How did I overlook Edward Snowden's revelations in light of Chelsea Manning's? 

​Permanent Record is perhaps the most historic account on domestic U.S. surveillance in the Digital Age. Even then, Snowden shares principles that span his life so far as an all-American military kid to an American-in-exile. One of those principles, from his childhood, is the method by which he details several of the NSA's signals intelligence programs. 

Disturbing they are (or were?), but I recommend you not search the Web for them until you read Permanent Record in full. As a front-end user, you might benefit from the stream of consciousness of a former back-end admin with top security clearances. Especially if you're not a technologist.​

A book review of Permanent Record (Edward Snowden)

​Recommender/Reference: Howie Hawkins Campaign 2020

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her reviews on books from the Dauphin County Library System, including the one on Edward Snowden's Permanent Record, at landturn.com/reviews.

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The Free & Equal Elections Foundation hosted the Final Open Presidential Debate 2020 in Cheyenne Wyo. on Oct. 24. Ten presidential candidates were invited, including Donald Trump (Republican), Joe Biden (Democrat), Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian), and Kanye West (Independent).

The other five candidates confirmed. They include Brian Carroll (American Solidarity); Howie Hawkins (Green); Gloria La Riva (Socialism & Liberation); and Brock Pierce (Independence). Don Blankenship (Constitution) confirmed but wasn't present at the time of the debate.

I ranked each candidate based on his or her ability to 1) Stay on topic 2) Support arguments with evidence 3) Answer the question at hand and 4) Provide a solution distinguishable from co-debators. 

Presidential Debate Reform (Chad Peace - Independent Voter Project)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Pierce (Independence)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

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Veteran Suicide (Adam Kokesh - The Freedom! Line)

1. Hawkins (Greens)
2. Pierce (Independence)
3. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
4. Carroll (American Solidarity)

National Defense Authorization Act (Brian Anderson - Nexus)

1. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
2. Pierce (Independence)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. Hawkins (Green)

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Blockchain & Decentralized Tech (Brian Anderson - Nexus)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

U.S. Sovereignty, Federal Reserve (G. Edgar Griffin - author)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

​Primaries & Election Reform (Kaia Los Huertos - National Association of Nonpartisan Reformers)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
4. Carroll (American Solidarity)

Ranked-Choice Voting (Renaldo Pearson - Represent Us)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Pierce (Independence)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

Lobbying (Richard Winger - Ballot Access News) 

1. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
2. Pierce (Independence)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. Hawkins (Green)

 
AI & Automation (Free & Equal)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation) 
3. Hawkins (Green) 
4. Carroll (American Solidarity) 

U.S. Debt Ceiling & Consumer Debt (Free & Equal)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. La Riva (Solidarity & Liberation)

Altogether, the participants have respective backgrounds as an evangelical Christian (Carroll); a retired Teamster (Hawkins); a foreign correspondent (La Riva); and a blockchain technologist (Pierce).  ​

Candidate rankings for the 2020 Final Open Presidential Debate

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including 2020 rankings for the third-party Final Open Presidential Debate, at landturn.com/reviews.

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Howie Hawkins accompanied his 2020 presidential campaign with a publication that's not a memoir but, in essence, a white paper. If that doesn't differentiate him from some of his Democratic counterparts, then his political strategy for working-class progressives does.
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I like that The Case for an Independent Left Party approaches political parties as an operational structure rather than a political platform. In that regard, neither the Green Party that Hawkins co-founded nor the Democratic Party he critiques serves as the book's focus.

I was hungry for more than a few sentences on coalition governance, one of my topics of interest. Nonetheless, The Case for an Independent Left Party offers a class perspective of political organizations for which I had a weak lens.​

​A book review of The Case for an Independent Left Party (Howie Hawkins)

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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including the one on The Case for an Independent Left Party by Howie Hawkins, at landturn.com/reviews.

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Here's Part 2 of the Open Presidential Debate 2020. The Free & Equal Elections Foundation hosted it in Denver on Oct. 8. Five of the 10 invited candidates participated. They include Don Blankenship (Constitution); Brian Carroll (American Solidarity); Howie Hawkins (Green); Gloria La Riva (Socialism & Liberation); and Brock Pierce (Independence).
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I ranked each candidate based on his or her ability to 1) Stay on topic 2) Support arguments with evidence 3) Answer the question at hand and 4) Provide a solution distinguishable from co-debators.

Police Reform (Free & Equal)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Pierce (Independence)
3. Blankenship (Constitution)
4. Carroll (American Solidarity)
5. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

Education Reform (Free & Equal)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
4. Carroll (American Solidarity)
5. Blankenship (Constitution)

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Yemen & Foreign Policy (Free & Equal)

1. Carroll (American Solidarity)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. Pierce (Independence)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
5. Blankenship (Constitution)

War on Drugs (Free & Equal)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Blankenship (Constitution)
3. Pierce (Independence)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
5. Carroll (American Solidarity)

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Vaccination (Free & Equal)

1. Blankenship (Constitution)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. Pierce (Independence)
4. La Riva (Socialism & Independence)
5. Carroll (American Solidarity)

Firearms (Free & Equal)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Blankenship (Constitution)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. Pierce (Independence)
5. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

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Mass Incarceration & Pardons (Lyn Ulbricht - Ross Ulbricht Defense)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. Blankenship (Constitution)
5. Pierce (Independence)

Altogether, the participants have respective backgrounds as a former coal miner (Blankenship); an evangelical Christian (Carroll); a retired Teamster (Hawkins); a foreign correspondent (La Riva); and a blockchain technologist (Pierce).  ​

Candidate rankings for the 2020 Open Presidential Debate (Pt. 2/2)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including 2020 rankings for the third-party Open Presidential Debate, II, at landturn.com/reviews.

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The Free & Equal Elections Foundation hosted the Open Presidential Debate 2020 in Denver on Oct. 8. Ten presidential candidates were invited, including Donald Trump (Republican), Joe Biden (Democrat), Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian), and Kanye West (Independent). 

The other five candidates confirmed. They include Don Blankenship (Constitution); Brian Carroll (American Solidarity); Howie Hawkins (Green); Gloria La Riva (Socialism & Liberation); and Brock Pierce (Independence). 
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I ranked each candidate based on his or her ability to 1) Stay on topic 2) Support arguments with evidence 3) Answer the question at hand and 4) Provide a solution distinguishable from co-debators. 

Afghanistan & Foreign Policy ​(Cindy Sheehan - antiwar activist)

1. Howie Hawkins (Green)
2. Gloria La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
3. Brock Pierce (Independence)
4. Brian Carroll (American Solidarity)
5. Don Blankenship (Constitution)

Election Reform (Aaron Hamlin - Center for Election Science)

1. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
2. Carroll (American Solidarity)
3. Hawkins (Green)
4. Pierce (Independence)
5. Blankenship (Constitution)

Presidential Debates (Eli Beckerman - Open the Debates)

1. Pierce (Independence)
2. Carroll (American Solidarity)
3. Blankenship (Constitution)
4. Hawkins (Green)
5. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

Privacy & Surveillance (Shawn Stone - producer & media personality)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Blankenship (Constitution)
3. Pierce (Independence)
4. Carroll (American Solidarity)
5. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)

U.S. Space Force (Jim Cantrell - SpaceX co-founder)

1. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
2. Hawkins (Green)
3. Carroll (American Solidarity)
4. Pierce (Independence)
5. Blankenship (Constitution)

First Nations (Doug Good Feather - Tribal activist)

1. Hawkins (Green)
2. Carroll (American Solidarity)
3. La Riva (Socialism & Liberation)
4. Pierce (Independence)
5. Blankenship (Constitution)

Altogether, the participants have respective backgrounds as a former coal miner (Blankenship); an evangelical Christian (Carroll); a retired Teamster (Hawkins); a foreign correspondent (La Riva); and a blockchain technologist (Pierce). ​

​Candidate rankings in the 2020 Open Presidential Debate (Pt. 1/2)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including rankings for the third-party 2020 Open Presidential Debate, at landturn.com/reviews.

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