A quarter million people dead of COVID-19 in the USA are making headlines around the globe. During this pandemic the USA has maintained 19 to 20 percent of the infected and dead week after week. There is no doubt why people want a new president. They have paid the price of a power hungry madman long enough.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
It is the last Hail Mary to rob the election from the American people.
Slate magazine has made the best speculation about Giuliani. "Giuliani Isn't Even Trying to Make Coherent Legal Arguments Anymore."
November 18, 2020
By Jeremy Stahl
On Wednesday, (click here) a federal judge in Pennsylvania rejected the Trump campaign’s request for an additional evidentiary hearing over its effort to invalidate the vote in the state over a set of technicalities. The rejection didn’t deter the Trump campaign, though, which a few hours later requested to file an amendment to its already amended complaint, asking the judge in the case to throw out the entire election in Pennsylvania and declare Donald Trump the winner, an argument that already failed in state court. The new request was signed by Rudy Giuliani, who just one day earlier had appeared on behalf of a client as a lawyer in court for the first time in nearly three decades.
You may have heard that Giuliani’s appearance before the court on Tuesday did not go well. “I’ve never seen worse lawyering in an election law case in my life,” University of California–Irvine School of Law professor and Slate contributor Richard Hasen tweeted....
On Wednesday, (click here) a federal judge in Pennsylvania rejected the Trump campaign’s request for an additional evidentiary hearing over its effort to invalidate the vote in the state over a set of technicalities. The rejection didn’t deter the Trump campaign, though, which a few hours later requested to file an amendment to its already amended complaint, asking the judge in the case to throw out the entire election in Pennsylvania and declare Donald Trump the winner, an argument that already failed in state court. The new request was signed by Rudy Giuliani, who just one day earlier had appeared on behalf of a client as a lawyer in court for the first time in nearly three decades.
You may have heard that Giuliani’s appearance before the court on Tuesday did not go well. “I’ve never seen worse lawyering in an election law case in my life,” University of California–Irvine School of Law professor and Slate contributor Richard Hasen tweeted....
Trump doesn't care about "the way" he stays in office, he simply expects to keep the presidency.
If I thought I had the Supreme Court in my back pocket what does the legal argument matter so long as it makes it to the court?
There is also the dreamscape of Trump that certification of the election will never be made, hence, the final decision will fall to the US House where there are more Red States than the Blue States when the states each have only one vote without any respect to the population of those states.
He is remaining quiet because he doesn't want to give himself away knowing how he talks with abandon.
I fully believe Giuliani is a full partner to stealing the election from the American people. He wants an evidentiary hearing.
An evidentiary hearing is a legal court proceeding that involves eyewitness testimony, given under oath, that's relevant to the case. The presiding judge will hear and take into consideration live eyewitness evidence presented during the hearing in order to make a fair ruling.
The Trump poll monitors have been providing complaints based on hearsay only. They make statements about what they believe is wrongful conduct within the election workers and "the count." That is testimony Giuliani wants to bankroll for the purpose of a hearing that can make it to the Supreme Court for them to disqualify the election.
Trump and Giuliani are attempting both to prevent certification of election results and pursue an evidentiary hearing to have all those worthless statements by poll observers validated and canceling the election.
There simply is not that much corruption of the election anywhere EXCEPT when considering Lindsay Graham is advocating corruption by example in Georgia.
Graham, Giuliani, and Trump are seeking ways to cancel the election.
The Deep State.
Poor Trump is always so oppressed by the Deep State.
How do you successfully investigate war crimes by ISIS?
The Ossoffs are rather interesting people. She is an OB-GYN physician. The couple seems to take on the more difficult challenges in life. His wife, Alisha Kramer is working in one of the most difficult practices during this time of COVID-19. How do you keep a mother to be smiling and trusting while knowing there is a dangerous virus? She is admirable to say the least.
It would be interesting to find out how Jon's media company was actually able to compile enough evidence for documenting war crimes. The leaders of the Middle East have been diligent in the battle against ISIS. I can imagine they appreciated every bit of the information Jon's company brought forward to them. Very interesting person.
I wish I could hear them speak about their incredible life together. They are an exciting couple.
By Sarah Polus
After 12 years, Jon Ossoff, (click here) a Democrat running to fill Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s now empty House seat, is finally engaged to Alisha Kramer, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The Friday night proposal comes a few weeks after CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota encouraged Ossoff, 30, to pop the question to his longtime girlfriend and fellow Georgetown undergrad classmate Kramer, 27, during an April 18 interview. While discussing why he couldn’t vote for himself in the special election, Ossoff explained although he grew up in the 6th District, he currently lives outside of it, closer to Emory University where Kramer is in medical school, to support her. Camerota replied back bluntly with, “So when are you going to marry her?”
“Well, I don’t want to give anything away,” Ossoff responded mid-laugh. “I’ll give you a call when I have something to announce.”...
Impressive. Very, very impressive.
Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger has a long-standing value of ethics. He wasn't going to be corrupted, so where did Lindsay Graham find the audacity to even approach him about changing the Georgia vote?
Raffensperger is impressive. I hope he and his family are okay, because, his dedication to the truth is admirable and they should not be suffering because of it.
The Republicans did their best to influence this man. There should be no surprise he has a strong backbone to even the idea of corruption. He loves this country and won't have it compromised.
Mr. Raffensperger is a breath of fresh air to this corrupted party that will go to any extent to maintain their base of power. The corruption within the Republican Party is chasing power, not governance. That is very worrisome. The wrongful use of power within any government leads to compromise of the well being of the people and their BEST INTERESTS.
I wish him and his family well. They never deserved any of the harassment and death threats are very scary. No doubt.
The investigation with Lindsay Graham needs to go forward. When people like Graham "even think" that level of corruption is possible it has to be stopped. Graham needs to understand in sincerely potent ways his actions and words are completely wrong in a way that could lead to a treasonist act.
"My God, Lindsay, Trump polishes Putin's boots." It isn't a joke. It isn't just politics. It is not a game that any one player is WINNING everything. This is about the governance of the USA and the lives of the people. There is no such thing as winning at any cost in this country. Graham and Trump are way over the line.
By Jessica Huseman and Mike Spies
Long before Republican senators (click here) began publicly denouncing how Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger handled the voting there, he withstood pressure from the campaign of Donald Trump to endorse the president for reelection.
Raffensperger, a Republican, declined an offer in January to serve as an honorary co-chair of the Trump campaign in Georgia, according to emails reviewed by ProPublica. He later rejected GOP requests to support Trump publicly, he and his staff said in interviews. Raffensperger said he believed that, because he was overseeing the election, it would be a conflict of interest for him to take sides. Around the country, most secretaries of state remain officially neutral in elections.
The attacks on his job performance are “clear retaliation,” Raffensperger said. “They thought Georgia was a layup shot Republican win. It is not the job of the secretary of state’s office to deliver a win — it is the sole responsibility of the Georgia Republican Party to get out the vote and get its voters to the polls. That is not the job of the secretary of state’s office.”...
There are public and private sites to be vaccinated.
November 17, 2020
By Joel Grover and Josh Davis
By Joel Grover and Josh Davis
Public sites (click here) that have been giving COVID-19 tests to thousands of Los Angeles residents since April are gearing up to give COVID-19 vaccines, the company that helps run the sites--Curative--tells the NBC4 I-Team.
Curative says it plans to make it easy and free for people to get a vaccine, hopefully in the early months of 2021.
"People know where to go, they know where their community test sites are, and so, they know the drill," says Curative's General Manager for California Operations Agatha Bacelar....
November 16, 2020
Quincy - Quincy-based Stop & Shop (click here) has signed on to be among the first pharmacies in the country to administer future coronavirus vaccines when one is authorized by the FDA. The federal Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a list of chain and community-pharmacy networks that will be part of vaccine distribution.
Stop & Shop said it will be available to its customers for free at its more than 250 pharmacy locations in the northeast.
Other chains with Boston-area supermarkets joining the effort include Star Market, Shaws, Hannaford, Price Chopper, Market 32 and Wegmans.
“The vast majority of Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy, and our new agreement with pharmacy partners across America is a critical step toward making sure all Americans have access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines when they are available,” HHS Sec. Alex Azar said in a statement.
There was promising vaccine news on Monday, as Cambridge-based Moderna announced that its shots appear to be 94.5% effective against the virus....
Physical labor during the COVID-19 CRISIS is not an option. ISOLATION is the only answer.
By Ben Winck
Congress's critical support (click here) for unemployed Americans expired just as US coronavirus cases surged in a daunting second wave.
The $2.2 trillion CARES Act is widely praised for buoying small businesses, households, and struggling sectors through the first months of the pandemic. The package also included critical aid for jobless Americans in direct relief payments and a $600-per-week expansion to unemployment benefits.
The unprecedented amount of fiscal support fueled a sharp initial rebound in economic activity, hiring, and consumer spending. Yet enhanced unemployment benefits ended in July, leaving jobless Americans with considerably less financial aid. Businesses were also forced to reopen as emergency relief loans dried up.
And just as the stimulus programs expired, a second wave of coronavirus cases emerged in the US. Economic reopening brought quarantined Americans back outside, and continued hiring pulled the unemployment rate lower through the summer....
The $2.2 trillion CARES Act is widely praised for buoying small businesses, households, and struggling sectors through the first months of the pandemic. The package also included critical aid for jobless Americans in direct relief payments and a $600-per-week expansion to unemployment benefits.
The unprecedented amount of fiscal support fueled a sharp initial rebound in economic activity, hiring, and consumer spending. Yet enhanced unemployment benefits ended in July, leaving jobless Americans with considerably less financial aid. Businesses were also forced to reopen as emergency relief loans dried up.
And just as the stimulus programs expired, a second wave of coronavirus cases emerged in the US. Economic reopening brought quarantined Americans back outside, and continued hiring pulled the unemployment rate lower through the summer....
This reflects the gross mismanagement of the Trump administration. July 23, 2020, was supposed to mean something. It was supposed to end the danger to Americans by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. That didn't occur because Trump insisted the virus was a hoax. People have died because of the ranting madness of Donald John Trump. The most well known political figure that died because of Trump's madness is Herman Cain. Trump killed him at Cain's presence at his rally.
The American people need a competent leader not one willing to gamble with their lives.
The growing number of people contracting the virus and the end of the economic support by Congress is no coincidence. The skyrocketing number of victims to this virus is directly related to the lack of Congressional support of the American people during an impossible time because of the lousy Republican president in the White House.
US House of Representatives
...The highest-ranking contested race (click here) is for the No. 4 slot for assistant speaker. Current Democratic Caucus Vice Chairwoman Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chairman David Cicilline of Rhode Island and Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC Chairman Tony Cárdenas of California are all running....
The new Assistant Speaker is Katherine M. Clark. Congratulations to her.
By Katie Lannan
Boston - Congresswoman Katherine Clark (click here) says a lack of access to child care is "holding our economy hostage" and called for a shift in how the public views care and education of young children.
Speaking Thursday at an online Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event, Clark said child care should be thought of as a public good like transportation infrastructure rather than as a personal choice for parents.
"If the Zakim Bridge collapsed, the effects on the local economy would be immediate, devastating and obvious," Clark said. "Every one of us would leap into action. We would make the necessary investments in resources because we know our ability to function hinges on it. The pandemic has shown us this is true for child care."
Describing the current economic crisis as "the country's first she-cession," Clark said women have been especially hard hit by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. In September, 865,000 women left the workforce, she said....
Speaking Thursday at an online Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event, Clark said child care should be thought of as a public good like transportation infrastructure rather than as a personal choice for parents.
"If the Zakim Bridge collapsed, the effects on the local economy would be immediate, devastating and obvious," Clark said. "Every one of us would leap into action. We would make the necessary investments in resources because we know our ability to function hinges on it. The pandemic has shown us this is true for child care."
Describing the current economic crisis as "the country's first she-cession," Clark said women have been especially hard hit by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. In September, 865,000 women left the workforce, she said....
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
How dare they toy with the American democracy.
Wayne County is certified. (click here)
Every American in this country who voted did so with great concern and peril. Some stood hours in line, sometimes 11 hours if necessary. They wore masks. They braved a dangerous virus. They planned their vote and went through great pains to be sure their mail-in/absentee votes were mailed correctly with a USPS that was sabotaged by Trump.
This election is more of a victory by the people than any other votes in modern history. The country has a huge right to be proud of their votes. They were magnificent.
Additionally, the judges involved in hearing the complaints in every state in this country have handled themselves magnificently. The judges listened. They were interested in the integrity of the election.
Everyone in this country, tonight, has every reason to be proud of themselves, their friends and neighbors, their families, and the system of justice.
We are a great country.
We are more than a great country, we are a great democracy and as to Ben Franklin, we have been able to keep it.
Today, President-Elect Biden is talking to strategic partners to improve the outcomes for the national security of the USA and our allies. In the case of India, China will have to rethink it's aggression as well as that of Pakistan.
November 18, 2020By Anirban Bhaumik
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (click here) on Tuesday spoke to the United States President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday and discussed the ways to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to reaffirming commitment to India-US cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region...
There is no reason to hold up the certification of the vote in Wayne County.
The complaints of Trump poll watchers were along racial lines stating, "They were wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts." Every complaint was heard by a judge and was dismissed because there was no evidence to uphold any objections and/or the objections were frivolous. Primarily, they were racist.
November 17, 2020
By Beth LeBlanc
The Wayne County Board of Canvassers (click here) deadlocked 2-2 Tuesday along party lines on whether the county's Nov. 3 election results should be certified as at least four state and federal lawsuits sought to stop the process.
The decision came after a number of absentee ballot poll books in Detroit were found to be out of balance, a situation that did not stop the same board from certifying the results in the August primary or the county's November 2016 general election results.
A county board that fails to canvass within 14 days after the election must give all of its documentation to the Secretary of State's office and Board of State Canvassers, which then has 10 days to complete the work, canvass and certify the results, according to the board’s canvassing manual....
There were similar complaints about poll books made by the GOP during the primary. The votes from the primary were certified.
September 2, 2020
...Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey, (click here) whose office didn't respond to multiple requests for comment, has tied the problems to increases in absentee voting, veteran election workers not showing up during the COVID-19 pandemic and other workers being on the job for more than 20 hours.
There are security precautions for absentee ballots, such as checking signatures on them, that can be done before Election Day, said Aghogho Edevbie, Michigan director for the voting rights group All Voting Is Local. While Edevbie said he's concerned about the processes used in Detroit's primary, he said he doesn't think something nefarious went on.
"The essential integrity of the process was not breached," he said.
The GOP allegations come as the eyes of the nation could be on Detroit this fall amid record absentee voting and criticism from President Donald Trump about mail-in voting. Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes in 2016, his closest margin of victory nationally....
NATO opposes withdrawal of USA troops from Afghanistan.
Typical of Trump, he is making unilateral decisions regarding the USA military.
By Adam Taylor and Michael Birnbaum
Afghanistan (click here) could once again become a haven for international terrorist organizations that seek to harm Western countries if foreign forces leave too abruptly, the head of NATO said Tuesday in a rare rebuke of U.S. policy, following reports that the Trump administration would withdraw thousands of troops from the country.
“We now face a difficult decision. We have been in Afghanistan for almost 20 years, and no NATO ally wants to stay any longer than necessary,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement. “But at the same time, the price for leaving too soon or in an uncoordinated way could be very high.”
“Afghanistan risks becoming once again a platform for international terrorists to plan and organize attacks on our homelands,” he said. “And ISIS could rebuild in Afghanistan the terror caliphate it lost in Syria and Iraq,” Stoltenberg added, referring to the Islamic State militant group....
President-Elect Joe Biden...
...will no doubt seek to re-engage Iran and the Accords that provided a postponement of any nuclear weapon capacity of Iran. Donald John Trump will not jeopardize that peaceful path.
The problem with the Trump administration is that he has never provided for escalation of tensions when acting aggressively against another power. This is exactly the issue with Iran.
Iran was provided a choice with Trump, abandon completely the Iran Nuclear Accords and proceed as before to perfect a nuclear weapon or hope a partial membership to the Accords was sufficient to continue a peaceful path. With the continued assault of sanctions by Trump on Iran the outcome was inevitable that Iran would return to nuclear proliferation because it no longer made sense to continue with a partial member relationship.
Today, Trump’s unilateral punishing of Iran has reached the point he longed for the entire time, Iranian violations that provide for aggression by Trump.
The War Powers Act comes into play because this is not a surprise and/or a threat that is immediate. Trump has instigated the failure of the Iran Accords and it is now up to the US Congress to decide any policy with Iran including a potential war. Enough of Trump’s hostile aggressions even when it comes to NATO. Congress is the place where future policy with Iran lies. There is no impending danger.
Monday, November 16, 2020
Corruption. Finally, the American people can see for themselves how Republican corruption works.
November 16, 2020
By Mia JankowiczThe General Services Administration (GSA) (click here) official who is holding up the transition of President-elect Joe Biden has a long history of pro-Trump partisanship, a former government ethics director said.Walter Shaub Jr., who was the director of the US Office of Government Ethics between 2013 and 2017, accused GSA's head, Emily Murphy, of seemingly "putting her loyalty to Trump over her duty to the American people" in a scathing article for The New York Review of Books.
Murphy, an appointee of President Donald Trump, is the GSA official charged with formally recognizing the victor in a US presidential election, which allows a formal transition process to begin....
So, let me see if I get this right. An appointee to a powerful agency such as the General Services Administration has the influence to help a desperate president. So, breaking the law is nothing, the USA Rule of Law is nothing, ethics is nothing, but, the only thing that is important is THE PARTY. In breaking the law, such an appointee is rewarded for breaking the law by being given a better job in a Republican lead company.
Did I get that right?
There is no Rule of Law for Republicans, there is just power and how well it is USED to obtain what Republicans want.
Right?
Wow. I think we have finally been able to plainly see how Republican corruption works. The same corruption that brought a Russian oligarch to Kentucky. The same corruption that is being counted on in Georgia by Lindsey Graham to throw "the vote" of the people out to give Trump an illegal victory.
This is the Republican Party. They have ethical standards, they have no respect for the Rule of Law and the sure as heck have no respect for the American people.
Here it is. It could not be plainer. The people don't matter. The vote doesn't matter. The ONLY thing that matters is that Republicans maintain power so they can pass laws or obstruct laws that benefit their cronies that will no doubt provide the job to Emily Murphy when she obstructs the lawful passage of the presidency to the Honorable President-Elect Joe Biden.
Here it is staring directly at every American in the face. Emily Murphy is invested in her own purposes and not that of the demands by the people of the USA for the job she currently holds.
When does it end, never? The Republicans are to hold power over the head of honest Americans, their health, well being, and choice for the president forever. I don't think so. This corruption and law-breaking need to end and end now!
Joseph Biden does not need a transition into the White House. He is capable on day one. That is what is so remarkable about this election. There was absolutely no one that was better qualified and ready in the way necessary for the presidency of the USA than the Former Vice President and President-Elect Joe Biden. If he transitioned with Trump, it would have been more of a problem than if he just takes the office on January 20th.
I am not worried.
Joe is ready.
Joe is more ready for the presidency than Trump could ever be, even as he serves his final days.
November 16, 2020
By Steven Peoples
Wilmington - President-elect Joe Biden (click here) on Monday outlined his plans to alleviate economic inequality and boost the U.S. economy but said any structural reforms depend first on reining in the coronavirus pandemic.
“Once we shut down the virus and deliver economic relief to workers and businesses, then we can start to build back better than before," Biden said during remarks in Wilmington, Delaware.,,,
Donal John Trump has no distribution strategy. He only believes in capitalism and that will dictate the distribution and availability, Trump’s administration is incapable of compassion to any American. More deaths are just is what it is.
Joe Biden needs to set up vaccine distribution now if he can. There is no transition for a reason.
The ACA was supposed to be cancelled by now. There are no plans for every American to receive a vaccine. There is no law requiring it.
The vaccine may not be applied to injection methods of the USA military. The METHOD of injection and the mechanism used for these new vaccines may be very specific. The company needs to specify the method of injection. There is no playing with this.
Joe is the taking over a disassembled government.
McConnell needs to be ready to serve the people. Obstruction is not an option.
Kindly remember...
...SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted by the very wet eye. People that wear corrective lens for their eyesight already have a layer of protection with those glasses. The glasses need to be cleaned regularly but they are a form of protection.
For those that don't wear corrective eyeglasses, there are fashion glasses and/or fairly inexpensive face shields.
Face shields have various types as well. I saw some people at a Catholic Mass ceremony wearing this with a pivot at the top. This enabled them to raise the face shield at the time of communion while social distancing. So, there are all kinds of protections for the eyes and this is just one type.
The face shield to the right has a hair cover, too. (click here)
Proted Face Shields (click here) ($15.95; etsy.com)
No endorsement, just an example.
Those administering the vaccine (giving the shot) need to be responsible for STORAGE TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS.
Those administering the vaccine will have the greatest investment in proper storage. The security around the storage temperatures should receive a high priority. This is a new type of vaccine-derived with techniques used with mRNA. It will be important to protect every drop of the vaccine produced. That includes the production plants.
Wall Street is going crazy as to which company will be the jewel of all jewels when it comes to these vaccines. It only shows how completely foolish investment agencies and banks are when it comes to understanding governance. They aren't capable of governance, but, only greed.
The fact of the matter is every company that produces a viable vaccine will be important. There is no one particular company that has the inside track. I held Moderna as a special case because it is, that doesn't mean other companies aren't going to have very viable solutions as well. Moderna is a breakthrough company and it's future, like it's past, is going to be highly important to the wellness of people. I am more than thrilled this company has succeeded.
This is a time when every company has put forward it's best effort. They are all needed. We have seen some vaccines with adverse results, that doesn't mean a very good vaccine will not be discovered and effective.
I would encourage every company currently involved in vaccine discovery to continue on this path into their future. They have embarked on a principle that protects human life and they do not know exactly where their scientists will take them. I would expect every viable vaccine to be marketed successfully and distributed with great success to people. There are nearly eight billion people in the world today. That is a lot of vaccine and we MUST ELIMINATE this virus from the face of Earth. Don't stop now!
November 16, 2020
By Denise Grady
Moderna (click here) is the second company to report preliminary results from a large trial testing a vaccine. But there are still months to go before it will be widely available to the public.
The drugmaker Moderna announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, based on an early look at the results from its large, continuing study.
Researchers said the results were better than they had dared to imagine. But the vaccine will not be widely available for months, probably not until spring.
Moderna is the second company to report preliminary data on an apparently successful vaccine, offering hope in a surging pandemic that has infected more than 53 million people worldwide and killed more than 1.2 million. Pfizer, in collaboration with BioNTech, was the first, reporting one week ago that its vaccine was more than 90 percent effective.
The need is urgent. U.S. cases are soaring, setting new records every day. There have been more than 11 million cases and 246,000 deaths. The disease is killing more than 1,100 Americans a day, and the last million cases occurred in just six days. Some states and cities are reinstating lockdowns, restricting gatherings and closing schools once again....
Moderna (click here) is the second company to report preliminary results from a large trial testing a vaccine. But there are still months to go before it will be widely available to the public.
The drugmaker Moderna announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, based on an early look at the results from its large, continuing study.
Researchers said the results were better than they had dared to imagine. But the vaccine will not be widely available for months, probably not until spring.
Moderna is the second company to report preliminary data on an apparently successful vaccine, offering hope in a surging pandemic that has infected more than 53 million people worldwide and killed more than 1.2 million. Pfizer, in collaboration with BioNTech, was the first, reporting one week ago that its vaccine was more than 90 percent effective.
The need is urgent. U.S. cases are soaring, setting new records every day. There have been more than 11 million cases and 246,000 deaths. The disease is killing more than 1,100 Americans a day, and the last million cases occurred in just six days. Some states and cities are reinstating lockdowns, restricting gatherings and closing schools once again....
The Chinese "Tik Tok" is used for Opposition Research.
Russia has tried to mimic USA's power within it's society for a long time. Putin has tried just about everything, so what is left is to control society through cyberwarfare.
China is more about the economy and how to control the USA economy and/or mimic it enough to outperform the USA economy and instill Chinese currency as the world standard.
No matter how one looks at Tik Tok it is about information. That information is readily available to anyone that cares to seek it out. The bigger issue is that in order to use the app there is a cost to be paid and that is true for any online service. The service has the right to obtain whatever information it can to use for its own purposes.
Tik Tok is a Chinese product. Remove it from whatever electronic device it is on in the USA. If Europe allows it then remove it there as well. There was supposed to be a deadline to allow Tik Tok into the USA, but, the spineless administration of Trump never carried through with it. It must be service his purpose as well. That alone is a reason to remove it from any personal electronic devices.
It is amazing to realize Edward Snowden is banished from the USA to Russia, only to realize Tik Tok has taken over. All that scandal on Wiki has no basis in legal courts since the American people decided Tik Tok can have whatever information it wants. Amazing. Simple ignorance and what the USA government wants from them doesn't amount to anything close to what China gets from Americans every day.
By Bill Whitaker
The Trump administration (click here) was set to ban TikTok, the wildly popular Chinese-owned mobile phone application, until Friday when the short-form video service was granted a two-week reprieve by the U.S. government to find an American buyer. That means TikTok will keep running on 100 million American devices.
And that's been the administration's worry, claiming that TikTok, "Automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users… potentially allowing China to track the locations of federal employees… conduct corporate espionage" or even "blackmail." President-elect Biden has called the Chinese-owned app "a matter of genuine concern." TikTok says that's all "unfounded," that it's a platform for creativity and free expression. So we wanted to know if TikTok is merely a pawn in the great power rivalry between the U.S. and China, or a genuine threat....
Sunday, November 15, 2020
George Washington didn’t have an outgoing peer.
On January 20, 2021 at 12:00 noon the power of the USA will transfer to the new president. I could not care less if Trump shows up. His absence will prove the USA has indeed been saved from a man that wanted to destroy our democracy. It is a new beginning for the USA.
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