The Daily Populous

Sunday August 27th, 2017 morning edition

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In June 2016, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for violating the DNC Charter by rigging the Democratic presidential primaries for Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders.

Even former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted in July 2016, ““I knew—everybody knew—that this was not a fair deal.”

He added adding that Debbie Wasserman Schultz should have resigned much sooner than she did.

The lawsuit was filed to push the DNC to admit their wrongdoing and provide Bernie Sanders supporters, who supported him financially with millions of dollars in campaign contributions, with restitution for being cheated.

“In evaluating Plaintiffs’ claims at this stage, the Court assumes their allegations are true—that the DNC and Wasserman Schultz held a palpable bias in favor Clinton and sought to propel her ahead of her Democratic opponent,” the court order dismissing the lawsuit stated.

The order reaffirmed that the primaries were tipped in Hillary Clinton’s favor, but the court’s authority to intervene in a court of law is limited.

“The Court thus assumes that the DNC and Wasserman Schultz preferred Hillary Clinton as the Democratic candidate for president over Bernie Sanders or any other Democratic candidate. »

Despite privacy outrage, AccuWeather still shares precise location data with ad firms

Authored by zdnet.com

AccuWeather is still sending precise geolocation data to a third-party advertiser, ZDNet can confirm, despite updating its app earlier this week to remove a feature that collected user's location data without their permission.

In case you missed it, AccuWeather was until this week sending the near-precise location of its iPhone app users to Reveal Mobile, a data monetization firm -- even when location sharing was switched off.

However, tests conducted by Strafach show that the updated app, released Thursday, still shares precise geolocation data with a data monetization and advertising firm. »

Woman Who Falsely Accused Brian Banks of Rape Ordered to Pay $2.6M

Authored by nbclosangeles.com

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Brian Banks marched Saturday as part of an effort calling for clemency for the "California 12."

He is shown during NFL football rookie minicamp, Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Flowery Branch, Ga. A woman whose false claim of rape sent former prep football star Brian Banks to prison was ordered to pay a $2.6 million judgment in connection with the case. »

A Last Bright Shining Lie

Authored by encyclopedia-titanica.org

The last lie of Titanic's extensive mythology is that the engineers died down below in the belly of the ship.

The purpose of this article is not to denigrate the engineers of the Titanic who undoubtedly did their full duty and more.

Their selfless courage in toiling steadily below as the ship was taking huge tonnages of water is not in question. »

NASA Claims 40 Million Watched Live Eclipse Broadcast Via Web & Social Media

Authored by deadline.com

The space agency claimed its hours-long live broadcast on its main website and via social media was its biggest online event ever, garnering 40 million total views.

The agency had 12.1 million unique views on its live eclipse page while the phenomenon was taking place, and more than 2 million simultaneous views at the height.

It said that people watched live streams and videos about the eclipse more than 100 million times and for a combined 6 million hours. »