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This week, Facebook is in the hot seat following a bombshell 60 Minutes segment with whistleblower Frances Haugen, who alleges the tech giant employs polarization for profit.

This week, as renewed scrutiny is placed on many world leaders following a document dump exposing their ties to secret wealth, the Supreme Court is beginning what is likely to be one of its most contentious terms in recent memory, where abortion, guns, and the question of race in relation to school admissions are among the issues they are faced with addressing. However, the big story this week involves Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee who has come forward saying the company consistently chooses profit over its responsibilities mitigating the spread of concerning content across its platform. Did the interview have anything to do with a six-hour blackout on Monday that affected several of the company's online properties? We dig into all of this in this week's edition of Middle Theory.

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• PANDORA'S BOX: Document dump allegedly links world leaders to secret wealth
• VILKS: Threatened Swedish artist reportedly dead in road accident
• COURTING CONTROVERSY: Abortion, guns top agenda for new Supreme Court term
• Leader of House Progressives Won't Vote for Reconciliation Bill with Hyde Amendment
• The Hyde Amendment and abortion: Why it's in the news and what you need to know
• FACEBOOK BLUES: Facebook whistleblower is renewing scrutiny of the social media giant
• Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: The 60 Minutes Interview
• COUP DE GRACE: A US Constitutional Crisis? A 2024 Coup? Let's All Take a Deep Breath

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This week, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley is the center of attention as Senate Hearings examine the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan and Milley's calls to China during the Trump Administration.

Fresh back from several weeks in Brazil, this week we lead off with an analysis of why Brazilian supporters of Jair Bolsanaro are donning American flags while calling for a military takeover. Elsewhere, political shifts are occurring in Germany, and recent FBI data is reporting an unusual spike in murders in 2020.

However, our main focus this week has to do with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, who in the final days of Donald Trump's presidency made calls to China's military leaders to assure them the United States did not plan to attack them... and now some Republican leaders are calling for his resignation. We examine all of these stories, and several others in this week's episode of Middle Theory.

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• BRAZIL: In Brazil, Bolsonaro supporters embrace American flag
• GERMANY: Centre-left claim narrow win over Merkel's party
• THIRD DOSE: Biden receives Covid booster shot live on camera
• MURDER: FBI reports 2020 murder surge, with biggest single-year jump
• R KELLY: Jury reaches verdict in R. Kelly sex misconduct case
• IRS: Businesses revolt over Biden plan where IRS would track all bank transactions over $600
• MILLEY: Calls to China were 'perfectly' within scope of job
• America's Top General Back in the Center of a Political Battle
• General Milley Apologizes for Trump Photo Op Role
• Gen. Milley: Whisperer to presidents, target of intrigue

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In this episode, we examine "the Kennedy legacy," and news related to ongoing developments with this iconic American family.

The Kennedy family remains one of the most iconic American families and political institutions in all of history. Since the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and, thereafter, his brother and former Attorney General Robert Kennedy, intrigue has surrounded these families and their influence on American politics, society, and culture. A number of questions also linger about the deaths of these two political icons, with developments in this ongoing American saga still occurring in the present day. We examine the legacy of the Kennedys this week, on this special edition of Middle Theory.

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• JFK's Alleged 20-Year-Old Mistress Says She Had an Affair
• Parole recommended for convicted RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan

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In this special edition, we analyze a recent government report that looks at the theories of origin behind the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019.

In 2019, the world as we know it changed drastically with the emergence of the novel coronavirus, resulting in a global pandemic and one of the greatest health crises in living memory. Despite the scale of its influence, much of our understanding of the origins of the coronavirus remains a mystery, and questions linger over how COVID-19 actually began to spread among human populations. In this Middle Theory special, we look at the theories behind the origin of COVID-19, and present an analysis of a recent government report that looks at these and other questions about the pandemic.

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• With more than 100,000 people in the hospital with Covid-19 in the US, this August is worse than last, expert says
• THE REPORT: Key Takeaways The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged
• Rejecting Covid Inquiry, China Peddles Conspiracy Theories Blaming the U.S.

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As the withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Afghanistan concludes, questions linger for Americans still in the country, and how long efforts to retrieve them may continue beyond the August deadlines.

This week, abortion is back on the table as the Supreme court has decided to allow a controversial Texas ban on abortions to take effect. We look at this, as well as COVID-19 updates before shifting our attention to the completion of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. As the late August deadlines arrive, how close is the United States to really being out of the country, and who has been left behind in the aftermath of the chaotic withdrawal? We examine all of these issues in this week's episode of Middle Theory.

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• ABORTION BAN: Supreme Court allows Texas' 6-week abortion ban to take effect
• PFIZER PLUS: More Americans getting vaccinated following full FDA approval of Pfizer COVID vaccine
• STEP DOWN: Two senior FDA vaccine leaders step down as agency faces decision on boosters
• STATES OF CONFUSION: Texas school system closes after 2 teachers die of COVID-19
• As Florida mask fight rages, more children hospitalized
• Mississippi governor: Christians are 'less scared' of COVID
• Utah governor questions efficacy of masks amid virus surge
• EXPELLED: Sarah Rainsford: My last despatch before Russian expulsion
• EXIT STRATEGY: WATCH LIVE | Biden addresses the nation on the end of war in Afghanistan
• LEFT BEHIND: Afghan interpreter who saved Biden in Afghanistan is now stranded there
• White House thanks interpreter in hiding who helped rescue Biden in 2008 and commits to evacuating Afghan partners
• 29 Sacramento students stuck in Afghanistan, school district says
• VICTORY FOR WHOM? President Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory - BBC Newsnight
• OPINION: Opinion: Biden's imperfect but powerful message
• The Afghanistan fiasco might get Biden impeached
• India holds first formal talks with the Taliban in Qatar

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