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PBC News & Comment: Be Prepared for Waves of Bankruptcy, Eviction, Homelessness

As Congress adjourns with no new relief, bankruptcies and evictions are increasing, will likely lead to major increase in homeless population…–15 years ago, Joe Biden “reformed” bankruptcy law, which increased costs and obstacles to debt relief

–from different angles, NY Times opinionist Ross Douthat and Matt Taibbi challenge corporate media gatekeepers on Hunter Biden story blackout attempts

–federal judge slams Bill Barr’s gambit to shield Trump from defamation suit derived from rape charges by E. Jean Carroll

–SCOTUS intervened, again, to limit vote-counting, denying Wisconsin plan to extend deadline

–federal appeals court intervenes in Ohio, to block effort to expand drop boxes for mail-in ballots

–latest polling in battleground states shows race is close enough to steal

–Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in Atlantic column, vows to hold Trump accountable for the threats on her life

–Dems are confident of expanding House majority

–Ford Greene shares link to video of EMERGENCY CONFERENCE: DONALD TRUMP’S GREAT HARM TO AMERICA AND THE WORLD..

–Trump tweets false info about “changing your vote”, but Twitter takes no action

NY Times reveals that Google pays Apple $8-12 billion annually to place its search feature on all Apple phones and other screens

–Facebook takes heat from trying to shut down project that shows users how their data were used to target them for political ads

–at MintPress, Raul Diego gives some oversight to new Facebook Oversight Board, and Alan Mcleod reports on Samantha Power’s call for more censorship

WashPost’s Margaret Sullivan offers more evidence of Facebook throttling left media sites

NY Times expose of rabidly pro-Trump Epoch Times reminds PBC of Rev. Moon’s launch of Washington Times to support Nixon in the 1970’s

–CA Gov. Gavin Newsom GOOD: he signs brief citing racism in death penalty

— CA Gov. Gavin Newsom BAD: he pledges to end fracking, while issuing more permits

–Arctic methane deposits are bubbling up earlier than predicted

–protests erupt in Philadelphia after cops fatally shoot mentally ill Black man

–at ConsortiumNews, recap of WikiLeaks release of Vault 7, and a great history primer on Sudan and the phony “peace deal” with Israel

–our daily Covid-19 update, edited by Linda Lewis

–from different Chicago archives, we share this link to Franklin McMahon’s courtroom drawings of the Chicago 7 trial, and a 1969 aircheck of PBC radio idol Ron Britain, who died Sunday at age 85; read Robert Feder’s tribute here