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ancianita's JournalCongress and Its Class War Structural Press On The Poor
It's about the deep wrong of corporate captured government's "guidelines" on poverty assistance.
AOC's response is heartfelt but inadequate. She calls this woman's testimony a "story."
It's not. It's reality. For over 40 million.
Non-Voters -- Cartoon Version
If Hillary wasn't good enough, and 20 Democratic candidates aren't good enough, there is NO "good enough." There is only the "perfect being the enemy of the good" and "lesser of two evils BS."
Zuckerberg: Regulate Big Tech
Those teams and Facebook's automated technology currently suspend more than 1 million fake accounts each day, he said, adding that 'the vast majority are detected within minutes of signing up.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/02/17/039239/mark-zuckerberg-again-calls-for-big-tech-to-be-regulated?utm_source=feedburnerFaceBook&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=FaceBook&fbclid=IwAR3HaL_f2zV5S9nEvwDKK4MdayWrj_mFbNmw3H2DGoZKrcc8pHW28q9fJ5Y
The question to me is, why ask now to be regulated by right leaning autocratic governments?
Big Tech regulation is fine, except when it's by
a) corporate fascists
b) corporate-captured government.
Some fun context stats.
Iran Has Been Targeting VPN Servers to Plant Backdoors -- The Larger Context of Our Election Problem
I post this for information purposes, and to show the background problem for broader areas of our nation; that our election vulnerabilities exist among a broader context of others. If any DU'er can shed more light on any terms used in the second diagram, the new learnings would be appreciated.
Cyberwar has always been out there, but this report shows how big it now is from just one state.
What I'm wondering is
-- who sets up all the equipment and hacker expertise in Iran, and
-- who ultimately benefits.
They could just as likely as not be the same people or states.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/20/02/17/0023254/iran-has-been-targeting-vpn-servers-to-plant-backdoors?utm_source=feedburnerFaceBook&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=FaceBook&fbclid=IwAR2LSM0pQ_3fc0VxpbjlU2MONY4Ps7Tz7t1ZAYoGpl0EUN4GCtGDX1OUj-o
In some instances, ClearSky says it observed Iranian groups exploiting VPN flaws within hours after the bugs have been publicly disclosed...
According to the ClearSky report, the purpose of these attacks is to breach enterprise networks, move laterally throughout their internal systems, and plant backdoors to exploit at a later date.
https://www.clearskysec.com/fox-kitten/
"Fox Kitten – Widespread Iranian Espionage-Offensive Campaign"
Posted on February 16, 2020 by ClearSky Research Team
During the last quarter of 2019, ClearSky research team has uncovered a widespread Iranian offensive campaign which we call “Fox Kitten Campaign”; this campaign is being conducted in the last three years ...the attackers succeeded in gaining access and persistent foothold in the networks of numerous companies and organizations from the IT, Telecommunication, Oil and Gas, Aviation, Government, and Security sectors around the world.
-- The Iranian APT groups have succeeded to penetrate and steal information from dozens of companies around the world in the past three years.
-- The most successful and significant attack vector used by the Iranian APT groups in the last three years has been the exploitation of known vulnerabilities in systems with unpatched VPN and RDP services, in order to infiltrate and take control over critical corporate information storages.
-- This attack vector is not used exclusively by the Iranian APT groups; it became the main attack vector for cybercrime groups, ransomware attacks, and other state-sponsored offensive groups.
...
-- Since 2017, we identify Iranian APT groups focusing on IT companies that provide a wide range of services to thousands of companies. Breaching those IT companies is especially valuable because through them one can reach the networks of additional companies.
-- After breaching the organizations, the attackers usually maintain a foothold and operational redundancy by installing and creating several more access points to the core corporate network. As a result, identifying and closing one access point does not necessarily deny the capability to carry on operations inside the network.
-- We assess with a medium-high probability that Iranian APT groups (APT34 and APT33) share attack infrastructures. Furthermore, it can be one group that was artificially marked in recent years as two or three separate APT groups.
-- The time needed to identify an attacker on a compromised network is long and varies between months to not at all. The existing monitoring capability for organizations to identify and block an attacker that entered through remote communication tools is difficult to impossible.
Judge in Roger Stone case orders Tuesday phone hearing
Source: The Hill
The judge overseeing longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone’s trial ordered both the defense and prosecution to appear at a phone hearing Tuesday after all four Justice Department prosecutors withdrew from the case.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the hearing Sunday following the prosecutors’ withdrawal, which came after Attorney General Bill Barr overrode their recommendation of a seven- to nine-year sentence, Politico reported.
The withdrawal sparked accusations of political interference, particularly in light of President Trump’s tweets condemning Stone’s prosecution. Barr has denied Trump asked him to intervene but said in an interview last week that Trump tweeting about Justice Department matters was making his job more difficult.
Stone is set for sentencing Thursday on seven felony counts including lying to investigators and witness tampering. Whether the sentencing will proceed as planned remains unclear after Stone’s lawyers moved for a new trial. Johnson rejected an earlier such motion in 2019.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/483319-judge-in-roger-stone-case-orders-tuesday-phone-hearing
Ideas? Will we even really know what this on the record call was about by Thursday?
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Calls the Chicago ACT Ordinance "The Only Moral Choice"
In 1985, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington signed an executive order
a) ending the city's practice of asking job and license applicants about their U.S. citizenship, and
b) halting cooperation by city agencies with federal immigration authorities.
In 2016, Chicago's City Council approved an amendment to Rahm Emanuel’s original 2013 Welcoming City ordinance, which now limits interactions police and other city employees have with ICE.
As part of the ordinance, local officials are not allowed to ask a person’s immigration status or turn undocumented immigrants over to federal agents.
Trump’s administration has repeatedly slammed Chicago and other “sanctuary cities” for their reluctance to cooperate with ICE, and threatened to yank federal funds. Those actions were ultimately blocked by a federal judge.
Chicago's newest amendment to Mayor Washington's and Emanuel's Welcoming City ordinance -- the Chicago ACT Ordinance -- provides additional immigrant protections by barring city officials from
a) threatening to reveal the immigration status of a person to federal officials
b) verbally abusing immigrants based on their race, citizenship, or country of origin.
ICE agents aren’t allowed to enter private property without a judicial warrant. People also have the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney and may refuse to sign paperwork given by an ICE agent, she said.
Chicago's history as a sanctuary city.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-sanctuary-history-htmlstory.html
ELIZABETH WARREN -- FIGHTING BACK IS AN ACT OF PATRIOTISM
Even AFTER Iowa.
The danger is real. But fear should turn to fight.
That's when Americans are at their best.
No campaigns that nibble around the edges of the real problems we face.
I am not running a campaign
-- designed by consultants
-- with proposals carefully moderated not to offend big donors
I am running a campaign
-- from a lifetime of fighting for working families
-- from the heart
This is our moment in history... the America we can build...where everyone has value... where every single child has value... where people -- not money -- are the most important part of our democracy.
Fight back!
elizabethwarren.com
Pete Buttigieg: Vote Sanders -- 2000 WINNING ESSAY BY PETER BUTTIGIEG
INDIANA STUDENT’S WORK CHOSEN AS BEST ENTRY IN NATIONAL JOHN F. KENNEDY PROFILE IN COURAGE ESSAY CONTEST
News Release
For Immediate Release
Further Information: Tom McNaught (617) 929-1230
Tuesday, May 02, 2000
Read the 2000 winning essay by Peter Buttigieg.
The Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites students from across the nation to write an essay about a current political issue at the local, state or national level and an elected official in the United States who is acting courageously to address that issue. The award is named for President Kennedys 1957 Pulitzer prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. Senators who risked their careers to fight for what they believed in. The essay contest, which includes a $3,000 prize, is sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Fleet Bank.
Buttigieg’s essay, which was chosen from more than 600 essays submitted by high school students across the nation, centered on the integrity and political courage demonstrated by U.S. Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the nation’s only Independent member of Congress.
“Sanders’ courage is evident in the first word he uses to describe himself: Socialist,” Buttigieg writes. His essay cites a number of the Congressman’s courageous and politically risky stands on issues facing the nation, including his strong support for gun control and same-sex marriages, and for his advocacy for senior citizens affected by inflated drug prices in the United States.
https://www.jfklibrary.org/about-us/news-and-press/press-releases/2000-pica-essay-contenst
Peter Buttigieg's Essay:
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/profile-in-courage-essay-contest/past-winning-essays/2000-winning-essay-by-peter-buttigieg?fbclid=IwAR2Q3-HnaN1Ur8uIBC832qUcB8yjDscsfbuEUYMpfGH4_ZwEGa8ZtYNQmK0
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