PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Progressives Threaten to “DemExit” Over Biden” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore, Stef Zamorano, Graham Elwood ☮
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STOIC PHILOSOPHY: “How Epictetus Keeps Calm” / Einzelgänger ☮
The works of Epictetus reveal the importance of tranquility, and that we should value this over lesser things like money, reputation, and even the body.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Bolivian ‘Peace’ Interim President Wages War on Own People” / RT America ☮
The UN Human Rights Organisation has expressed concern over the prosecution of dozens of people close to the former president.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Hannity Directly Attacks Biden’s Mental Health Hard” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore, Stef Zamorano ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Compilation of Biden’s Public Lies and Plagiarism” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore, Stef Zamorano, Ron Placone ☮
INDEPENDENT GLOBAL JOURNALISM: “Study Debunks Claims That Led to Bolivian Coup” / truthdig / Eoin Higgins ☮
A new study released by a pair of MIT researchers Thursday reveals that, contrary to claims from the U.S.-backed Organization of American States, there was no fraud in Bolivia’s October 20, 2019 elections—an accusation used by the OAS and others as a pretext for supporting the coup in the country that deposed President Evo Morales and replaced him with an unelected right-wing government.
Our results were straightforward. There does not seem to be a statistically significant difference in the margin before and after the halt of the preliminary vote. Instead, it is highly likely that Morales surpassed the 10-percentage-point margin in the first round. …
There is not any statistical evidence of fraud that we can find—the trends in the preliminary count, the lack of any big jump in support for Morales after the halt, and the size of Morales’ margin all appear legitimate. All in all, the OAS’ statistical analysis and conclusions would appear deeply flawed.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Bolivia Dismisses LEGITIMATE Election” / The Young Turks / John Iadarola, Emma Vigeland, and Jayar Jackson ☮
“As Bolivia gears up for a do-over election on May 3, the country remains in unrest following the Nov. 10 military-backed coup against incumbent President Evo Morales. A quick recap: Morales claimed victory in October’s election, but the opposition protested about what it called electoral fraud. A Nov. 10 report from the Organization of American States (OAS) noted election irregularities, which “leads the technical audit team to question the integrity of the results of the election on October 20.” Police then joined the protests and Morales sought asylum in Mexico. The military-installed government charged Morales with sedition and terrorism. A European Union monitoring report noted that some 40 former electoral officials have been arrested and face criminal charges of sedition and subversion, and 35 people have died in the post-electoral conflict. The highest-polling presidential candidate, a member of Morales’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP) party, has received a summons from prosecutors for undisclosed crimes, a move some analysts suspect was aimed to keep him off the ballot.”
