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Sam Bankman-Fried is going to testify, and I'll be at the courthouse to hear it.

Hello from New York City.

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/sam-bankman-fried-will-testify-and

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Sam Bankman-Fried will testify, and I'll be there

I'm taking this show on the road to hear Sam Bankman-Fried testify in person.

Molly White
DC's proposed local news voucher program can be a first step in challenging the power of the billionaires https://cepr.net/fighting-billionaires-control-of-the-media-individual-news-vouchers/
Fighting Billionaires’ Control of the Media, Individual News Vouchers

Mark Twain famously quipped that everyone always talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it. (This was before global warming.) In the same vein, it is common for people to rant about billionaires, like Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk, controlling major media outlets and using them to advance their political whims. […]

Center for Economic and Policy Research
ICYMI: Ex-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg’s Testimony Abruptly Ended After Forbes Story Accused Him of Perjury https://themessenger.com/politics/allen-weisselberg-trump-organization-cfo-testimony-forbes-perjury?utm_source=onsite&utm_medium=horizontal_popular
Ex-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg’s Testimony Abruptly Ended After Forbes Story Accused Him of Perjury

A source close to New York Attorney General Letitia James confirmed that her office is looking into the latest report about the former Trump CFO's testimony.

The Messenger
House Republicans Give Us the Non-Functioning Government Many of Us Want (new post) https://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2023/10/house-republicans-give-us-non.html
HOUSE REPUBLICANS GIVE US THE NON-FUNCTIONING GOVERNMENT MANY OF US WANT

Amanda Marcotte writes : ... there's one historical claim made by fascists that gets accepted at face value by people who ought to know bet...

These are some of the recordings that were played for the jury yesterday.

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Oh look, a 'researcher' whose phony work was used to discredit real people who do real research on internet disinformation campaigns turns out to have a previous, secret life as an alt-right white nationalist

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/michael-benz-rising-voice-conservative-criticism-online-censorship-rcna119213

Michael Benz, a conservative crusader against online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona

Michael Benz, a former Trump state department official whose work has been cited in congressional hearings and promoted by Elon Musk, appears to have been a pseudonymous alt-right content creator.

NBC News
Today would be an excellent day for Clarence Thomas and Robert Menendez to resign.

Good, #Musk is one of America's greatest national security threats:

The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend the private Starlink satellite network to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships near the Crimean coast.

Chairman Jack Reed said in a statement Thursday the reports on the use of Starlink exposed “serious national-security liability issues & the committee is engaged on this issue.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/elon-musk-s-denial-of-ukraine-s-starlink-request-prompts-senate-query?sref=fjrBr5qu#xj4y7vzkg

Elon Musk Denial of Ukraine’s Starlink Request Prompts Senate Probe

The Senate Armed Services Committee is looking into national security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend the private Starlink satellite network to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships near the Crimean coast.

Bloomberg

NEWS: IG Threads blocks all searches related to covid and vaccines in the midst of a major covid surge.

Public health experts denounced the platform’s moderation policies, which they say restrict access to critical health information
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/11/threads-covid-coronavirus-searches-blocked/

Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise

Meta acknowledged that Threads is intentionally blocking the search terms.

The Washington Post

The reasoning:
1. SBF has had access to much of the discovery documents for months now. Inasmuch as there are additional documents being produced by the prosecution recently, they were at SBF's own request.

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