Prisons: Breeding Grounds for Disease. Julian Assange's Life in Danger
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
The US gulag prison system is the world's largest by far, the largely unreported in the mainstream shame of the nation. | Official numbers significantly understate the true number of incarcerated inmates annually. | According to a Prison Policy Initiative analysis, nearly …
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When "Moderate" Democrats Lead the Ticket and Win, Down-Ballot Candidates Soon Suffer Losses
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Many mainstream Democrats claim if "democratic socialist" Sanders were their party's presidential nominee, many party candidates running in down-ballot races would lose in races they should win. They warn that a Sanders' led ticket could result in the Democrats not regaining control of the Senate and even losing their majority in the House along with…
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US Gov Gives 1M Masks To Israel During Shortage, Coronavirus Censorship & Trump 'Holds' WHO Funding
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-08
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/7/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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BlackRock Takes Command
Joyce Nelson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
The mainstream financial press has been remarkably quiet about the Federal Reserve's appointment (March 24) of BlackRock to manage its massive corporate debt purchase program in response to the Covid-19 crisis. That silence might have a simple explanation: you don't slag your boss if you know what's good for you. BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink may…
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They Told Us So. "This Was Not a Strike out of the Blue". Towards A New World Order
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
I cannot say "I told you so" because I did not. But I can say "They told us so" because they did. "They" being the alternate media that provided news and views that the mainstream media (MSM) would not touch …
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When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie
Edward Burmila | thenation.com | 2020-04-07
When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie…
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Don't forget Brexit, the politician's haven't
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-07
By TruePublica: The coronavirus crisis has completely saturated the mainstream media headlines, columns and editorials in recent weeks and this is quite understandable given the circumstances we find ourselves in. But in the background, when our collective gaze is focused on the inspirational stories of heroism and terrible personal loss there are those that would …
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Senate Bill Challenges Online Encryption, Constitutional Rights to Speech and Privacy
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-06
A Senate bill, the EARN IT Act of 2020, introduced by Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in March 2020, appears to revise regulations aimed at preventing online sexual…
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President Maduro's Message to the People of the US
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-06
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the people of the US. The Trump administration is escalating attempts to bring down President Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution, making bogus charges against Maduro and other officials. The Trump administration also published a plan that would radically alter the Venezuelan government's branches of power. This is to prepare for yet another coup attempt by the U.S. in support of unelected scoundrels. This past week President Trump ordered a serious increase of US Naval ships patrolling Caribbean w…
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Covid tears: 'No masks nurse' story shows how pandemic is newfound opportunity for MSM to peddle emotionally-charged fake news
rt.com | 2020-04-06
Stories of human tragedy abound during the Covid-19 pandemic, but in its hunger for tear-jerking moments, CBS has thrown the rule book out the window and spread some viral "fake news." | In a clip aired on Sunday but filmed a week earlier, nurse Imaris Vera bursts into tears and describes how she quit her job after "none of the nurses" in a dedicated coronavirus unit were wearing masks. Furthermore, she called out her Chicago hospital for banning nurses from using their own protective equipment in the facility. | "America is not prepared," she sobbed, "and nurses are not being protected." | In tears, a nurse…
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Media Scholar Victor Pickard Explains the Historical Roots of the Current News Crisis
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-06
Mickey's guest for the full hour is media scholar and author, Victor Pickard. Pickard is associate professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss…
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Biswal S, Borja-Tabora C, Martinez Vargas L, et al. Efficacy of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy children aged 4–16 years: a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; published online March 17. dox.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30414-… appendix of this Article has been corrected as of April 2, 2020.
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-04-04
Mease PJ, Rahman P, Gottlieb AB, et al. Guselkumab in biologic-naive patients with active psoriatic arthritis (DISCOVER-2): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; 395: 1126–36–In this Article, the following sentence from the Participants section has been corrected as follows: "Patients were permitted, but not required, to continue stable use of selected standard treatments, including NSAIDs or other analgesics up to the regional marketed dose approved; oral corticosteroids (‚â§10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent dose); or non-biologic DMARDs (limi…
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Was the Fed Just Nationalized?
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-04
Did Congress just nationalize the Fed? No. But the door to that result has been cracked open. Mainstream politicians have long insisted that Medicare for all, a universal basic income, student debt relief and a slew of other much-needed public programs are off the table because the federal government cannot afford them. But that was …
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Chilling Free Expression: How ICE Uses Social Media to Target Immigrants
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
The professed mission of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is to "protect America from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety." In order…
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Memphis Journalist Targeted by ICE for His Work
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Manuel Duran Ortega is a Salvadorian immigrant journalist living in Memphis, Tennessee who has helped to uncover and expose connections between the Memphis Police and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Unions Disregard Call for Large Scale Climate Action Strikes
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Students are leading the way with Global Climate Strikes across the country to persuade the government and leaders of the country to take impactful action to remedy the current climate…
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"Crunch": Video Game Development's Dirty Secret
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Video games are big business, with gamers around the world spending an estimated $152 billion on games, according to one 2019 estimate. Yet, as several sources of news about the…
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Military-Grade Drones to Operate over San Diego in 2020
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
As tensions between Iran and the United States remain high, the US military is preparing to conduct test flights of drones over major American cities, Truthout reported in January 2020….
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Revive Journalism with a Stimulus Package and a Public Option
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Reliable journalism is becoming increasingly difficult to come by. With the decline of newspapers and the scarcity of independent outlets, corporate news is the source that most people turn to…
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Women's Wage Gap Widened by Expected Beauty Standards
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
What will you be doing in 2277? Unless something drastic changes, that's how long it will be until women find wage parity. According to the Global Gender Gap Report, prepared…
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International JUULs: E-Cigarette Giant Courts Foreign Governments
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Since coming under major scrutiny for many marketing scandals, leading e-cigarette company JUUL has begun looking to enter new markets in Europe, Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia. JUUL,…
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Technological Solution to Food Crisis?
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Entrepreneurs and investors are looking for ways to grow enough food in a world of climate change and diminishing resources. | Some propose making "food out of air," according to "Food without Fields?" The article, published in the autumn 2019 issue of Earth Island Journal, presumes the best way to protect ecosystems is to take farming out of them
News Coverage of Opioid Abuse in Saskatchewan Masks More Widespread Prairie Drug Crisis
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
While opioid abuse has captured media attention, methamphetamine use continued to grow under the radar in Canada's prairie provinces in 2019. An article published in the independent newsletter Sask Dispatch…
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Mauritius Leaks Expose Exploitation of African Nations
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
In August 2019, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists announced that businesses have used Mauritius as a tax shelter from 1992 to the present. Mauritius originally set up a series…
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Rise of US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Caused Threefold Increase in Civilian Casualties
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that the number of civilian casualties has almost tripled in the first six months of 2019 as compared to the previous…
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Capitalism Drains America's Blood Banks as Exports Bring in $1.4 Billion
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Hospitals are desperate for blood donors: more than 4,000 blood drives were canceled in the US because of the coronavirus, according to the American Association of Blood Banks. This situation,…
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Shadow Network of Conservative Outlets Emerges to Exploit Faith in Local News
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
A report by the Columbian Journalism Review highlighted a troubling trend in online local news coverage from so called 'pink slime' outlets. These sources tend to take on local sounding…
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Passage of New California Law Hurts Freelance Journalists
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
In September 2019 the California state legislature passed Assembly Bill 5 to protect gig-workers and freelance workers from being exploited by companies like Uber, DoorDash, and Lyft who classify their…
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NYC Subways Lack Accommodations for Accessibility
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Seventy-five per cent of the subway stations in New York City don't have full accessibility. New York City's most popular form of transportation is causing issues for people who are…
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Indigenous Men, Suicides, Racism, and Health Care. Who is Watching?
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
The suicide rate for Indigenous men across North America, especially within Canada, is disproportionate to the rest of the population and racism may very well play a huge role in…
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Public-Private Partnerships Leave Wake of Debt on the Canadian Prairie
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) are hurting taxpayers in Saskatchewan, Canada, according to an article in Briarpatch, an independent Canadian magazine. Author Sara Birrell explains that the partnerships involve contracting private companies…
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Oregon Leads Way by Enacting Rent Control Law to Address Homelessness
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
Rising rents lead to evictions and homelessness. In February 2019, the state of Oregon passed a Senate Bill 608 to implement the first statewide rent control in the nation, Yasmeen…
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Mainstream Canadian LGBTQ Organizations Fail to Address Poverty, Homelessness
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
The number of homeless LGBTQ people in Toronto, Ontario is staggering. More than eleven percent of Toronto residents who identify as LGBTQ are homeless. The rate is even worse for…
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Google News Highlights Homophobic Stories about LGTBQ Community
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
In covering news stories about LGBTQ issues, Google News gives priority to "alt-right, anti-gay news websites," Matt Tracy reported for Gay City News in October 2019. Intentionally or not, Tracy…
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Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Bill and Chick-Fil-A
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-03
In 2014 Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed an Anti-Homosexuality bill which criminalized homosexuality and any person who keeps a place of any kind for purposes of homosexuality, as well as…
projectcensored.org/ugandas-kill-the-gay…
When the Invisible Hand Gives You the Finger – Corporate media shrug as elite declare loss of profits worse than loss of lives
Dorothee Benz | fair.org | 2020-04-01
Why the market fails to provide life-saving goods is not a question the New York Times ( 3/26/20) will be asking. | Since the days of Adam Smith, capitalists have been arguing that unfettered markets are the best way to organize the economy. Smith famously said that the rich are "led by an invisible hand" to, "without knowing it, advance the interest of the society." The rise of the welfare state in the wake of the Great Depression tempered such magical thinking for a few decades, but the ascent of neoliberalism in…
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Coronavirus: Empty Hospitals, Insider Trading, Fake News, Censorship & Impending Martial Law
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-31
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/30/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2020-03-20
Deodhar A, Helliwell PS, Boehncke W-H, et al. Guselkumab in patients with active psoriatic arthritis who were biologic-naive or had previously received TNFa inhibitor treatment (DISCOVER-1): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet 2020; published online March 13. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30265-8–I… this Article in table 2, the p value row for the short form-36 mental component summary is now correctly labelled as "Unadjusted p value". This correction has been made to the online version as of March 20, 2020, and will be made to the printed Article.
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