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AP’s Today in History for October 4th

Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, is launched into orbit; U.S. Blackhawk helicopters shot down in Somalia; Silent movie comedy star Buster Keaton born; Rock singer Janis Joplin dies of drug overdose.

Breakfast Tune Buster and the Banjo

Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below

BREAKING: Biden will resume negative ads but they will all be about Bernie.

— David Swanson (@davidcnswanson) October 3, 2020

• The Problem of Surplus White Men
  John Feffer

• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DETAILS NYPD ATTACK ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
  Alice Speri

• The rich won’t let us quarantine
  Bob Hennelly

• The United States Is Not Entitled to Lead the World
  James Goldgeier and Bruce W. Jentleson

• Biden was empathetic, relatable and reasonable — but that’s not enough to defeat an abusive, hateful fascist
  CHAUNCEY DEVEGA

• Trump Somehow Not Likable Even After Being Coached by Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani
  Andy Borowitz

• Little Rock Teachers Refuse to Teach In-Person – Virginia Municipal Workers Win Bargaining Rights –
  MIKE ELK

• Revealed: Key Assange prosecution witness is part of academic cluster which has received millions of pounds from UK and US militaries
  Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis

• How Thomas Piketty Ignores Class Struggle
  ROMARIC GODIN

• Almost 20,000 Amazon workers in US test positive for Covid-19
  Jasper Jolly

• The Myth of Progressive Canada
  RADHIKA DESAI

• The US supreme court may soon become plutocracy’s greatest defender
  David Sirota

• FEDS ARE TAPPING PROTESTERS’ PHONES. HERE’S HOW TO STOP THEM.
  Micah Lee

• Albuquerque Police Surveillance Linked to Companies Who Work with Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, CIA, Documents Show
  DAVID CORREIA, MATTEO MACDERMANT, AND ERNESTO LONGA

• How Patent Monopolies in Prescription Drugs Cause Corruption
  DEAN BAKER

• Hope Hicks Exhausted After Another Day Packed Full Of Meetings
  T.O.

• Rudy Giuliani Tests Positive For Slew Of Obscure Bat Diseases Unrelated To Covid-19
  T.O.

Something to think about over coffee prozac

The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté testifies at UN on OPCW Syria cover-up

In remarks to the UN Security Council, The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté details the OPCW’s Douma cover-up scandal and urges UN members to support the chemical watchdog’s inspectors whose evidence was suppressed.

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