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Libyas Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Medical Centres Affairs, Tawfiq Al-Darsi, discusses with representatives of international Japanese companies the provision of the latest treatment devices for oncology patients.

The discussions took place last Thursday at the Health Ministrys Tripoli headquarters when the Undersecretary received representatives of several international Japanese companies specialized in the field of manufacturing medicines and medical devices.

The two sides discussed ways of cooperation in the presence of Counsellor Saleh Abu Khurais Kaza, representing the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and agriculture in Libya.

The Undersecretary discussed with the delegation the mechanisms of cooperation in providing the latest therapeutic devices for oncology patients using radioactive material technologies, which can attack cancer cells while maintaining the integrity of muscle and tissue mass inside the patients body.

Libyan experts to visit JapanDuring the meeting, it was agreed to send a team of experts and consultants specialized in treating oncology patients and well-versed in technology in Libya to Japan, to evaluate the devices and ensure that they conform to the required specifications on the one hand, that they work well and that they include all the required accessories.

The Undersecretary discussed with the Japanese delegation ways of cooperation in the field of supplying specialized medicines, especially those related to the treatment of oncology and neurology patients.

He indicated the Ministrys keenness to deal with international Japanese companies that manufacture medicines, given the Japanese pharmaceutical markets characteristics of manufacturing high-quality pharmaceutical drugs and its commitment to the highest standards of quality assurance and quality control worldwide.

Japanese engineers to repair equipment in LibyaIn a related context, the Undersecretary discussed with the delegation sending teams of Japanese engineers to repair the malfunctions of the durable Japanese medical devices previously supplied by the Ministry of Health to public and educational hospitals and specialized medical centers. They are to detect the causes of the malfunctions and make sure that the damaged parts are changed to repair the fault, and then check the safety, in addition to training engineers in health facilities to perform periodic maintenance of the devices.

To develop treatment services for dialysis patients Finally, the Undersecretary discussed with the delegation ways to develop treatment services for dialysis patients, by taking advantage of the technologies offered by home and mobile dialysis devices.

This is to be done with the aim of achieving flexibility for patients undergoing dialysis, as well as physicians, by integrating all treatment systems from care with the help of a nurse, self-care, right up to dialysis at home.

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Minister of Oil and Gas Mohamed Aoun says that he did not receive any production data since last April 3, as he accused the National Oil Corporation Chairman Mustafa Sanalla of withholding such critical information.

Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has been informed of this, and the issue was raised at a cabinet meeting in Jadu town on June 23 last, the online news outlet, Fawasel quoted Aoun as saying.

According to Aoun, the PM addressed Sanalla three times, obliging him to send the reports to the relevant authorities, but he has not responded to date.

Aoun accused Sanallaof "infringement, arrogance, defiance, and disrespect of the law and his superiors," disclosing that he submitted a memorandum to the PM in this regard for the third time since no action has been taken against him.

Regarding the re-formation of the NOCs management, Aoun confirmed the prime ministers acceptance of the proposal and pledged to do so and to discuss the nominations for the post, which he refrained from revealing.

He also touched upon the issue of gas prices and the possibility of reviewing Libya's contracts with Eni in line with the Algerian Sonatrach, which announced an update of its gas prices.

According to Aoun, the contract between Libya and Eni provides for reviewing prices every three years and has a specific formula for calculating the price of gas.

It may be worth noting that Minister Aoun had requested the PM to issue a decision regarding changing the board of directors of the National Oil Corporation.

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Armed and hooded men block the road leading to the largest prison in western Libya, next to Mitiga airport on the outskirts of Tripoli. Behind its high white walls, an entire block is reserved for its most famous prisoner, Abdallah Senoussi. He is treated like a VIP and regularly examined by his private doctors, a prison guard says.

Separated from the other often mistreated inmates, the 73-year-old ex-dignitary can move freely between several barracks, according to the young guard interviewed after his shift several dozen kilometres away. Senoussi even has the privilege of sharing the meals served to the head guards of the RADA Special Deterrence Forces, the powerful Salafist militia headed by Abdel Raouf Kara that controls the Mitiga area.

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This month, progressives eked out a narrow yet significant victory. In Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district, in the Pittsburgh area, state Rep. Summer Lee overcame almost $4 million in spending from conservative and moderate super PACs to defeat her opponent, Steve Irwin, by just a few hundred votes.

Lee and her allies were quick to credit grassroots organizing for her victory.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted: "People over money. You absolutely love to see it."

My former boss, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, chimed in: "When you fight from the heart and build a grassroots movement, you can win."

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It's an inspiring narrative, especially for progressive candidates across the country who are facinghistorically unprecedented levels of super PAC spending on behalf of their moderate or centrist opponents. But it's easy to overlook an important fact: Lee received almost $2 million of independent expenditure support herself.

To be clear, Lee was still outspent significantly by pro-Israel super PACs and Irwin's campaign. But between her own campaign operation and outside support from Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party and others, voters likely saw almost $3 million worth of ads and mailers supporting Lee's candidacy.

Lee's progressive platform is broadly popular, and she ran a robust field program. But in the end she won by an exceedingly narrow margin, so it seems clear that every penny of that nearly $3 million was necessary to deliver a victory.

The progressive movement needs more people like Summer Lee in Congress. And it's clearer than ever that if we want to achieve this goal, we must organize money as much as we prioritize organizing people.

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I worked for Mondaire Jones in New York, who was outspent two to one by a Big Pharma billionaire and still won and I just managed the campaign of Nida Allam in North Carolina, who was outspent close to four to one by Super PACs, and lost. I believe in the power of organizing, and that's the most important long-term work we must do to grow our movement. But even the best organizing can overcome only so much spending.

I took a look at key House winners endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Justice Democrats over the past six years. With very few exceptions, notably Ocasio-Cortez's ground-shaking upset victory in 2018, progressives can overcome about a two-to-one ratio of opposition spending, but not much more. In many cases, progressives have actually outspent their opponents to win.

In 2018, Rashida Tlaib significantly outspent her opponent, Ilhan Omar raised about the same amount as her opponent and Ayanna Pressley, running against an entrenched Democratic incumbent, was outspent by just over two to one. In three victories by progressive challengers over Democratic incumbents in 2020, Marie Newman outspent Dan Lipinski in Illinois, Cori Bush outspent Lacy Clay in Missouri, and Jamaal Bowman was outspent less than two to one by a powerful New York incumbent after receiving almost $2 million of supportive outside spending. Mondaire Jones' campaign for an open House seat north of New York City, for which I led the organizing program, was outspent by slightly more than two to one, but still spent over $2 million overall, including outside support. This year in Texas, victorious progressive Greg Casar vastly outspent his opponent.

Then there is the other side of the ledger: When progressives lose. On Nida Allam's campaign in North Carolina this year, we vastly out-organized our opponents, knocking on more doors and making more calls than any other campaign, by far. We were also supported by a $200,000 canvassing independent expenditure, and were endorsed by Sanders, Warren, the Working Families Party and the Sunrise Movement. But we got outspent almost 10 to one on mail, TV and digital advertising by super PACs. It was a similar story for progressive Erica Smith in North Carolina's 1st district, who was outspent almost six to one and lost, as well as for many other defeated progressives this year and previously.

As the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC and other billionaire-backed super PACs gear up to spend millions in individual Democratic primaries, progressive organizations like Justice Democrats, which recently said it was being"outgunned" by big-money interests, and leaders like Sanders,who recently declared "war" on AIPAC, must confront an uncomfortable truth: We must organize money, not just people, in order to win.

Progressives can replicate Summer Lee's victory, in many more places across the country. In fact, we can expand our margins of victory. But we must approach campaign finance with the same determined and innovative approach we have toward grassroots field organizing.

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Two antitrust bills that have attracted support from conservatives in Washington DC on the grounds of bipartisan efforts to curb the power of Big Tech are now being defended by progressives on the grounds that they will make the censorship of tech platforms easier.

Free speech activists on the Right are divided over the American Choice and Innovation Online Act and the Open App Marketplace Act.The ACIOA limits when Big Tech platforms can discriminate in favor of their own products against other business users, and the Open App Markets Act limits app hosting platforms (in practice, Google, Apple, and to a lesser extent Microsoft), from favoring their own apps or forcing other apps to use their app stores.

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An analysis by the far left Center for American Progress, Evaluating 2 Tech Antitrust Bills To Restore Competition Online, endorsed both laws on the grounds that they will increase censorship. This heightens concerns that the two bills loopholes for safety and security will be used to enable censorship.

As Breitbart previously reported, the bills appear to make it harder for Google and Apple to discriminate against free speech apps such as Parler, Gab, Rumble, Truth Social, or potentially a Elon Musk-owned Twitter. When the Musk deal appeared to be on course, far-left Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King tweeted that Apple and Google would remove a free speech-friendly Twitter from their app stores.

I am told this morning that Apple and Google will remove Twitter from the App Store if it does not moderate and remove hate speech under @ElonMusk, said King. This isnt a new policy, but a commitment already made. Amazon Web Services has the same commitment. So theres that.

It can be difficult to know whos telling the truth since corporate lobbyists with a vested interest against Big Tech have a habit of playing both sides in D.C., telling Republicans that their preferred tech regulation bills will fix censorship, while simultaneously telling Democrats that the bills will curb misinformation.

Some conservatives have endorsed the laws, claiming that this will punish the companies for censorship because these monopolies dont just distort the market, they distort the free exchange of ideas. On the flip side, as Breitbart Newsreported,other populist conservatives expressed concerns that the exemptions for privacy and security would make the law impotent.

Attorney Noah Peters, who represented both Meghan Murphy against Twitter and whistleblower Kevin Cernekee against Google, noted: we can readily foresee how Big Tech companies will interpret this language. Virtually every Big Tech platform has a trust and safety or safety section in their Terms of Service, including rules against so-called hate speech, extremism, and misinformation.

The Center for American Progress report appears to elevate these concerns. It was authored by the Centers technology director Erin Simpson and Facebooks former top lobbyist Adam Conner, who both repeatedly criticize big tech for not censoring enough, even calling for the government to step in andcreate best practices for censorship.

The pair wholeheartedly endorse the bills on the grounds that it will encourage much-needed improvements in content moderation practices and technologies. It quotes the General Counsel for Yelp Aaron Schurr, who claimsACIOA will not prevent censorship because the bill was written so it would not hinder Big Techs censorship to prevent hate speech or stop vaccine disinformation as discriminatory behavior under the bill.

Conner and Simpson cite the safety and security exception to explain how it would give a big tech platform immunity to censor Alex Jones because of his alleged long history attacking victims of a school shooting and spreading false cures for COVID-19, among other outrages, these actions should fall squarely in the category of YouTubes ability to take action to protect the safety or security of its users.

They also argue that the exemption may cover brand safety, because big tech platforms are primarily funded by advertising and have heavily touted their efforts around brand safety to their advertisers, marketing it as a core feature of their advertising products.

Brand Safety is a code-word which left-wing radicals such as Sleeping Giants have used to justify boycotts of Breitbart News, Tucker Carlson, and other conservatives.

Considerable momentum has been built up on the right to tame Big Tech, in large part due to the reporting of Breitbart News, which has covered Big Tech censorship since its earliest beginnings in 2015. That has led to red states passing laws that would genuinely curb the power of platforms like Twitter and Facebook to censor, such as the one passed in Texas.

In Washington DC, however, there is a danger that the momentum against Big Tech on the right could be co-opted by corporate lobbyists like Yelps, who have little interest in addressing the censorship question, and will back bills with loopholes that specifically allow it, so long as it pleases Democrats who hold the majority.

Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.He is the author of#DELETED: Big Techs Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.Follow him onTwitter @LibertarianBlue.

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