US Supreme Court Backs "Grand Theft" Election 2020
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-13
On Friday, the Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in what may be remembered one day as the most significant political dispute in US history. | Texas et al v. Pennsylvania et al was the judicial equivalent of Hollywood's Godzilla v. …
globalresearch.ca/us-supreme-court-backs-grand-theft-election-2020/5732065

Go Vote Yourself a Raise, Georgia—You've Long Earned It
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-12
Candidates should be pushed to say if they stand with the super-rich profiteering, callous Big Business tycoons or with the people who work for pitiful wages, on the rugged frontlines, and keep our society running. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/georgia_primary.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/12/12/go-vote-yourself-raise-georgia-youve-long-earned-it?cd-origin=rss

Amazon Web Services offers companies new tools for spying on workers
wsws.org | 2020-12-12
New services from AWS allow companies to add specially trained computer vision technology to existing camera systems to spot "unusual" activity.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/12/awsm-d12.html

Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn US presidential election
wsws.org | 2020-12-12
The court ruled that Texas had no standing to object to the election procedures in another state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/12/elec-d12.html

[Perspectives] Is my cough COVID-19?
Eric J Topol | thelancet.com | 2020-12-12
Imagine that even if you have no symptoms of COVID-19, the sound of your forced cough transmitted to your smartphone or smart speaker, processed by an algorithm, could provide a 98 ∑5% accurate diagnosis. That's what a study involving more than 4000 people suggested might be possible. And it could be done anytime, free of charge, with immediate turnaround of results. It's one of many proposed uses of artificial intelligence (AI) for COVID-19. However, such technology will clearly require further research and independent replication to be refined, accepted, or implemented.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)32589-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Iran not like regional countries that are subject to US will
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-12
TEHRAN, Dec. 12 (MNA) — In reaction to Pompeo's recent remarks on Iran's parliamentary nuclear bill, Guardian Council spokesman said that Iran is not like the countries in the region that are subject to the illegitimate will of the American regime.
en.mehrnews.com/news/167049/Iran-not-like-regional-countries-that-are-subject-to-US-will

Workers across the US speak out in defense of COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones
wsws.org | 2020-12-12
The WSWS received widespread support for Rebekah Jones from educators and other workers in Florida, California, Texas, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Hawaii.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/12/jone-d12.html

Podcast Panel: US Meddling In Venezuela Elections, Economic Warfare & COVID-19
Mnar Muhawesh Adley | mintpressnews.com | 2020-12-11
Observed by 1,500 international election observers from 34 countries, elections in Venezuela handed Nicholas Maduro a clear victory, sending a message to the US that it failed to influence the same elections that Mike Pompeo called illegitimate.
mintpressnews.com/podcast-panel-us-meddling-in-venezuela-elections-economic-warfare-covid-19/273567/

Supreme Court Weighs Corporate Liability For Child Laborers On Cocoa Farms
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-12-11
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether the world's largest cocoa corporations are liable for child slavery in their supply chains. For 15 years, six citizens of Mali who were trafficked as children to work on cocoa farms have sought legal damages from Cargill and Nestle USA under a 240-year-old anti-piracy law. | The plaintiffs' attorney told the court that the corporations "maintain a system of child slavery and forced labor in their Ivory Coast supply chain as a matter of corporate policy to gain a competitive advantage in the U.S. market."
popularresistance.org/supreme-court-weighs-corporate-liability-for-child-laborers-on-cocoa-farms/

Artificial intelligence improves control of powerful plasma accelerators
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-12-11
Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators for research, medical and industrial applications.
imperial.ac.uk/news/210313/artificial-intelligence-improves-control-powerful-plasma

Spain's ruling PSOE, Podemos use "anti-disinformation" tool for internet spying
wsws.org | 2020-12-11
The ELISA tool aims to detect "disinformation seeking to generate polarisation" amid mounting social anger at austerity and official handling of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/11/elis-d11.html

The Approaching Crunch in US Policy Towards China
Dennis Argall | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-11
The Republican and Democrat leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee have issued a joint statement of intense hostility towards China. This posture is a threat to Australia's national security… and the world. An attempt to tear China down will …
globalresearch.ca/approaching-crunch-us-policy-china/5731921

Israel-Morocco normalisation deal condemned online
Yasmina Allouche | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-11