In a video that circulated online on Friday, Alabama Representative Mo Brooks told supporters that an entrenched system of corruption prevents Congress from passing legislation that would benefit the average American. Brooks said that both parties charge their members $1 million and beyond for chairmanships of committees, and that only …
Read More »Ukraine could have bought ‘cheap’ gas and avoided ‘man-made’ energy crisis, ex-PM Tymoshenko reveals
“We could have pumped 38 billion [cubic meters of gas into the storages] …and we would not have a crisis in our country now,” Tymoshenko told Nash TV Channel. She also denounced the crisis her nation might likely face in the coming winter due to gas and coal shortages as …
Read More »2020 election was ‘bought by Mark Zuckerberg’, researcher says, citing turnout-boosting work funded by Facebook CEO
The NGOs called the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) claim they are working to make democracy stronger, more secure, and better at engaging civic participation in polling. A new analysis of the 2020 election argues that the nonprofits are …
Read More »US tech giant Uber bought out in Russia by homegrown Yandex, handing over keys to self-driving cars & food delivery business
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Moscow-based Yandex revealed that it would take full control of four separate businesses in which the two giants had previously both held stakes. In exchange for $1 billion in cash, Yandex will take a 100% stake in restaurant courier app Yandex.Eats, grocery delivery service …
Read More »Facebook ‘bought & buried’ rivals because it lacks ‘talent’ to compete fairly, FTC claims in revived antitrust suit
The FTC filed its complaint on Thursday, accusing Facebook of underhanded and monopolistic business practices while calling to break up the company to “restore competition” and “remedy the harm” caused by its “anticompetitive conduct.” “Facebook lacked the business acumen and technical talent to survive the transition to mobile. After failing …
Read More »Gilgamesh Dream: US confiscates Sumerian tablet stolen from Iraq & bought by Hobby Lobby
On Tuesday, the US Justice Department announced that Hobby Lobby – whose owners are devout Christians – agreed to forfeit the artifact, which contains a portion of the ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world’s oldest works of literature. “Forfeiture of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet demonstrates the [DOJ’s] …
Read More »‘They were trying to do a coup!’: Trump says after FBI docs reveal agents bought liability insurance during Flynn probe
The new documents were disclosed in a federal court filing on Thursday by Sidney Powell, defense attorney for former Trump adviser Michael Flynn. Seizing on the new release, the president ran a victory lap at a campaign rally in Florida, telling the crowd the FBI had been “caught” attempting a …
Read More »Rich nations bought up half of Covid vaccine future supply, Oxfam says as Russia offers affordable options to developing countries
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population could be left without access to a Covid-19 vaccine for the near future, a major non-profit charity group warned in a damning statement. It blamed the grim forecast on pharmaceutical corporations’ desire to “protect their monopolies” and sell the life-saving vaccines to the “highest …
Read More »Bought by the Moscow “European” antibody tests turned out to be Chinese and inaccurate
“European” rapid tests for antibodies to coronavirus, purchased by the Moscow authorities, turned out to be Chinese and inaccurate The Moscow government bought hundreds of thousands of rapid tests for antibodies to the coronavirus and claim that they are produced in the Netherlands and are of high accuracy. Actually …
Read More »The largest contractor of “Gazprom” bought a one-day firms
Buyer the largest building contractor “Gazprom” — the company “stroygazmontazh” Arkady Rotenberg became the non-public joint-stock company “Stroyinvestholding”, was for several months prior to the transaction. Buyer the largest building contractor “Gazprom” — the company “SGM”, owned prior to the sale of Arkady Rotenberg, has become a non-public joint-stock company …
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