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Leaked US military secrets

samedi 7 octobre 2023 à 12:34

The former saboteur-in-chief has been accused of giving US military secrets to an Australian billionaire after leaving office.

I expect that this was a crime, and he ought to be prosecuted for it.

You will know that there are situations in which I think it is legitimate, even morally imperative, for whistleblowers to inform the public about certain kinds of government secrets, sometimes military secrets. Namely, those that involve grave wrongdoing (sometimes even war crimes) that the public needs to know about — for instance, crimes that Wikileaks revealed.

What the corrupter did here was unlike that on every dimension, He told one person privately, not the public. The secrets he told were of military importance but did not concert crimes that the public has a duty to be concerned with.

Urgent: Protect Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

samedi 7 octobre 2023 à 05:34

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and call on per to oppose all bills that would weaken or break up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The Capitol Switchboard number is +1-202-224-3121.

If you phone, please spread the word!

Urgent: Fix the corporate-profits, 15%-minimum tax-loopholes

samedi 7 octobre 2023 à 05:34

US citizens: Tell the Biden Administration to stand firm against corporation lobbyists, and tax billion dollar corporations.

The White House comments lines are +1-202-456-1111 and (TTY/TDD) +1-202-456-6213.

If you phone, please spread the word!

Urgent: Stop Walmart selling neonicotinoid pesticides

samedi 7 octobre 2023 à 05:34

US citizens: call on Walmart to take bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides off its shelves.

New climate tipping point

samedi 7 octobre 2023 à 05:34

Scientists have predicted a tipping point that will dry up the South American monsoon and eliminate most of the Amazon rain forest. It could decrease the rainfall by 30%.

Several measurements show signs of approaching the tipping point.