After poor reception in US, corporate truth police Newsguard launches in EU, as Facebook starts new “supreme court” of content…--MintPress does it again, great reporting on Newsguard
--ABC News, Snopes and even The Weekly Standard have bailed on Facebook’s fact-checking operations
--NY State Police demands that Google kill Waze cop-warning feature to keep DUI checkpoints secret
--Orlando tests Amazon’s facial Rekognition (sic) as privacy advocates note there are zero regulations for use of the invasive technology
--Virginia leadership crisis continues, and WhoWhatWhy reports that GOP Speaker may become governor, after his tied election amid voter suppression
--Senate has passed Marco Rubio’s attack on BDS and Freedom to boycott
--retired law professor Marjorie Cohn slams the attack on BDS in personal column about people who are “progressive except Palestine”
--and a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit based on phony claim of damages from BDS
--Key West, FL bans sale of sunscreens to protect coral reefs, and PBC talked about dying reefs with Dahr Jamail in second part of our podcast series
--Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey introduce “Green New Deal” and Pelosi is decidedly unimpressed
--Maria Butina’s American boyfriend, Paul Erickson, is indicted for string of frauds going back 20 years
--Jill Abramson, first female NY Times editor, is accused of plagiarism in new book about media
--Kevin Gosztola nails “Morning Joe” crew for continuing smears of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
--acting AG Whitaker plays games with House Judiciary over possible subpoena
--Justice Dept. opens investigation into Jeffrey Epstein plea deal
--as GOP operatives were rigging the vote in North Carolina, prosecutors were pursuing fictional voter fraud by legal immigrants
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