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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Personal data collections

mercredi 17 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Assigning a monetary "value" to collecting data about you would not substitute for privacy.

The monetary income of selling and renting that data is not a measure of the harm done to you by collecting it. It also completely ignores the consequences of making the data available to the state.

Drop in donations to UN relief efforts

mercredi 17 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Foreign aid donations to UN relief efforts have dropped by over 25% compared with the first half of 2018.

Global heating increases the need, and weakens and impoverishes donor governments. Plutocracy and its increased inequality contributes to the latter also.

GOP Medicaid work requirements

mercredi 17 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Study Confirms GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Succeeded in Taking Away People's Healthcare, But Did Nothing to Boost Employment.

At a time when life is such a struggle for the poor, poor people all try to get work. The question is whether they can get enough work, and fit it into life alongside sleep and commuting.

What the American people deserve

mercredi 17 juillet 2019 à 02:00

(satire) … Schumer stated to members of the press Thursday that "the American people deserve a president who can more credibly justify war with Iran."

Bully's Title X gag rule

mercredi 17 juillet 2019 à 02:00

The bully's artificial restrictions, designed to wipe out Planned Parenthood and stop other clinics from telling women about abortion, has been approved by an appeals court and will go into effect.

I hope someone will report on what role judges recently appointed by Republicans played in this decision.