Russia says Facebook outage shows why it needs internet sovereignty

Russia says Facebook outage shows why it needs internet sovereignty

Russian social networks reported a spike in activity during Monday's global Facebook (FB.O) outage which Moscow officials said showed that Russia was right to develop its own sovereign internet platforms and social networks.

Trump Claims He Fell Off Forbes’ Richest List Because They Failed To Count Rubles. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Group asks DC court panel to investigate DOJ official who peddled false Trump election claims
• Steve Bannon Doubles Down On His 'Shock Troops' Government Takeover Threat
• Australia blocking foreign tourists until at least 2022, prime minister says
• National Cathedral bell to toll 700 times to mark 700K COVID-19 deaths

It still boggles the mind that we did not respond to January 6 with a flurry of new laws and policies to protect our democracy. - Peter W Singer tweet

Grab The Popcorn!

A legal filing shows Rudy Giuliani claiming that the Trump Campaign held editorial authority over a One America News Network reporter who worked with their attempts to dispute the results of the 2020 election.

The Daily Beast obtained a deposition from the defamation lawsuit Giuliani is facing from Eric Cooper, a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems. 

Serious question: If we just ended the longest war in U.S. history, why are we still increasing the defense budget? - Robert Reich

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump demanded 'personal information on voters' during threatening call to Georgia's Raffensperger: new book
• New Trump super PAC formed after accusations of misconduct
• Donald Trump is Off Forbes' List of the 400 Richest Americans for the First Time in 25 Years
• Mary Trump Reveals She Was Served in Donald Trump Lawsuit Moments Before Interview
• Trump and Melania were 'totally unfazed' by abuse allegations against White House staffer: new book
• Man whose wife sued hospital to force it to administer ivermectin dies of COVID-19
• Rand Paul blocks quick vote on House-passed $1B Iron Dome funding
• GOP opens Hispanic community center in border town as part of Latino outreach

The first 2 years of a pandemic are always the hardest. - Eden Dranger

Mike Pence: Thank You For Trying To Hang Me. Do You Like Me Now?

Critics pounded former Vice President Mike Pence’s claim on Monday that continued media reporting on the Jan. 6 insurrection was aimed at demeaning supporters of ex-President Donald Trump.

Chyron for the Ages

The thing to remember about Mike Pence is, nothing. 

He's Mr.Cellophane. 

Cause you can look right through him,

walk right by him, and never know he's there. - Jeremy Newberger

Would be great if Attorney General Merrick Garland arrested all planners and leaders of the January 6th MAGA insurrection today before they can set up yet another coup attempt. - Ricky Davila

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Rock The Voter News

• Manchin ‘not ruling out’ spending bill above $1.5T
• Manchin breaks with party leaders over strategy on debt ceiling and Biden's economic package
• Progressives become Biden's most powerful allies on Capitol Hill
• New York mother, son arrested in theft of Pelosi's laptop
• DOJ to investigate threats against teachers, school board members nationwide

Biden: 81,282,916 votes

Trump: 74,223,369 votes.

Always nice to be reminded. - Jack Cocchiarella tweet

It Is Time To Call A Pedophile Ring, A Pedophile Ring

Catholic clergy abused over 200,000 minors in France since the 1950s, according to the findings of an independent investigation released Tuesday...When including the victims of people who had other links to the church but were not clergy, such as through Catholic schools, the number of abuse victims rises to approximately 330,000.

Facebook was only down for the day and in that short time everybody got the vaccine. - Jimmy Fallon 

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Business/Tech News

• Facebook blames outage on 'faulty configuration change'
• 'Buck Stops with Him': Facebook Whistleblower Blames Zuckerberg for Negative Effects by Social Network
• FBI raids headquarters of major NYPD union in Manhattan: report
• Study shows Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness declines after six months

Facebook first started as a way for Mark Zuckerberg to judge women on their looks.

How poetic that it's now a woman taking down Facebook by revealing its insides. - StrikePac tweet

NYC Book Lovers Celebrate!

New York officials announced Monday that public libraries will stop charging late fees and fines related to overdue books in an effort to reduce inequities in the city.

Thanks to the Internet, people we might have only suspected of being idiots can now give us ample evidence. -  Andy Borowitz

 

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Odd News

• Mysterious World Appears to Be The First Exoplanet Ever Found Orbiting 3 Stars
• Hundreds of three-eyed 'dinosaur shrimp' emerge after Arizona monsoon
• 2 men fined over search and rescue mission touched off by flares for friend's wedding
• 1 winning ticket sold in $700M Powerball jackpot
• Athlete known as 'Dutch Giant' named world's tallest bodybuilder
• Exotic eagle returned to Pittsburgh aviary after 8 days on the loose

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This Bat Eared Fox doesn't look too friendly, otherwise I'd love to pet him.

Peace.

'Shock Troops': Steve Bannon Calls for Army of GOP Operatives to Help 'Deconstruct' the Government

'Shock Troops': Steve Bannon Calls for Army of GOP Operatives to Help 'Deconstruct' the Government

If you were wondering what Steve Bannon is up to these days, apparently his latest pursuit is building up a force of GOP operatives who will be prepared to overhaul the government if Republicans successfully retake Congress and the White House.

Raise your hand if you'd like to see rotting gasbag Steve Bannon testify under oath in front of Congress on live television for 11 straight hours to explain why he shouldn't be thrown straight the f*ck into prison right now for openly plotting to overthrow our government. - Jeff Tiedrich

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Teachers across America are fleeing in record numbers
• Fauci: Immigrants 'absolutely not' driving coronavirus infections in US
• Majority in US favors refugee status for Afghans who worked with Americans: poll
• Dude in Chiefs Jersey Gets Brutally Beaten During Crowd Fight at Philadelphia Eagles Game
• Baseball Fan Gets Body Slammed After Launching Violent Brawl with Police at Dodger Stadium
• NYC mayor announces investigation into law enforcement, after report that some officers were involved in a far-right extremist group

The civil war in 1861 happened when the South said we are leaving the Union and the North then waged a war to keep them. Today If Red states wanted to leave the North would say “check out time is 1pm” - Dean Obeidallah

Pandora's Box Has Been Opened & The Rich Are Nervous

The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people have been revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history.

Branded the Pandora papers, the cache includes 11.9m files from companies hired by wealthy clients to create offshore structures and trusts in tax havens such as Panama, Dubai, Monaco, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.

How is Rudy Giuliani still roaming free? Or the guy with the pillow? Or the trafficker Matt Gaetz? Or the twice-impeached inciter of a deadly insurrection against the United States of America? Does the DOJ need more prosecutors? - Steven Beschloss

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump favorability hits new high in Iowa poll
• Trump Says If He Runs in 2024, DeSantis Will Drop Out — But ‘If I Faced Him, I’d Beat Him’
• Former Trump Official Warns of 'Revenge' and 'Draconian Policies' if He Wins Back White House
• GOP megadonor says he wouldn't back Trump 2024
• Grisham says decision to not hold press briefings was a directive from Trump
• Omarosa Manigault Newman: Trump may not 'even be healthy enough' to run in 2024
• Mike Flynn hid $200K payments for Middle East nuclear plan before joining White House

“No I can’t,” Biden says when asked if he could guarantee the US won’t default on its debt. “That’s up to Mitch McConnell.” - Manu Raju, CNN

Trump Versus Pulitzer Prize Board
Former President Donald Trump called on the Pulitzer Prize Board to rescind the 2018 National Reporting awards granted to the New York Times and the Washington Post for their coverage of the Russian collusion story, claiming the stories were based on "false reporting" and a "complete lack of evidence."

The party that cut taxes for the wealthy while waging two wars off the books is telling the media that Joe Biden a "Big-Spending Liberal." - John Fugelsang

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Rock The Voter News

• Thousands take to the streets in Washington, Texas to protest restrictive abortion laws
• Schumer: Congress needs to raise debt ceiling by end of the week
• Joe Manchin Wanted $4 Trillion in Infrastructure Spending Eight Months Ago
• Manchin clashes with fellow Democrats over fossil fuel demands
• John Oliver Goes OFF on Sinema and Manchin for Holding Up Biden’s Build Back Better Plan: You're 'Bad at Your F*cking Job'
• CDC recommends open windows, fans for indoor holiday gatherings

Hear me out… vaccine laced blow darts. - MedusasWink tweet

Uh Oh, Sally Yates Was Hired To Investigate U.S. Soccer Coach's Abuse

U.S. Soccer has hired former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to launch an independent investigation into claims circulating against women's professional soccer coaches.

In an announcement posted to Twitter on Sunday, the organization wrote that Yates would look into allegations of "abusive behavior and sexual misconduct."

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Business/Tech News

• Miles of California beaches 'could remain closed for weeks' after oil spill
• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram ALL Crash on Monday
• J&J to seek authorization of booster shot this week: report
• American Airlines now requiring employees to be vaccinated
• Fauci Tears Up in Trailer for New Documentary on His Life, Says He's Suffering from PTSD

Facebook has stopped promoting dangerous lies for money. Until it is back up and working again. - Mrs. Betty Bowers

The Facebook Whistleblower
A former Facebook product manager revealed herself as the whistleblower who leaked a trove of company research, plunging the social media giant into crisis, and filed a series of complaints with federal regulators...

The day after Facebook got double roasted, stuffed in a turkey, and roasted again for its lax handling of harassment and conspiracy theories, their entire social media suite is down. 

I'm not saying they're related, but I'm also not saying they're not related. - Mike Rothchild

Mark Zuckerberg right now

I have stolen over 4 terabytes of NFTs via the little known hacker technique known as "right click -> save as". my collection has a net estimated value of over 8 trillion dollars. - ActNormalOrElse tweet

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Odd News

• Earth is 'dimming' because of climate change, research suggests. Experts say it's 'concerning'
•  William Shatner will go to space with Blue Origin
• Distillers are coming up with creative ways to use California wine grapes ruined by the smoke of wildfires
• 6-year-old finds mastodon tooth in Michigan nature preserve
• Missing Turkish man found after unwittingly joining his own search party

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It's National Taco Day! Celebrate with your loved ones on this very special day.

Peace & Tacos!

Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19

Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19

Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, the Supreme Court announced Friday.

Kavanaugh, 56, has been fully vaccinated since January and has no symptoms, the court said in a statement. His wife and daughters, who are also fully vaccinated, tested negative on Thursday.

New Evidence Indicates Alcohol Offers No Protection Against Covid. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Majority of Trump Voters Now in Favor of Seceding from the Union
• REVEALED: Military contractors with ‘sensitive roles’ joined Oath Keepers after Jan. 6 attack
• 'Cannot believe we are here': COVID deaths near 700,000
• Amid an Increase in Assaults on Healthcare Workers, a Missouri Hospital Is Giving Panic Buttons to Its Nurses and Doctors
• Texas man who refused mask arrested for restaurant stabbing
• Medhi Hassan Blasts Media for Giving Outsized Coverage to the Few Who Defy Covid Mandates: You're ‘Emboldening Anti-Vaxxers’

A majority of Trump voters say they are in favor of seceding from the union.

A majority of everyone else say "good f*cking riddance." - Middle Age Riot

A Liar Held A Rally  and Guess What? More Lies!

A US marine who says he saved a baby during the evacuation from Afghanistan in photos seen across the world is under investigation for appearing on stage with Donald Trump at a rally.

Sinclair Lewis was right. They are wrapped in the flags, carrying crosses. - insertcleverid tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Sen. Kennedy: Biden on a 'mission from God' to appease 'pink-haired wokers who carry around Ziploc bags of kale'
• Alito Slams Atlantic Piece About SCOTUS Procedural Decision on Texas Abortion Law
• US Surgeon General advocates vaccine mandates as Gov. DeSantis fights them
• Grisham calls Kushner 'Rasputin in a slim-fitting suit'
• Joe Rogan Suggests Biden Somehow Faked Getting Covid Booster Live on TV: 'What if He Dies? What if He Blacks Out?'
• Alex Jones Found Liable for Statements Regarding Sandy Hook School Mass Shooting
• Ron Paul ‘Very Shocked’ After YouTube Bans His ‘Rarely Used’ Channel: 'No Warning, No Strikes, No Evidence'
• MyPillow Ads Are Back on Fox News After a Messy Break-Up
• Texas AG Argues That Abortion Crackdown 'Stimulates' Interstate Travel

I hope Sandy Hook families never stop suing Alex Jones. They deserve all of his money and future earnings for what he has personally put them through. - Ricky Davila

 

Justice Samuel Alito Defends The Indefensible 
Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday rejected criticism that the Supreme Court has improperly handled some of the cases that come to it as a part of its emergency docket without the benefit of a full briefing schedule and oral arguments.

Brett Kavanagh has tested positive for covid-19. Ruth Bader Ginsburg must have just gotten her wings. - BlackKnight10K tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Biden Signs Bill to Avert October Federal Shutdown, Fund Government Through Dec. 3
• Democrats preparing backup highways plan in case infrastructure bill stalls
• Manchin throws down gauntlet with progressives
• Portland setting up villages for homeless with heat and electricity

Just a reminder-

If Puerto Rico & DC were states

nobody would care abt 

what Manchin & Sinema think. - John Fugelsang

You know what, screw this defeated attitude. We have the Presidency, the House and the Senate. We have amazing members in our Democratic Party and voters. Let’s get some pride and go motivate people to go vote because this midterms is the most important election of our lifetime. - David Weissman

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Business/Tech News

• Pill to treat Covid-19 cuts the risk of death by half, says Merck, which will seek its emergency authorization
• Louisiana health system to charge workers with unvaccinated spouses on insurance plan $200
• Michigan shooting range temporarily closed after reports of bullets striking house
• Consumer spending rose as inflation held firm in August

If the government is running out of money, maybe it should take back the $2.3 trillion it gave away to the rich under Trump. - Andy Borowitz

 

Fox News Celebrates 25 Years of Lies

Oct. 7 will mark 25 years since Fox News launched. To mark the milestone, the cable news leader will release vignettes with some of the network’s top personalities.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

-- Jimmy Carter, who turned 97 today. Happy Birthday!

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Odd News

• Warming Arctic could spread nuclear waste, unknown viruses: report
• Descendant of tsars becomes first royal to marry in Russia since revolution
• A man dressed up like a ninja reportedly attacked special operations soldiers training in California
• A squirrel hid thousands of walnuts under the hood of a man's truck.
• A man who got stuck inside a Phoenix storm drain was rescued after people passing by saw the man waving his arm
• Crater of Diamonds visitor finds 4.38-carat yellow diamond

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The Cassowary bird found in northern Australia could eviscerate you with one kick of its sharp clawed leg. Wear lots of Kevlar when visiting northern Australia.

Peace.