YouTube, the Google-owned video platform, removed a roundtable discussion on COVID-19 attended by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis due to portions of the video containing what the company called “misinformation” on the virus that “contradicts the consensus of local and global health authorities.” The Tampa Bay Times reported that others in attendance at the roundtable included health experts...
Tag: Apr 13 2021
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MYANMAR MILITARY RAMPS UP ATTACKS ON PROTESTERS
As we have been reporting in the Trends Journal, since 1 February, tens of thousands of protesters in Myanmar have taken to the streets to fight for democracy after a military coup overturned recent election results and arrested the civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who reportedly won by a landslide this past November. On...
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BIDEN PLEDGES “UNWAVERING SUPPORT” FOR UKRAINE
President Biden had recently pledged “unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty” amid Russia’s growing military pressure along its border. The Wall Street Journal reported that some of Biden’s top officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, also held phone conversations with their Ukrainian counterparts. “President Biden’s been very clear about this. If Russia...
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SUPREME COURT VOTES FOR MORE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Federal Communications Commission when it ruled the agency was reasonable when, in 2017, it created an easier path for one entity to own several news outlets in the same market, the Wall Street Journal reported. The New York Times reported that the ruling will likely “prompt further consolidation among broadcast outlets.” The...
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NEW YORK LEGALIZES ONLINE GAMBLING RACKET TO MAKE MONEY
Gambling, once a high crime that sent thousands to jail for breaking the law, became a new law in New York last week when state politicians approved legalized mobile sports betting. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday the state estimates they can rake in $500 million by getting their share of gambling bets. The report...
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TOXIC WASTEWATER PLANT IN FLORIDA THREATENS FLOODING
For the last week, a wastewater plant in Piney Point, Florida, has been on the verge of flooding and threatening a widespread catastrophe in Manatee County. Scott Hopes, the acting county administrator, told the Bradenton Herald on Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers located the leak and is now determining the best way to prevent...
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NEW STUDY: CHEMICALS BRING ON PARKINSON’S
Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurological illness across the globe. Just over the past decade, the disease has increased 35 percent. According to Dr. Ray Dorsey, a neurologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, as quoted by The Guardian, “We think over the next 25 years it will double again.” Last Wednesday, The Guardian...
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NEWLY MINTED BILLIONAIRES SURGE DURING COVID YEAR
The Trends Journal has extensively covered COVID-19 and its contributions to wealth disparities around the world. Over the past year, the rich got far richer while the poor and middle class have suffered financial hardships. On 5 January, in our article titled, “RICH GETTING RICHER: MUSK & BEZOS RAKING IT IN,” we reported how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos...
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FRENCH DRUG COMPANY GUILTY OF “AGGRAVATED DECEPTION”
Euronews reported on 29 March that Servier Laboratories, the second largest French pharmaceutical company, was found guilty of manslaughter and aggravated deception based on a drug accused of causing thousands of deaths. As quoted in the article: “6,500 plaintiffs had accused the company of putting profits ahead of patients’ lives by allowing its diabetes drug,...
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THWARTING AN ABDUCTION ATTEMPT
by Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato.com I always check the NY Daily News online each morning. In my business, it serves as a rich source of current reports on horrific violence and terroristic insanity which, increasingly, is becoming the norm in urban America. About two years ago, I saw a truly chilling segment of video...