Politics
Again, the health of the public is of no concern with this political battle over a COVID vaccine #covidvaccine
The Trump EPA has aggressively worked to erode and eliminate vital environmental and public health protections. #environmentalhazards
Economic indicators – data points, trends, and micro-categories – are the widgets of the big information industry. By contrast, indicators for our society’s democratic health are not similarly compiled, aggregated, and reported. Its up and downtrends are presented piecemeal and lack quantitative precision. #society #politics
American University history professor Allan Lichtman developed a system that has accurately predicted every presidential election since 1984. Licthman tells CNN’s Michael Smerconish who his system predicts will win the White House this year. #2020election
An attack on the Tenth Amendment, which affirms the sovereignty of the states and the citizenry, and the right of the states to stand as a bulwark against overreach and power grabs by the federal government. #usconstitution
Oregon is taking concrete steps toward becoming the first state to end the prohibition of psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms. #magicmushrooms
Had the Declaration of Independence been written today, it would have rendered its signers, extremists or terrorists, resulting in them being placed on a government watch list, targeted for surveillance of their activities and correspondence, and potentially arrested, held indefinitely, stripped of their rights and labeled enemy combatants. #foundingfathers
Police brutality can end with a few solutions
DOJ investigates pre-staged areas of violent riots
“We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment,” says Dr. Cornel West. “…Its capitalist economy could not… deliver, in such a way that people could live lives of decency.” #cornellwest #georgefloyd
Senate and amendments to the Patriot Act
US Blocks UN Global Ceasefire Resolution
Technology can play an important role in the global effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic; however, this does not give governments carte blanche to expand digital surveillance. #bigbrother
States are lifting business regulations during COVID-19
Today, the great divide in American politics isn’t between right and left. The underlying contest is between a small minority who have gained power over the system and the vast majority who have little or none. #riggedsystem
