Saturday’s news links – Oct. 17, 2020

Video Exposes Proud Boys and ‘Extra-Friendly’ Philly Cops Daily Beast

‘These Two Things Are Related’: As Big Oil Ups Donations to Dems, Biden Says Banning Fossil Fuels Within Next Decade ‘Not Possible’ Common Dreams

Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested Forbes

Black man serving life sentence for stealing hedge clippers granted parole NBC News

Mail-in Ballot Printer in Ohio Took down Its Trump 2020 Flag as Delays Increase Newsweek

Biden reiterates in Philadelphia town hall that he does not want to ban fracking USA Today

Who Elected Donald Trump? Counterpunch

Indigenous Peoples

First Nation chief says he fears for his people after attacks on Mi’kmaw lobster fishery CBC

“Over Half of the People Who Used to Grow Crops Here Can’t Do It Anymore” TNR

Coronavirus

COVID-19 Grips College Football As Players Battle Heart Problems Black Entertainment Network

Bolivia

Bolivia: First Election Since US-Backed Coup Pits Right against Left, Rich Against Poor and White against Everyone Else MPN

Bolivia Election Changes Will Make Results Less Transparent Than in 2019, CEPR Researchers Warn Orinoco Tribune

Unelected Bolivian govt detains, doxxes, threatens international observers on eve of election Grayzone

Will Bolivia’s Elections Usher in a New Wave of Socialism in Latin America? Foreign Policy

See yesterday’s news links here

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