Daily Archives: October 20, 2021

2021-10-20: News Headlines

Staff (2021-10-20). After being accused of 'buying' the 2020 election, Facebook announces it's getting even more involved in US state elections. rt.com Mired in employee 'whistleblowers' and document leaks, Facebook is rushing to cleanse its image ahead of upcoming elections, highlighting several 'election integrity' features aimed at helping users in 11 states vote next month. | The social media giant plans to remind users in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington how to find their local polling place and other voting-related details the day before Election Day, it revealed in a series of tweets on Tuesday. | pic.twitter.com/6EI9mt3dc4— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) WSWS (2021-10-20). House Select Committee on January 6 coup attempt votes to hold Stephen Bannon in criminal contempt. wsws.org The resolution will now move to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it on Thursday.

Staff (2021-10-19). Biden and Other Democrats Helped Colin Powell Spread George W. Bush's Iraq Lies. truthout.org While the death of former Secretary of State and retired Gen. Colin Powell has elicited praise-filled eulogies in the mainstream media and officials in Washington, many Americans still carry bitter feelings over Powell's support for the illegal, unnecessary and predictably disastrous war in Iraq. In particular, critics cite his February 2003 speech before the United Nations Security Council in which he put forward a litany of demonstrably false statements in making the case that Iraq had com…

Pablo Manríquez (2021-10-19). Will Undocumented Community Benefit From Biden Social Spending Plan? Democratic Senators Won't Say. latinorebels.com Latino Rebels asked a half-dozen members of the upper chamber on Monday and Tuesday if undocumented immigrants will be eligible for mainstream tenants of the Build Back Better Bill, like child tax credit checks, paid family leave, and subsidized community college education.

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