Once established to crush fake news, the Facebook mechanism could be repurposed to crush other types of information that might cause moral panic. Who decides what’s fake news? If news organizations shortly … Continue reading The Cure for Fake News Is Worse Than the Disease

[Trump] won — what you have to do now is to figure out what to do about it. Half of you are happy Trump won, but if you are part of the … Continue reading Liberals are taking their eyes off the ball — here are 3 things they should do instead

Erdogan threatens to open land borders and allow refugees to cross into Europe if talks on EU membership bid are frozen. Brazen as eff. Source: Turkey threatens EU with new refugee surge … Continue reading Turkey threatens EU with new refugee surge 

A new book points out that improving people’s lives requires their participation. This book sounds great. It explains that economists have truly failed which is why you see people finally riding up … Continue reading Don’t Entrust Economics to the Experts – Bloomberg View

Clay Jones by Clay Jones, November 25, 2016 Via @GoComics https://t.co/WweNuT4CZL — Clay Jones (@claytoonz) November 25, 2016 Great tweet by Clay Jones, really sums up the coverage of what’s going on … Continue reading Standing Rock

Researchers say sophisticated tools were used to boost Trump and undermine Clinton. Is this an example of complete failure by our own mainstream media pointing the finger at Russia as spreading “fake … Continue reading Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say?

The Investigatory Powers Bill, dubbed the “Snoopers’ Charter” by critics, will hand British police and spy agencies new powers to hack computers and access vast troves of private data. “Every citizen will … Continue reading U.K. Parliament Approves Unprecedented New Hacking and Surveillance Powers

All of the original justifications offered for austerity have collapsed. Great article, touches on the fact that the “deficit fetish” has been proven to be a false justification for any of the … Continue reading The deficit fetish is over

PARIS (AP) — Perhaps the biggest difference between the two men competing in France’s conservative presidential primary is how they view Vladimir Putin’s Russia. And whatever French voters decide in Sunday’s primary … Continue reading 1 big difference between French primary candidates: Russia

Anonymous just took down the website of the company who manufactures the tear gas and concussion grenades used against Standing Rock water protectors. Don’t have to be all pro-Anonymous to dig this. … Continue reading Anonymous Just Took Down Website of Company that Sells Concussion Grenades to DAPL Cops

““To think of diversity purely in racial and gender terms is not sufficient,” he wrote. “Yes, we need more candidates of diversity, but we also need candidates  —  no matter what race … Continue reading Reactionary Democrats trash Bernie Sanders for challenging identity politics 

The department, which was created by Lyndon Johnson during the 1960s, is tasked with managing the Federal Housing Administration, which insures more than $1 trillion in housing loans. It also manages billions of dollars in … Continue reading HUD Is Essential to the Fight Against Poverty. Ben Carson Will Lobotomize It.