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Virginia governor and first lady test positive for coronavirus

House Democrats prepare new $2.4 billion stimulus plan with unemployment aid, direct payments

John Brennan reportedly overruled analysts who concluded that Russia favored Hillary Clinton

Democrat Primary: Arrests made in illegal ballot harvesting scheme

Meadows attacks Wray, pushing FBI to probe voter fraud

Coronavirus live updates: Uber to verify riders’ mask use, AstraZeneca wins partial immunity in EU vaccine deal

FBI official who served on Mueller team says Special Council had ‘get Trump’ attitude

Report: Gun sales surge 80% in 7 swing states

DOJ announcement on Pennsylvania ballot investigation baffles election experts

EU appeals against Apple ruling in $15 billion tax battle

Texas Governor announces new proposed penalties for rioters

Durable goods orders rise for fourth straight month

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Tech sell-off resumes, NASDAQ down more than 8 percent in 3  days

Senate to vote on coronavirus stimulus plan as soon as this week

U.S. marshals have found 72 missing children in past two weeks

Mystery: Piles of mail dumped in California

Trump defends his campaign spending as cash advantage evaporates

Apple announces Sept. 15 event where it’s expected to reveal new iPhones

Iraqi forces kill two senior ISIS militants in raid

Lightfoot’s Chicago: At least 51 shot, 7 killed over Labor Day weekend

Vaccine makers promise safety amid shaky public confidence in Covid developments

Oil drops 8% to multi-mont low on demand fears

China offers to build the Taliban a road network in exchange for peace

Joe Biden touts Wall Street support for plan to abolish suburbs

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Thousands protest against coronavirus measures in Berlin

Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become world’s most valuable company

‘What a fraud this guy is,’ Tucker Carlson rips Dr. Fauci’s dodging of questions about protests

Karen Bass’s long march from Communist fringe to Biden’s VP short list

Trump says he plans to ban TIKTOK in the U.S.

Hurricane Isaias lashes the Bahamas as it bears down on Florida

U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to halt construction of the border wall

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred warns 2020 season could be shut down

Florida teen, 2 others arrested over massive Twitter breach

Big tech spends over $20 million in lobbying in first half of 2020, including on coronavirus bills

Court overturns death sentence of Boston’s Marathon bomber

Exclusive: [Sen.] Cotton presses Google on election interference revelations

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Pompeo claims he didn’t  interact significantly with ousted Ukraine Ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch

Trump suggests delaying election amid fraud claims, but he has no power to do so

Senate investigators target CIA, State records in expansion of Russian probe

Daily Caller experienced Google suppression, says EIC

Ruth Bader Ginsberg undergoes medical procedure [stent] at hospital

Former GOP presidential candidate, Herman Caine, dies after battle with coronavirus

1.43 million filed for [unemployment] benefits last week

Twitter under fire for flagging Trump posts but not Iran Ayatollah

U.S. suffers worse quarterly contraction on record as virus ravages economy

Congress has the goods on Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google

Additional 26 million Americans likely to qualify for round 2.0 of stimulus checks

Poll: Trump narrows gap in battleground states


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Drug overdoses climb to record high in 2019, reversing historic progress

Mortgage rates set another record low, but homebuyers pulled back

Kayne West drops out of presidential race

Daily coronavirus deaths in U.S. continue to plummet

Trump’s niece calls on him to resign

Moderna stock surges after company announces promising coronavirus vaccine trial data

Peter Navarro: Dr. Fauci has been wrong about everything

Donald Trump tears into Joe Biden’s entire agenda at press conference

Kansas Republican Rep. Steve Watkins charged with voter fraud

EU court says Apple doesn’t have to pay nearly $15 billion in Irish taxes

Jeff Sessions loses GOP Senate primary runoff

Fox 35 investigation reveals inflated Florida coronavirus numbers

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Only 4 in 10 voters say Trump, Biden are in good health

Coronavirus updates: NYC Marathon cancelled as more states see rising case totals

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace doubles down following FBI ‘noose’ investigation

Cuomo: Nursing home order ‘wasn’t a mistake’

House Democrats tack to center with election year health care bill

IMF slashes its forecast for the global economy and warns of soaring debt levels

Mnuchin says next stimulus will be ‘jobs focused’

Sharpton continues pushing Taladega ‘noose’ story

DOJ, states eye potential antitrust probe of Apple

Appeals Court orders dismissal of case against ex-Trump advisor Michael Flynn

Bolton says he would consider testifying against AG Barr

Feds bust L.A. City Councilman Jose Hulzar for corruption

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Trump’s 2020 strategy: A never-ending war with the states

Google, Apple, Amazon and Tesla slam Trump’s immigration crackdown

President heads to Arizona, an emerging presidential battleground ...

Trump: 10-year prison for people attacking statues

‘I don’t kid’: Trump says he wasn’t joking about slowing coronavirus testing

Coronavirus update: Tennis great Novak Djokovic tests positive, U. of Michigan won’t host presidential debate

7.4 mag quake Mexico ...

Whistleblower: Claims Chinese Communists pay Vatican $2 billion in bribes

Miami mayor says presidential debate might not have audience

BET founder Robert Johnson urges Black Lives Matter to form own independent political party

Declining dollar could happen at warp speed ...

Nolte: Mount Rushmore doomed to 1619 riots

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Workers file 1.5m unemployment claims, as infections spike

Supreme Court rules against Trump’s bid to end program to shield ‘Dreamer’ immigrants

President Trump responds to ‘dope’ John Bolton’s allegations

Corporate America floods social justice causes with cash amid protests

New U.S. broadcasting chief fires agency heads

Apple CEO Tim Cook praises Supreme Court’s decision on dreamers

Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation says they were not consulted before DA filed murder charges against officer

... Atlanta cops walk out in protest ...

Poland’s Duda gets White House invitation

Coronavirus updates: Staggering jobless claims persist, global deaths near 450,000

30% of households missed their June housing payments

Farage: BLM wants to destroy the West

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Members of Congress took small business loans — and the full extent is unknown

Scientists hail dexamethasone as ‘major breakthrough’ in treating coronavirus

North Korea reportedly blows up inter-Korea border office after threatening to sever all communications with South Korea

NYC coronavirus tracers won’t ask about protest attendance

EU opens antitrust probes into Apple

IMF to cut forecasts and warns of a crisis ‘unlike anything the world has ever seen’

New outbreak at China market ... Beijing expands lockdowns ...

CHAZ demands retrials for all non-white violent convicts

Trump predicts a court battle over John Bolton’s book

Home building sentiment posts biggest monthly surge ever

Dollar crash ‘virtually inevitable’ over massive debt ...

Hypocrisy: NBC highlights dangers of Trump’s rallies

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Trump campaign gets its cue: Go all-in on ‘law and order’

Coronavirus presents a ‘golden opportunity’ to reboot the economy: Prince Charles

Poll: Trump approval 39% ...

Leftists rage at Trump’s church walk: Trump is a ‘fascist’

Boris Johnson pledges to admit 3 million from Hong Kong to UK ...

Coronavirus: Spain aims to resume tourism, Swedish health official says, ‘could have done better’

Apple tracking looted iPhones ...

John Legend, Natalie Portman other celebs sign letter to defund police

Appeals court mulls making Hillary Clinton testify on emails

Trump administration bans Chinese passenger carriers from flying to U.S.

Fed economist floats negative interest rates ...

George W. Bush cheers protests as sign of ‘strength’

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Biden readies plan to finish off Bernie

US extends travel rules to U.K., Ireland

Temp checks begin at White House ...

Joe takes double-digit lead in Ohio days before primary

Spain to go into lockdown

Trump discourages travel amid virus

Survivors may suffer reduced lung function ...

Trump orders DOJ to replenish strategic petroleum reserve

U.K. to begin banning mass gatherings next week

Apple to close all stores outside China until March 27 in response to coronavirus

First human trials of vaccine could start within days ...

Sweden to stop publishing coronavirus numbers, deems them ‘not important’

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Senate may pass new trade deal before impeachment trial starts

Boeing posts negative commercial airplane orders in 2019 for the first time in decades

Pelosi moves ... Senate doesn’t have votes to dismiss

Mike Lee co-sponsors Sander’s bill to limit unilateral Iran action

Warren promises to cancel student loan debt using executive powers

Tesla rally sends Wall Street analysts scrambling to catch up

Poll: Biden moves to top in Iowa ...

DHS chief admits will not build 450-mile border wall by November

European powers trigger mediation over Iranian violations of nuclear deal

Apple refuses government request to unlock Pensacola shooting suspect’s iPhone

USA budget deficit running 11.8% higher this year ...

Chinese media: ‘No excuse’ for Iran to shoot down Ukrainian airplane

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Mexicans protest Trump administration’s latest deportation plan

After its strongest year in a decade, Apple stock is historically expensive

US embassy attack on Baghdad ... pro-Iran mob ... Trump: Tehran will pay

Lindsey Graham’ There will be no Benghazi on Trump’s watch

CBS airs picture of Elijah Cummings during segment about Rep. John Lewis’s battle with cancer

Fugitive ex-Nissan chairman, Carlos Ghosn says he fled Japan to escape ‘injustice’

Buchanan: Will war derail Trump’s re-election?

Joe Biden: ‘We’re all dead’ if we don’t stop using fossil fuels

Trump claims America stopped terrorist attack in Russia, Putin called to thank him

This decade saw Warren Buffer finally turn his back oh IBM and jump big time into Apple

Consumer confidence unexpectedly drops on dimmer outlook ...

Joe Biden: I would consider a ‘decent’ Republican for my running mate

Trust

Apple just requested that I update my iPad operating system. I said “yes” because I kinda trust Apple ... to a degree. I’m not sure that I should have. Big tech is getting more and more cavalier in their abuse of their customer’s trust ... Apple included.

Apple presented me with a statement of privacy and protection that was miles long ... which I didn’t and couldn’t read ... so I have again defaulted to Apple not screwing me. Yet when the new OS was installed, it presented me with all kinds of defaults for directing me to its online AppleStore. Bah humbug! I don’t want this. Already I get an increasing number of unsolicited emails offering me AppleStore “deals.” How can I turn this spam off? I’m certain there is a convoluted way to do this ... that I have neither the time or eyesight to transverse.

So I am now a captive of Apple marketers ... and Apple is among the best of the FAANG companies. I’m also sure Google knows far more about me than I even know about myself ... my email contents, my browsing history, my locations, etc. And it might not be long before it knows all about my finances, my medical history, my DNA secrets!

Combine this with advances in artificial intelligence and big data analysis technologies ... and the entire notion of personal privacy will be an obsolete concept. This really will usher in the age of what science fiction has forewarned us of. When we are prisoners of Bug Brother ... when we are controlled like lab mice running through a maze ... to a predetermined destination ... very much like what the Chinese are doing to the Uyghurs  today.

Bottom line — St. James Comey has taught us that we can’t really trust our government ... and now, anybody who is paying attention has learned that we can’t trust big tech either ... even Apple.

If I were much younger, I might be tempted to take to the woods ...

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‘Family Feud’: Trump still grumbling about witness-free impeachment trial

Elizabeth Warren releases $10.7 trillion plan to create 10.6 million green jobs

NOONAN: Crazy won’t beat Trump ...

Iceland’s 30 feet of snow: ‘We’ve never had on this scale’ ...

Democrat legal expert: Trump isn’t impeached until articles go to Senate

Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill passes Commons vote

Boeing Starliner fails key NASA mission as autonomous flight system malfunctions

Apple wants to bypass mobile carriers ... Beam Internet right to your iPhone ...

Federal funding bill gives Democrats $25M for gun violence research

Trump lashes out as Christian magazine calls for his removal

Trump says he had a ‘very good talk with President Xi’ about China trade deal

GDP unrevised at 2.1% ... Record 9,300 stores closed in ‘19 ...

Schumer: Pelosi withholding impeachment articles is a ‘win-win’ for Democrats

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Andrew Yang: Impeachment probe could hinder Democrat nominee

Nearly half of Americans want Trump impeached and removed, new NBC/WSJ poll says

Kanye flock praises Christ

AOC says Katie Hill’s fate rooted in sexism

Biden, Warren, Sanders top 3 national polls

More airports consider going off the grid as power outages ground flights

Shock poll: Biden in dead heat — with Hillary!

Chinese Catholics say Vatican-China accord fuels Christian persecution

Trump says he would ‘love’ to host Ukrainian president at White House

Apple, Disney and NBC all want to give you free streaming TV, but don’t expect the party to
last

WILLIE BROWN: Impeachment winner for Democrats? Don’t bet on it

Bishops stage pro-immigration border mass in Texas

Obvious Truth

No religion, no government, no other societal construct has yet been devised that can keep its members maintaining untarnished morality. Sinning is as natural to the human condition as sleeping and breathing (or eating an apple).

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Two Giuliani Ukrainian associates indicted on campaign finance charges

Apple deferred to Chinese government long before Hong Kong protest

Fox shock: 51% want Trump removed ...

NBA shuts down reporter asking hoops stars about China

Liberals, conservatives hammer Apple for removing Hong Kong app

Trump to meet with Chinese Vice premier at White House: ‘Big day for negotiations with China’

Lindsey Graham dishes on Trump in hoax calls with Russians ...

Hillary: Maybe we need ‘rematch’ of 2016, ‘I can beat him him again’

British and Irish PMs ‘see a pathway to a possible deal’ after ‘constructive’ Brexit discussion

PG&E power outage could cost California economy more than $2 billion

Bet: Trump’s odds of winning reelection worsen, Warren surges ...

Sad loser Mitt Romney rules out 2020 run, says Trump re-election likely

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Bad blood: Rand Paul moves to block a Liz Cheney Senate run

Trump heads to UN with a list of deals he’s yet to close

Iran preps war ...

Pope Francis: Money is the Devil’s doing

Trump wants ‘diplomatic solution’ with Iran, Pompeo says

Democrat Adam Schiff says Trump’s Ukraine call could justify impeachment

Trade regulators approve APPLE trade exemptions ...

Hollywood joins climate strike: Kids will lead us

Iran wants West to leave Persian Gulf

Suspected drone activity diverts flights coming into Dubai, airport authorities

EU’s Juncker convinced Brexit will happen ...

Iran’s General Salami boasts ‘hidden’ military powers