The Erickson Report for October 30-November 12

The Erickson Report for October 30 - November 12

This time:
Five Things Noted in Passing
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/faced-with-soaring-costs-of-private-insurance-poll-shows-58-of-small-business-owners-support-medicare-for-all/
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2019/sep/small-business-owners-views-health-coverage-costs
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/england-chick-fil-a-lgbtq-protest_n_5dad0bafe4b0422422c751bf
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/467039-trump-hotel-cancels-christian-aid-groups-event-a-night-of-prayer-for-the
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https://thinkprogress.org/renewables-overpower-coal-for-first-time-ever-in-us-c79bca2a510f/

Privacy
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/21/aclu-comment-appeals-court-ruling-no-fly-list-challenge
https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/kashem-et-al-v-barr-et-al-opinion

We Are Not Alone
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/27/773884890/chiles-president-promises-to-reshuffle-cabinet-after-massive-protests-in-santiag
https://www.voanews.com/americas/ecuadors-moreno-scraps-fuel-subsidy-cuts-big-win-indigenous-groups
https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/far-right-terrorism-in-germany-shooting-exposes-lapses-in-security-apparatus-a-1291075.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/27/beijing-hong-kong-china-police-violence
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/special-forces-baghdad-protest-death-toll-reaches-60-191027083312026.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/benjamin-netanyahu-passes-up-mandate-to-form-a-new-government_n_5daded97e4b08cfcc3205d14
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/24/northern-ireland-strikes-victory-equality
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/22/revolution-lit-jubilant-lebanon-uprising-fueled-music-dancing-and-baby-shark

Ya Gotta Laugh
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/24/1894828/-Wall-Street-Journal-editorial-board-Trump-is-too-inept-and-incompetent-to-do-crimes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schiffs-secret-bombshells-11571872974

Two Weeks of Stupid: the Clowns
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/20/1893903/-Lindsey-Graham-says-he-s-optimistic-as-Kurds-flee-Turkish-military-This-can-turn-out-very-well
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa-graham/syria-critic-lindsey-graham-reverses-stance-says-trumps-policy-could-succeed-idUSKBN1WZ0I3
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/10/21/pity-kurds
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/24/pentagon-planning-send-tanks-armor-syria-protect-oil-fields/4089195002/
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/canadian-mural-of-greta-thunberg-vandalized-this-is-oil-country_n_5dae00c8e4b08cfcc32077c7
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https://www.alternet.org/2019/10/these-unhinged-far-right-christian-fundamentalists-believe-god-killed-elijah-cummings-for-opposing-trump-dont-mess-with-the-great-white-hope/
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ACTS+5:1-11
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https://spacenews.com/pence-calls-for-american-led-cooperation-in-space-exploration/

Two Weeks of Stupid: the Outrages
https://gizmodo.com/why-chelsea-manning-decided-to-go-to-jail-in-protest-1833164311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Manning
https://gizmodo.com/chelsea-manning-can-remain-in-jail-for-another-year-ju-1837022114?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
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https://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/05/221-good-news-chelsea-manning-is-out-of.html
https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/3471005-fake-news-hillary-clinton-did-not-claim-russians%20-grooming%E2%80%99-tulsi-gabbard-as-3rd-party-candidate.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hillary-clinton-says-russia-grooming-3rd-party-candidate-u-s-n1068786
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/if-the-nesting-doll-fits-hillary-clinton-aide-defiant-on-tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-claim
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/18/jill-stein-challenges-hillary-clinton-debate-after-russian-asset-smear
https://twitter.com/krystalball/status/1185244585137790977
https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1185196559941722113
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/van-jones-hillary-clinton-tulsi-gabbard-russia_n_5dab2311e4b0422422c5998b
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1185198706016112640
https://theoutline.com/post/8144/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-russian-asset?zd=1&zi=me7t7awj