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US threatens Germany: do not buy Chinese 5G or we will withhold mass interception data [note: NSA leaks document several US, UK 5G companies as secret NSA partners suggesting that part of US concern may be increased difficulty for NSA to mass intercept] https://t.co/pVUbWIB5dLhttps://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1105455044219060224?s=19
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BERLIN—The Trump administration has told the German government it would limit intelligence sharing with Berlin if Huawei Technologies Co. is allowed to build Germany’s next-generation mobile-internet infrastructure.
In a letter to the country’s economics minister, U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard A. Grenell wrote allowing the participation of Huawei or other Chinese equipment vendors in the 5G project would mean the U.S. won’t be able to maintain the same level of cooperation with German security agencies.
I have a feeling Texans won't show up at the polls in 2020 if something isnt done AND SOON! What's the point?
https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1105464153127346176?s=19
What's the point of even voting Republican in Texas if the state is already run by socialists. Sure, Texas get the Republican title (keep the masses happy with the color red) but behind the scenes, it's really blue. We offically lose Texas, we're all fucked.
This will come down to a Texas civil war. Stock up on ammo. I get the feeling this is what the current admin wants. Hit rock bottom
NEW DJT
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1105468569800839169?s=19
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1105471621672960000?s=19
https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1105471758231056386?s=19
.@RahmEmanuel Warning to Democrats: Socialist Ideals Won’t Give Us White House in 2020 |
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Johnson & Johnson was the "kingpin" that fueled the country's opioid crisis, serving as a top supplier, seller and lobbyist, according to a state official leading the legal fight against the companies that helped create the crisis.
Why it matters: Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, has been the main target so far in lawsuits. But court documents show attorneys general also are trying to cast a wider net, drawing more attention to J&J's role in the global opioid market.
Driving the news: The first big trial of the opioid epidemic is set to begin in May in Oklahoma. It will set the stage for similar litigation in other states, as well as the consolidated nationwide lawsuit that has been compared to the tobacco litigation of the 1990s.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has asked a state court to publicly release millions of pages of confidential documents that J&J submitted during the discovery phase of the case.
"The public interest in this information is urgent, enduring and overwhelming," he wrote.
The intrigue: Johnson & Johnson may be better known for selling Band-Aids and baby powder, but the company has an extensive history with prescription painkillers.
J&J produced raw narcotics in Tasmanian poppy fields, created other active opioid ingredients, and then supplied the products to other opioid makers — including Purdue Pharma.
The company boasted at the time that one of its opium poppies "enabled the growth of oxycodone," and said the morphine content of a different poppy was "the highest in the world," according to investor slides obtained by Axios.
J&J sold the 2 subsidiaries that handled that business, Noramco and Tasmanian Alkaloids, to a private equity firm in 2016 for $650 million.
J&J also sold off Nucynta, an opioid pill it had marketed, for $1 billion in 2015. It still sells Duragesic, a fentanyl patch that had peak sales of $2 billion in 2004.
That's not all: Oklahoma is alleging J&J targeted vulnerable populations, including children and older adults, for painkiller prescriptions. The state also says J&J funded groups that aggressively advocated for easy access to opioids.
J&J has funded several pro-opioid groups, such as the Pain Care Forum. A brochure intended for seniors that was made by a J&J subsidiary also claimed "opioids are rarely addictive."
Because J&J divested its opioid businesses, Oklahoma's lawyers say, documents related to those activities aren't valuable trade secrets to J&J anymore, and therefore should be made public.