The Daily Populous

Monday October 5th, 2020 evening edition

image for The NSA phone surveillance program was illegal and expensive: And it did not stop a single terrorist attack.

The NSA phone surveillance program has been in place as part of PRISM from 2008 to 2019 in the USA.

The NSA phone surveillance program to date has cost American tax payers over $100 Million, according to the New York Times.

The program ceased to exist end of 2019 and is no longer in place.

Warrantless surveillance of citizens is unconstitutional - in the USA, in Germany as well as in most democratic countries.

The NSA argued that it needed this kind of information to stop terrorist attacks and keep American people safe.

However, a judge ruled beginning of September 2020 that not [one single terrorist attack had been stopped with the help of the NSA's phone surveillance program.

What comes clear from the examples in the USA and in Europe is that we must end mass surveillance. »

Dexamethasone: Rare Side Effect of Drug Given to Trump for COVID Includes Grandiose Delusions

Authored by newsweek.com
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The drug was found to benefit critically ill patients in trials in the U.K., raising questions about the severity of the president's condition.

Other common side effects include blurred vision, producing less urine, dizziness, an irregular heartbeat or pulse, headaches, and noisy breathing.

Dexamethasone has also been linked to rare reports of grandiose delusions, psychosis, delirium, and hallucinations. »

Shut Down the Supreme Court Confirmation

Authored by jacobinmag.com
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Our questions are simple: what did Bernie accomplish, why did he fail, what is his legacy, and how should we continue the struggle for democratic socialism?

Barrett would create a 6-3 court majority that is archconservative on social issues and a corporate rubber stamp on economic issues — and that majority could permanently alter American jurisprudence.

That’s why McConnell on Friday made clear that he is not deterred, even by a deadly pandemic. »

Grassy lawns should not be mandatory. — Strong Towns

Authored by strongtowns.org

Grassy lawns originally became popular to prove a person was wealthy enough to waste land rather than farm on it.

That status symbol no longer applies, since we no longer live in a sustenance farming economy, yet it's still mandated by law all over America.

Aristocrats didn't want anybody to think they might be mere farmers, so instead of crops they planted grass on the most visible parts of their properties. »

CNN medical analyst: I'd perform psychiatric evaluation on Trump if he were my patient

Authored by thehill.com
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“If @realDonaldTrump were my patient, in unstable condition + contagious illness, & he suddenly left the hospital to go for a car ride that endangers himself & others: I'd call security to restrain him then perform a psychiatric evaluation to examine his decision-making capacity,” the ER physician tweeted on late Sunday.

If @realDonaldTrump were my patient, in unstable condition + contagious illness, & he suddenly left the hospital to go for a car ride that endangers himself & others:.

I'd call security to restrain him then perform a psychiatric evaluation to examine his decision-making capacity. »