NEW—Largest CDC study on mortality to date pegs #COVID19 associated excess deaths at 285k. But that is not all. There are huge % excesses deaths, especially in young adults 25-44 and in Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American minorities. Whites less so.🧵 https://t.co/gRoSSBuqSm pic.twitter.com/W29nDZLf1c
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 20, 2020
DOJ files antitrust suit against Google
And it’s about damned time. I can’t tell you what their ad monopolies have done to strangle online sites:
The Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for allegedly abusing its power and dominance over smaller rivals.
— NPR (@NPR) October 20, 2020
It is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a tech company in two decades.https://t.co/WZvAfxjQ0u
WaPo: How does Google’s monopoly hurt you? Try these searches. https://t.co/w1G1BoQKau
— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) October 20, 2020
This DOJ case mirrors the one that the Russians did in 2014, and Russia is the only country in the world that has actually broken Google's monopoly and has a competitive search market. https://t.co/tc2XcygVQM
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) October 20, 2020
Washing money
Breaking: New NYT Trump taxes report.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2020
Trump's tax records show that Trump maintains a previously unknown bank account in China. The foreign accounts do not show up on Trump's public financial disclosures because they are held under corporate names. https://t.co/kU18ggxrDs
Fetch the bolt cutters
Fiona Apple:
Over everything
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile:
Crossing muddy waters
Just the blend of their voices is heavenly. Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan:
R.I.P. Spencer Davis
Happy Hour: Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane – The Sleeper…
Panhandle Slim… Art for Folk…
L’état c’est moi
I cannot wait for our Justice Department to return to the real work Americans need the Department to do instead of this nonsense. https://t.co/Z7yiHlEb3E
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 19, 2020