Jewish Voice for Peace:
"Microsoft is feeling the heat. Nine weeks after we launched our campaign to pressure Microsoft to drop AnyVision, NBC News published a devastating article where FIVE SOURCES confirmed Microsoft has invested millions in a company running a secret military surveillance project monitoring Palestinians, in direct violation of their fundamental rights!
Then last week Microsoft hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to determine if the investment violated their own ethical principle 'not to deploy facial recognition technology… where we believe there are inadequate safeguards to protect democratic freedoms and human rights.' ...
AnyVision is headed by former Israeli Defense Force security officials and advised by CIA-equivalent Mossad officers. It’s hard to believe that Microsoft didn’t have some concerns about investing in a facial recognition tech company field-tested on Palestinians under military occupation."
-->Why wouldn't our newspaper of record print this story? If it makes Microsoft and Israel look bad, then the NYT often chooses to keep its readers in the dark.
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Common Dreams:
"Former President Barack Obama reportedly told advisers behind closed doors earlier this year that he would actively oppose Sen. Bernie Sanders if the progressive senator from Vermont opened up a big lead in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race. ...
Progressives viewed Obama's comments as further evidence that the former president, who was elected in 2008 on the soaring promise of 'hope and change,' is now using his influence on the Democratic Party to undercut the grassroots push for transformational policies like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. ...
David Dayen, executive editor for The American Prospect, wrote last week that Obama's attacks on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party 'are music to the ears of the wealthy and powerful.' "
-->Our sellout "newspaper of record" is still protecting the former sellout, President Obama. Both the NYT and squishy Barak Obama talk about change, but only do what the corporate elite tell them to.
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Common Dreams:
"Progressives on Monday criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for reportedly leaving a broadly popular bill boosting union membership on her desk for months while pushing for the passage of one of President Donald Trump's legislative priorities, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, by Christmas. ...
It's not the first time Pelosi's leadership of a Democratic-controlled House has led to the shelving of labor-friendly legislation. In 2009, the chamber failed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which would have passed through the then-Democratic Senate and ended up on President Barack Obama's desk.
The parallels to this House bill are clear, The District Sentinel cohost Sam Knight said on Twitter.
'In 2009, EFCA was cosponsored by a majority of members when Dem leaders refused to even bring it up for a vote,' said Knight. 'Pelosi is so utterly devoted to serving her donor class friends.' "
-->Yes, the Democratic Party establishment spends its time doing what the donor class tells it to. The NYT, never one to insult the donor class, didn't print this article.
