUNY Board of Trustees. wsws.org The Board of Trustees for the State University of New York is packed with members and strategists of the Democratic Party.
(2020-10-03). 'A Little More Democracy': An Interview with Margaret Morrison. progressive.org Following the release of the new documentary 'Resisterhood,' one activist in the film shares her message of optimism in comparing the march in Selma in 1965 to today's anti-racism protests.
(2020-10-03). Do Canadian Sanctions Against Venezuela Violate Canadian Law? A Question of Democracy. globalresearch.ca "Sanctions must be treated as a form of warfare. . . . Let us regard the imposition of sanctions with the same gravity as we would regard the act of going to war." — Mehran Nakhjavani[1] | There is widespread …
(2020-10-03). Breaking With The Defunct Idea Of Development. popularresistance.org One of the particularities of tourism in Nicaragua is its democratization. Since the Sandinista government won elections in 2006 and came to power in 2007, the promotion and expansion of the tourism sector is increasingly important for Nicaraguans, contributing significantly to a rise in incomes for many lower-income families.[i] Contrary to the focus on tourism (or even 'ecotourism) for export in many countries, the Nicaraguan government's tourism policies incentivize Nicaraguan working-class family tourism.
(2020-10-03). [Correspondence] Remdesivir and COVID-19 — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank the clinicians and researchers around the world for their comprehensive interpretation of the results of our randomised controlled trial of remdesivir for COVID-19.1 They shared valuable thoughts from different perspectives according to related evidence from in vitro and animal models, and pharmacogenomic studies. A suggestion was made for subgroup analyses by concomitant lopinavir-ritonavir use. Concerns for not reaching the predetermined sample size in our study were also expressed. These comments are appreciated and helpful for future conduct and interpretation of COVID-19 therapy studies.
(2020-10-03). [Correspondence] Remdesivir and COVID-19. thelancet.com In a Chinese clinical trial by Yeming Wang and colleagues,1 remdesivird did not show significant benefits for patients with severe COVID-19. Shortly after their study was published, remdesivir was authorised in the USA by the US Food & Drug Administration2 and approved in Japan3 for patients with severe COVID-19 on the basis of preliminary phase 3 trial results.4 We find it puzzling that the discrepancy of results between China and the USA is merely justified by different study designs.
(2020-10-03). [Correspondence] Minimising long-term effect of COVID-19 in dementia care. thelancet.com We thank Huali Wang and colleagues1 for highlighting that dementia is also a pandemic in an ageing society,2 albeit the word pandemic generates a negative perspective of dementia.
(2020-10-03). [World Report] US election 2020: public health. thelancet.com In the race for the White House, where do US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, stand on public health? Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
(2020-10-03). Democratic Senate Candidate Admits to Sending Intimate Texts to Strategist, Won't Drop Out of Race. sputniknews.com The text screenshots revealed that the Senate candidate discussed "kisses" and an intimate relationship with a public relations strategist from California, though he is actually married and a father of two.
(2020-10-03). Community control of police takes the stage during Trump-Biden presidential debate. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – During a series of questions around racial injustice and law enforcement, the issue of community control of police was raised during the September 29 presidential debate, the first of three scheduled between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. An issue that only had strong roots in a few cities six months ago is now a topic of national interest in the campaign for the highest office in the land. | "The power of our movement manifests itself in the biggest and boldest way in the wake of the George Floyd protests. In the demonstrations that we called, we had over 100,000 people…
(2020-10-03). 31 Days Until the Election. thenation.com 31 Days Until the Election…
(2020-10-02). Just Three Days After Meeting With Amy Coney Barrett Without Mask, GOP Senator Mike Lee Also Tests Positive for Covid-19. commondreams.org The announcement by the Republican from Utah came just hours after President Donald Trump revealed he had the virus. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sen-mike-lee-coronavirus.jpg …
(2020-10-02). Noam Chomsky tells court that Julian Assange has 'exposed power to sunlight'. thecanary.co On 30 September, distinguished academic and public intellectual Extraterritorial reach: | Chomsky had previously appeared on Democracy Now! to denounce: the extraterritorial reach of the United States, which is shocking. Why should the United States… have the power to control what others are doing elsewhere in the world?… It's [an] outlandish situation. It goes on all the time. | "We have to silence this voice" — Chomsky on the obvious, prima…
(2020-10-02). Naomi Klein: I Fear Trump Will Exploit His COVID Infection to Further Destabilize the Election. democracynow.org 
How will President Trump's revelation that he tested positive for COVID-19 affect the presidential race? Acclaimed journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein warns that the Trump campaign is likely to exploit the news. "We need to be prepared for the president using the fact that he's having to cancel campaign events for two weeks to try to further delegitimize elections," she says.
(2020-10-02). Headlines for October 2, 2020. democracynow.org President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive for Coronavirus, Joe Biden to Receive Coronavirus Test After Tuesday's Debate with President Trump, Trump Continued Public Events After Adviser Hope Hicks Became Ill and Tested Positive for COVID-19, Trump, 74, Faces Greater COVID-19 Morbidity Risk Due to High Blood Pressure and Obesity, Before Testing Positive, Trump Planned Rallies in Wisconsin's Coronavirus "Red Zones", Coronavirus Outbreak Shutters Queens School on First Full Day of In-Person Classes in NYC, Texas Republican Governor Orders Closure of Absentee Ballot Drop-Off Sites, Far-Right Activist…
(2020-10-02). Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Months of Downplaying Virus & Mocking Biden for Wearing Mask. democracynow.org 
Just days after mocking his presidential rival Joe Biden for regularly wearing masks, President Donald Trump has revealed that he and first lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for COVID-19 and are entering 14 days of isolation. For months, Trump has downplayed the severity of the pandemic, which has killed over 200,000 Americans. President Trump is 74, has elevated blood pressure and is over the threshold for obesity — three factors linked to higher morbidity and mortality among COVID-19 patients. For more on the pandemic and Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, we speak with Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infect…
(2020-10-02). Superspreader-in-Chief: For Months Trump Spread COVID Lies, Now He May Have Spread the Virus Itself. democracynow.org 
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement came early Friday morning, hours after Bloomberg News reported that Trump adviser Hope Hicks became ill during Trump's Wednesday night rally in Duluth, Minnesota, and had to be quarantined aboard Air Force One on the return flight to Washington. Hicks went on to test positive for coronavirus early on Thursday, though the White House did not report her illness. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is also getting tested over fears that Trump may have infected him at Tuesday's debate. We speak with Dr. Abdul…
(2020-10-02). Presidential debate: Trump and Biden bicker as COVID rages on. workers.org 
The Sept. 30 presidential debate featured two white men throwing mud at each other in performances a fifth-grade debate team would have found embarrassing. This debate will be remembered for its continuous, cable-news-style bickering and interrupting, which prevented either candidate, and in particular Biden, from expressing themselves at length. It . . . |
(2020-10-02). Baltimore teachers: no one should die to reopen schools. therealnews.com 
At an Oct. 1 press conference, Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan once again called for school districts to physically reopen. | "I hear from teachers every day who are dying to get back in the classroom," Hogan Hogan's calls come one day after Baltimore educators and parents, organized by the Baltimore Teachers Union, rallied in oppositi…
(2020-10-02). Todos con Biden-Harris: Latinos no deben dejar que nada los detenga de votar. peoplesworld.org 
Dilo fuerte, dilo con orgullo. No sereÃÅ negado. Yo voy a votar por Biden-Harris. Es tiempo para todo los Latinos que hablen con miembros de la comunidad sobre esta eleccioÃÅn. Es tiempo para dice, "No maÃÅs." °Ha sido suficiente! Es tiempo que la comunidad latina pare de ser amigable y callada. Los latinos se deben …
(2020-10-02). Trump gets COVID-19, after months of lying about its danger. therealnews.com 
Trump has access to world class healthcare, but he and Republicans have blocked billions in funding for healthcare, COVID-19 testing and economic relief.
(2020-10-02). Can 'Beat Trump, Battle Biden' coalition really stop the right? therealnews.com 
More than fifty progressives, activists and writers signed a petition calling to beat Trump, then battle Biden. Marc Steiner talks with three of these thinkers who signed the petition about the internal conflict involved in supporting a centrist capitalist with a problematic past on race and crime and the reasons why it's necessary.
(2020-10-02). The Leahy Laws: Why Biden's Promise to Israel is Illegal. counterpunch.org 
While co-hosting an interview on the Palestine Chronicle, I asked Dr. Richard Falk, former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, about his thoughts on Kamala Harris' promise to maintain unconditional aid to Israel. "I am disappointed of course by the Harris-Biden positions on Israel. I would have hoped for something closer to what Bernie
(2020-10-02). Turkey arrests: New wave of detentions target pro-Kurdish HDP. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey arrests: New wave of detentions target pro-Kurdish HDP | Of 53 mayoralties won in March 2019 local elections, the party now only controls four as a result of repeated arrests | Fri, 10/02/2020 – 12: 23 | Demonstrators in Istanbul shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of scores of members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples Democratic Party (AFP) | Authorities in Turkey have detai…
(2020-10-02). Trump is a Hoax, Fake News. counterpunch.org 
Donald Trump finally collided with something bigger than he thinks he is: the IRS. The self-identified billionaire's mere $750 federal tax payments in 2016 and 2017, his tax avoidance schemes, his mishandling of the pandemic plus his ugly aggressive performance debate performance could cost him his re-election. Trump's rival for the presidency, Joe Biden, revealed
(2020-10-02). 2021 — As China's Golden Ox Rises the U.S. Bald Eagle Will Crash. strategic-culture.org 
Egon von GREYERZ | The Chinese understand the long game and they have infinite patience. They have always known that they never needed to attack the US, financially or militarily. Because China has invariably understood that the US would self-destruct. | POLITICS AND PRINCES DON'T MIX: | The Duchess of Sussex who has dragged her poor husband, Prince Harry, into the US election has declared that this will be the most important election in history. She will most probably be right but for the wrong reason. Meghan Markle believes a Biden victory is the only way that the US can be saved, primarily because sh…
(2020-10-02). What does justice for Jamal Khashoggi look like? middleeasteye.net 
What does justice for Jamal Khashoggi look like? | UN's Agnes Callamard talks to Middle East Eye about finding justice for murdered journalist | Fri, 10/02/2020 – 18: 34 | If elected, Joe Biden should release US intelligence community's findings on Khashoggi's murder, Callamard says (AFP) | Two years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, justice for the slain journalist remains elusive with geopolitical interests…
(2020-10-02). COVID-19 Lays Bare the Reality of 'Small Government' Conservatism. scheerpost.com Ted Eytan / CC BY-SA 2.0] By Jim Hightower / OtherWords Amazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: "Where's the government?" These are not born-again Bernie Sanders activists, but everyday people of all political stripes (including previously apolitical multitudes) who are now clamoring for big government intervention in their lives. Nothing like a coronavirus pandemic… |
(2020-10-02). Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis. popularresistance.org There's no denying there's been a renewed wave of interest in socialism in the United States, thanks in large part to Bernie Sanders. While the Vermont senator gained support across the country for his rallying cry against inequality and for promoting equitable policies like Medicare for All, Rabbi Michael Lerner, a lifelong progressive and author of the new book Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World, believes there was something missing from Sanders' socialist message.
(2020-10-02). Trump's Operation Dictatorship: What the debate exposed. indybay.org Joseph Kishore, the Socialist Equality Party US presidential candidate and David North, the Socialist Equality Party US national chairman explain how the White House is the center of a fascistic conspiracy to overturn the Constitution and establish a presidential dictatorship– and what must be done to avert it. Clue: it will not be voting for Biden.
(2020-10-02). President Trump and His Wife Tested Positive for Coronavirus. telesurenglish.net The U.S. President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump Thursday tested positive for COVID-19. | RELATED: | The presidential couple get tested for COVID-19 after one of Trump's closest advisors, Hope Hicks, was diagnosed with the virus. | This 31-year-old woman traveled aboard the Air Force One to Cleveland, Ohio, where Trump took part in the first election debate with Democratic candidate Joe Biden. She an…
(2020-10-02). In a Time of Mortal Crisis, Rabbi Michael Lerner Prophesies a Caring Society. scheerpost.com Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play There's no denying there's been a renewed wave of interest in socialism in the United States, thanks in large part to Bernie Sanders. While the Vermont senator gained support across the country for his rallying cry against inequality and for promoting equitable policies like Medicare for All, Rabbi Michael Lerner, a lifelong progressive and… |
(2020-10-02). Trump Tests Positive for Coronavirus, 48 Hours After Mocking Biden for Wearing a Mask. zcomm.org For months, the president recklessly disregarded mask-wearing, and aides and supporters followed his lead…
(2020-10-02). A New Party of the Left in Serbia. zcomm.org The Social Democratic Union's 12th congress in Belgrade marked its transformation into a new left-wing party—the Party of the Radical Left (PRL)…
(2020-10-02). Can we make Facebook and Google "democratic utilities?" zcomm.org Is there another path we could take that might allow us to harness the benefits of these huge services, while also blunting their negative effects?>
(2020-10-02). The Politics That Led To The 'Worst Debate'. popularresistance.org The rich man's media are calling it "the worst debate in modern American history," but that's because the truth is often painful to watch. The Biden-Trump confrontation revealed, with crystalline clarity, that the real "genius" of the American electoral process is its total imperviousness to popular demands for a healthier, more just and less economically precarious society and a peaceful, ecologically stable world. Instead, the Democratic alternative to the white supremacist Republican in the White House is — another lifelong racist, mass-incarcerating, corporate-serving, warmongering old white man.
(2020-10-02). Trump Camp Failed to Notify Biden Officials About Potential COVID-19 Exposure – Reports. sputniknews.com US President Donald Trump's campaign did not contact Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign to notify them of potential exposure to COVID-19 after the president revealed Friday that both he and his wife, Melania, have contracted the disease.
(2020-10-02). Texas Governor Cuts Ballot Drop-Off Sites to Only One Per County. truthout.org In a last-minute move that voting rights groups and Democratic officials decried as a desperate and "
(2020-10-02). 'Hard to See That Debate Happening': With President Infected, Officials Say Biden vs. Trump Unlikely on Oct. 15. commondreams.org Regarding the next presidential debate, scheduled for Oct. 15, an official on Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign told the press Friday that it is "hard to see that debate happening" following President Donald Trump's coronavirus diagnosis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1278091154_1.jpg …
(2020-10-02). 'Wear a Mask, Keep Social Distance, and Wash Your Hands,' Says Joe Biden After Testing Negative for Covid-19. commondreams.org "I don't wear masks like him," Trump mockingly said of Biden during Tuesday night's debate. "Every time you see him he's got a mask." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_mask.jpg …
