> Studies by the US Labor Department and others predict serious shortages of skilled labor (everything from scientists and managers to technicians and typists) as the educational system deteriorates, part of the collapse of infrastructure accelerated by #Reaganite social and economic policies. The tendency may be mitigated by modification of immigration laws to encourage a brain drain, but that is not likely to prove adequate.
#NoamChomsky in #DeterringDemocracy for #H1Bvisa context #uspol

.> ^n27 ... WSJ, Jan. 19, 1989; Johnson, Sunday Telegraph, June 1, 1986. Johnson and Podhoretz are exulting over Libya and Grenada, respectively. A notorious apologist for terrorism and atrocities, Johnson also applauded #Israel for "having the moral and physical courage to violate a so-called sovereign frontier" by invading Lebanon in 1982 to excise "the terrorist cancer" -- with an estimated 20,000 or more killed, mostly Lebanese and #PalestinianCivilians (quoted by #WolfBlitzer, #JerusalemPost, June 29, 1984). In the real world, the invasion had nothing whatsoever to do with "the #TerroristCancer," except insofar as Israel hoped that the attack might return the PLO to the #TerroristPolicies Israel preferred by undermining its self-restraint in the face of repeated and murderous Israeli cross-border attacks, and terminating #PLOEfforts to move towards a peaceful political settlement, intolerable to both major Israeli political coalitions. There was ample evidence on these matters from Israeli sources at the time Johnson produced these typically inane comments. See #FatefulTriangle, Pirates & Emperors, and #NecessaryIllusions.

.> The greatest accomplishment of Reagan is supposed to be that he made us "feel good about ourselves," restoring the faith in authority, which had sadly flagged. As the editors of the Wall Street Journal put it, "he restored the efficiency and morale of the armed services [and] demonstrated the will to use force in Grenada and Libya" -- two military fiascos, but no matter. We were able to kill a sufficient number of people and are once again "standing tall," towering over the upstarts who had sought to overcome us but who succumbed to the cool courage and "the strength of the Cowboy" -- the words of British journalist Paul Johnson, while swooning over the manliness of his idol Ronald Reagan, who had in reality shown the courage of a Mafia don who sends a goon squad to break the bones of children in a Kindergarten. With these achievements, Reagan overcame our "sickly inhibitions against the use of military force," Norman Podhoretz intoned. ^n27

Breaking: Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is in hospital after apparent suicide attempt:

Brittany Kaiser #OwnYourData: So it seems that @parscale Brad Parscale lied to Congress. He MOST DEFINITELY oversaw #targeted voter suppression of African Americans on behalf of @realdonaldtrump campaign. On digital. I have more evidence...just wait and see.. #Hindsightis2020 #OwnYourData #DeterringDemocracy
https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1310615255815512064 https://twitter.com/KimDot..

So it seems that @parscale Brad Parscale lied to Congress. He MOST DEFINITELY oversaw #targeted voter suppression of African Americans on behalf of @realdonaldtrump campaign. On digital. I have more evidence...just wait and see.. #Hindsightis2020 #OwnYourData #DeterringDemocracy

Jason Kint: to House Intel @RepSpeier

https://twitter.com/OwnYourDataNow/status/1310673082902745088 #Africa #Congress #Trump

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New reporting has exposed the ways in which the Trump campaign used targeted digital ads to intentionally and methodically deter Black Americans from voting. This is twenty-first century voter suppression and must be countered. #DeterringDemocracy
https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-trump-campaign-strategy-to-deter-millions-of-black-americans-from-voting-in-2016 https://twitter.com/AAPolicyForum/status/1310649172278812672 #Trump

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A major data leak from the Trump campaign shows how Black voters were categorized and targeted with malicious social media ads to stop them from voting. This year the Trump campaign is spending even more on deterring Black voters. #DeterringDemocracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIf5ELaOjOk&feature=emb_logo https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1310719561973428225 #Trump

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Tonight at 7pm:

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 News investigation reveals a huge Trump campaign data leak, exposing how 3.5 million Black Americans were listed as ‘Deterrence’ - to try to stop them voting in 2016.

#DeterringDemocracy

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1310583832157007875/vid/720x720/My3dudbZDQMbGxSL.mp4?tag=13

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1310588346629066753