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Whistleblower Edward Snowden has a grim prediction for the future: world leaders will exploit the pandemic to claim new power and not relinquish it later.

Opportunistic Authoritarianism

Will governments stop the new surveillance after the pandemic is over?

Snowden: Governments Will Use the Coronavirus to Seize More Power

Four U.S. Senators unloaded millions of dollars in stocks after receiving a classified briefing about the coronavirus — saving them from vast losses.

Stonks

Developments

All four are facing calls to resign.

US Senators Accused of Profiting Off Coronavirus Stock Crash

A new poll shows that while the majority of Republicans trust what Trump says about the coronavirus, most Americans in general do not.

Can't Truss It

Studies

But most still have trust in the government in general.

Most Americans Don’t Believe Anything Trump Is Saying Right Now

A secret report by the Director of National Intelligence says that the United States is starkly unprepared for a global pandemic, officials say.

Disease Drama

"The United States will remain vulnerable to the next flu pandemic or large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability."

Secret U.S. Intel Report: America Unprepared for Global Pandemic

To test Twitter's verification and election security systems, a high schooler created a fake Congressional candidate. Twitter verified it right away.

Propaganda Machine

"I had no malicious intent. I just wanted to simply test to see whether this could happen."

Twitter Verifies Fake Congressional Candidate Invented by Teen

Republican and Democrat lawmakers seem to be in agreement that the Trump administration hasn't put nearly enough effort into a coronavirus response plan.

Please Sir

Wait, what? Trump claimed that the virus "miraculously goes away" in warmer weather.

Trump's Grasp of the Coronavirus Outbreak Seems Weak

The 2020 Democratic primaries are well underway and the campaign for Bloomberg is getting down and dirty with top-notch Instagram memes.

Meme-ball Mike

Welcome to our new normal: presidential campaign meme accounts.

Bloomberg Hires Fyre Fest Promoters to Make Memes

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared a dire warning that the planet is descending into conflcit and instability, but a better future is possible.

Dire Warning

The leader of the United Nations warns that "future prospects look bleak."

UN Secretary-General: "A Wind of Madness Is Sweeping the Globe"

In a surprise announcement by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey today, the platform has decided to ban all political ads across the globe starting November 22nd.

Paying for Politics

"We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought."

Breaking: Twitter CEO Announces Total Political Ads Ban

Facebook COO insists that the company doesn't run political ads, honest or not, for the money. It's all for the important "political discourse."

Factcheck Please

Sheryl Sandberg insists disinformation "is the price of free speech."

Facebook: Misleading Political Ads Are Important "Discourse"

California has banned the creation of political deepfakes — clips manipulated to make it look like a politician said or did something they didn't.

Fake Views

But only under very specific circumstances.

New Law Makes It Illegal to Distribute Political Deepfakes

Shawn Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist at the University of California, Irvine told the crowd at a recent meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists that "democracy is devouring itself," Politico reports.

Hail Hydra

"In sum, the majority of Americans are generally unable to understand or value democratic culture, institutions, practices or citizenship in the manner required."

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