Russia’s Troll Army Is Making Life Harder for US Spies
US Spies Find Open Source Investigations Worthless, Blame ‘Russian Trolls'
Berto Jongman: DIY 4G Broadband for Farmers
Access- Farmer Richard Guy, 60, battled for years with slow internet signal at home
- He noticed his mobile's 4G was faster than broadband provided by BT
- So he built his a wooden telephone mast, on which he set up a 4G adaptor
- Father-of-two is now enjoying ‘perfect' internet access at super-fast speed
CounterPunch: Robert Steele on Counter-Coup – How Trump Can Win By Restoring Integrity to the Electoral Process and the US Government
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Counter-Coup: How Trump Can Win
Trump may self-destruct but he has the power to change everything. The article discusses seven specific things Trump could do that would enable the election of an honest effective Independent government in 2016 .
Robert Steele: Open Power Electoral Reform Revisited
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There is a gradual awakening occurring among groups that have been focused on individual electoral reform issues. They are not yet ready to converge and make “total electoral reform” the litmus test for every candidate for public office, but some small signs of progress are present.Lawrence Lessig seems to be evolving away from his single issue focus on getting money out of politics, and now has a three-item Citizen Equality Act of 2017 that bring together three of the eleven items below: universal registration, tightly-drawn districts, and public funding of all qualified candidates.
The list of electoral reform has grown from eight to ten items, adding universal registration (with opt out) and open primaries to the original eight items.Below is a short summary of each of the ten, along with cautionary comments from Richard Winger. This post is intended as a starting point for further reflections and discussions and is subject to refinement as others might wish.
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Ralph Nader: Trump the Nightmare for Both Wings of the Two-Party Tyranny
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Ralph Nader: Trump Is a Nightmare for the Republican Party
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Nader believes Trump’s boldness is a “nightmare” for the Republican Party. “By being brazen, Trump is punctuating the progressive agenda — the progressive critique of big business, Wall Street over Main Street… I’ve always said the only people who can break up a two party tyranny that stifles the voices of small parties and independent candidates are billionaires, and we’ve got one called Trump,” he said.
“A breath of fresh air … and gaff-proof.” But “he could still self-destruct.”
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Berto Jongman: 6 Corporations Control Science
Access, IO ImpotencyNearly All Scientific Papers Controlled By Same Six Corporations
Researchers looked at scientific literature published between 1973 – 2013 and found that companies ACS, Reed Elsevier, Sage, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell controlled nearly every single one.
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Lawrence Lessig: 2016 Goal is Electoral Reform
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Harvard professor considers 2016 run with single goal: electoral reform
Lawrence Lessig says he will run if he can raise $1m before Labor Day – and if he wins, he will resign as soon as he has passed a bill to achieve ‘citizen equality’
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