In Georgia, 1 in 10 voters were purged after caging scheme, the deadline to re-register is tomorrow, Tuesday October 9….--Georgia voters can check the list of purged voters on Palast’s website here
--alarming, earth-shattering new climate report from UN group
--new podcast at WhoWhatWhy looks at the true costs of fracking
--Brazil election advances Trumpish Jair Bolsonaro, who wants to exit Paris accord and shift Brazil to the right
Last week, two high-profile people were reported missing:
--journalist and former aide to Saudi leaders Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering Saudi consulate in Istanbul, is believed to be dead
--after days of silence, China reports it has arrested the chief of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, on bribery charges
--Facebook wants us to know it’s fighting TrumpCo demands for content from 3 activists, including an organizer of J20 inauguration protests
--still reeling from hack of 50 million users, Facebook announces new Portal device with advanced home surveillance capabilities
--Google is shutting down most Google+ services, after discovery of software bug that allowed outside developers to get personal data
--Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who will chair House Judiciary if Dems take control, promises to investigate Brett Kavanaugh
--Free Speech for People launches campaign to impeach Kavanaugh
--Trump slams the idea of impeachment, and hopes it will help GOP in midterms
--the GodSquad celebrated the sordid, un-Christian confirmation of St. Brett
--analysts note that Kavanaugh joins Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Sam Alito as justices confirmed by senators who represented a minority of voters
--outbound White House Counsel Don McGhan directed this film noir
--Sen. Susan Collins used a pile of rationalizations and intellectual gibberish to support her “yes” vote
--at ConsortiumNews, legal expert Marjorie Cohn lists 5 areas of law that Kavanaugh will impact
--Willie Brown, former SF mayor and longtime ladies’ man, is the wrong guy to weigh in on the angry male voter
--listener and whistleblower Linda Lewis has some astute comments
--West Virginia radio host Bob Kincaid makes the case for voting for detestable Joe Manchin despite his vote for Kavanaugh
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