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Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”

Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”

Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.

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Predictive Programming? Israeli Publishers Have Been Writing About a COVID-Like Pandemic for Years

The general public’s willing acceptance of the draconian restrictions placed on mobility and freedom of assembly due to the coronavirus was “predicted” in fictional novels and other artistic creations over the last few decades. Is it a matter of life imitating art or something more sinister?

Raul Diego
By Raul Diego
Predictive Programming? Israeli Publishers Have Been Writing About a COVID-Like Pandemic for Years

The general public’s willing acceptance of the draconian restrictions placed on mobility and freedom of assembly due to the coronavirus was “predicted” in fictional novels and other artistic creations over the last few decades. Is it a matter of life imitating art or something more sinister?

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Under Pressure, Amazon Reveals Over 20,000 Employees Likely Contracted COVID

Amazon is not a company known for treating its employees’ welfare as its top priority. Workers feel under so much pressure that they urinate in bottles or wear adult diapers rather than risk the wrath of management.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Under Pressure, Amazon Reveals Over 20,000 Employees Likely Contracted COVID

Amazon is not a company known for treating its employees’ welfare as its top priority. Workers feel under so much pressure that they urinate in bottles or wear adult diapers rather than risk the wrath of management.

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Fed Study on Household Wealth Reveals Troubling Trends in American Inequality

America’s rich are getting even richer and the poor even poorer, with millionaires and billionaires now holding an unprecedented 79% of all household wealth.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Fed Study on Household Wealth Reveals Troubling Trends in American Inequality

America’s rich are getting even richer and the poor even poorer, with millionaires and billionaires now holding an unprecedented 79% of all household wealth.

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Bezos Doubles Wealth as Amazon Essential Product Prices Rise 1000% Amid Pandemic

A report by Public Citizen found that “Amazon is engaged in price gouging on products it sells directly” through its Amazon Essentials line, with products like facemasks and corn starch seeing elevenfold increases in price.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Bezos Doubles Wealth as Amazon Essential Product Prices Rise 1000% Amid Pandemic

A report by Public Citizen found that “Amazon is engaged in price gouging on products it sells directly” through its Amazon Essentials line, with products like facemasks and corn starch seeing elevenfold increases in price.

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“A Disturbing Milestone”: America’s Top 12 Plutocrats Now Own $1 Trillion in Wealth

New figures from the Institute for Policy Studies show that, despite a pandemic that has stunted the economy for months, America’s billionaire class is becoming richer than ever, adding nearly $700 billion to their fortune since the nationwide lockdown in March.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
“A Disturbing Milestone”: America’s Top 12 Plutocrats Now Own $1 Trillion in Wealth

New figures from the Institute for Policy Studies show that, despite a pandemic that has stunted the economy for months, America’s billionaire class is becoming richer than ever, adding nearly $700 billion to their fortune since the nationwide lockdown in March.

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With Microsoft Purchase of TikTok, US Tightens Grip Over International Media

Even as the government attempts to frame the debate over the banning of Chinese companies like TikTok and Huawei over privacy concerns, it continues to try to ban the encryption of data and communications at home.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
With Microsoft Purchase of TikTok, US Tightens Grip Over International Media

Even as the government attempts to frame the debate over the banning of Chinese companies like TikTok and Huawei over privacy concerns, it continues to try to ban the encryption of data and communications at home.

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