Some Problems with Treating Democracies as “Information Systems,” Starting with Voting and Ending with Money
Limitations of looking at democracy as in information system.
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Rep Jayapal and Sen Sanders Have Introduced Medicare For All Bills: One Is a Lot Better Than the Other
Explains the differences in the cost containment sections of the HR1384 (Jayapal) and S1129 (Sanders), and calls upon Senator Sanders to correct two defects in his bill that minimize its ability to reduce costs.
Read more...EPA Says Glyphosate Is Safe, But Lawsuits Loom and Bayer’s Woes Mount
Despite the EPA’s recent insistence glyphosate is “safe”, Bayer faces a many problems related to Roundup legal risk.
Read more...Lawsuit Aims to Curtail Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices at US Border
Lawsuit reveals border searches of electronic devices have nearly quadrupled in four years . US border officials claim they don’t need a warrant for such searches, can investigate issues beyond customs and immigration issues, and share data obtained with other foreign and domestic agencies. Plaintiffs ask judge to grant summary judgment and require warrants. Whatever she decides, the case will be appealed.
Read more...Apple to California Legislators: Consumers Will Hurt Themselves if Provided a Right to Repair
Apple and tech lobbyists delay a California bill to provide a statewide right to repair until 2020, claiming consumers will hurt themselves if the state capitulates on this issue. They also successfully deploy the hackers in the basement boogeyman.
Read more...Bill Black: If Current Laws Prosecuting Bankers Aren’t Used, What Can Warren Change?
Bill Black demolishes the notion that we can’t prosecute banksters with laws now in place. He there’s no need to pass new laws – as Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes – but instead to appoint regulators and legal officers who’ll use what we know about dealing with criminogenic environments to prosecute white collar criminals. And to provide them with support and resources.
Read more...The Tragedy of the Electric Commons: How New York’s Renewable Energy Policy Failed, and What We Can Do Now
Why renewable energy has gone nowhere in New York state….the fear that it would produce a death spiral for utilities.
Read more...Buttigieg’s Small Donor Surge: Less There Than Meets the Eye?
A first look at the data about Buttigieg’s donors raises some uncomfortable questions.
Read more...What the April 15 Emerson Democratic Primary Poll Says About Emerson and Sanders
It’s 2016 all over again, as the press and analysts go to unusual lengths to ignore Sanders’ gains.
Read more...House Democrats Schedule Hearing on HR1384 (#MedicareForAll) for This Tuesday, April 30
Witnesses for the HR 1384 hearings include one (known) HR1384 advocate, only two Medicare for All advocates, and no subject matter experts who can speak on budget.
Read more...How AI Systems Could Threaten Democracy
AI surveillance is more widespread than most people realize…with virtually no checks in place.
Read more...Soaring Healthcare Costs Jeopardize Retirement In America
Ever-rising healthcare expenses are keeping many old people in the workforce.
Read more...NYC vs Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Notes From Activists On The Ground
A grass roots report on the fight against fracked gas.
Read more...Department of Justice Indicts Two Drug Company Executives Over Opioid Sales; More to Come?
On Tuesday, the Southern District of New York and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a series of indictments against one of the ten largest drug distributors in the US, Rochester Drug Co-Operative, and two former executives, the CEO and the chief compliance officer, and the latter has pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. […]
Read more...The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About
“Facebook is undermining our country, our democracy.”
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