Why Biden can’t condemn Israeli violence
t Biden won’t touch it; and so for the 100th time I want to explain the power of the Israel lobby: Biden is afraid that he will...
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CBS host confronts Israel’s Netanyahu: Are you killing Palestinians as a plot ‘to stay in power’?
“You are under investigation for bribery, fraud, breach of trust,” Dickerson noted. “You’ve also had some...
read more‘Palestinian Lives Matter,’ Declares Bernie Sanders in NYT Op-ed
“If the United States is going to be a credible voice on human rights on the global stage, we must uphold international...
read moreConfused Americans grapple with CDC’s new mask rules
The relaxed guidelines have some vowing to party like it’s 2019, while others worry for their health. Source: Confused Americans...
read morePandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns
The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more...
read moreWorld Democracy and the Invisible Hand Opposing It
Corporate governance is among the models in direct competition with democracy. It manifests itself in many ways both large and small....
read moreBiden, Pelosi, Schumer Isolated on Israel as Democrats Rally Around Palestinians
As Democratic leaders have backed Israel’s “right to defend itself,” a vocal faction of the party has slammed...
read moreGretchen Whitmer: Why I’m trying to shut down an underwater oil pipeline that threatens the Great Lakes
The potential for an environmental and economic disaster is just too great to ignore. Source: Opinion | Gretchen Whitmer: Why I’m...
read moreRiot Squad: Right-Wing Video Journalists Help Smear BLM
In the year since George Floyd’s murder, conservative news outlets have endlessly hyped distorted stories about violence at Black...
read moreLeaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country
In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the...
read moreNational Coalition Vows to Fight Senate Confirmation of Rahm Emanuel to Become Ambassador to Japan
Twenty organizations announced Friday that they will launch a nationwide grassroots campaign urging senators to vote against...
read moreIsraeli Bombs Destroy Gaza Media Center, Take Out AP, Al Jazeera and Others
Israeli bombs destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other media...
read moreAmazon Access to Mailbox Could Be Grounds to Overturn Union Vote
Testimony that Amazon.com Inc. had keys to a mailbox installed for workers to vote in a recent union election could prompt the...
read moreCyber Ninjas, UV lights and far-right funding: inside the strange Arizona 2020 election ‘audit’
Election experts are watching the effort with alarm, saying officials are not using a reliable methodology — and fear it could...
read moreDeconstructed: The System That Killed Berta Cáceres
Whoever plotted her killing likely underestimated the amount of attention it would bring, drawing Honduras into the international...
read moreHouse Democrats Push to End Program That Sends Military Equipment to Local Police
Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., sponsored the bill, along with 17 co-sponsors, to end the 1033 program, which allows the Pentagon to...
read moreExperts still believe the National Guard delay on Jan. 6 was politically driven — even after this week’s testimony
“If this had been taken seriously, they would have called up the Guard a day or two before and brought them to the Armory close...
read moreChina lands its Zhurong rover on Mars
China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, state media announced early on Saturday. Source: China lands its Zhurong rover on...
read moreCalifornia Trial of Universal Basic Income Inspires More Cities to Follow Suit
There are currently around 30 guaranteed income pilots either taking place or being planned all across the country, mostly having...
read moreMcConnell crows over how he got Manchin, Sinema to be his tools in destroying America
Good job, Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. You’ve given Mitch McConnell two gifts: He can obstruct President...
read moreLarry Krasner—and the Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement—Is on Tuesday’s Ballot
The Philadelphia prosecutor who’s opposed police violence and mass incarceration faces an intense challenge backed by the police...
read moreRethink Global Economy to Halt Mass Extinction, Study Argues
The problem of biodiversity loss is not simply a matter of funding, a new report examining the failures of the UN Convention on...
read moreAlert: Biden’s ‘America First’ Policies Are Spreading Global Pain
Like its blatant vaccine nationalism, the administration’s unchecked stimulus policies are hurting the world—especially the...
read moreGOP Group Names And Shames Republican Lawmakers Who ‘Summoned The Mob’
A conservative group is calling for a bipartisan commission to hold to account the GOP lawmakers who “summoned the mob” ahead of the...
read moreHow the Colonial Pipeline hack is part of a growing ransomware trend in the US
Cyber criminals have attacked solar power firms, water treatment plants and police departments in attempts to extort money Source:...
read moreSanctions are, in reality, part of the war machine
“Decoupled from armed conflict, though still causing extreme suffering, the polite word for such sieges is ‘sanctions.’ Often invoked...
read moreWill Infrastructure Cyberattacks Make Nuclear Weapons Obsolete?
With nuclear weapons being so destructive and retaliation being swift, infrastructure cyberattacks may be the new weapon of the...
read moreHow Bill Gates set the stage for Modi’s COVID-19 disaster in India
Bill Gates, who built his fortune on Microsoft’s IP, is the leading defender of IP in the world. With his newfound halo as a...
read moreAlert: Pentagon List of Extremism Experts Includes Anti-Muslim and Conservative Christian Groups
The Pentagon’s Countering Extremism Working Group has circulated a list of prospective partners that includes individuals associated...
read moreRevealed: Big Pharma’s Plot to Derail US Covid-19 Vaccine Waiver
The Intercept’s Lee Fang has obtained confidential documents exposing the pharmaceutical lobby’s attempts to recruit...
read moreChile and Colombia to Move Money Out of Militaries
While the proposal for a global ceasefire during a disease pandemic has done the opposite of catching on, there are a few small signs...
read moreWashington State: Single-Payer Health Care Here We Come
Washington State’s history-making Single-Payer directive legislation, signed into law yesterday by Gov. Jay Inslee, establishes...
read morePalestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state
Protests by Palestinian citizens are being greeted with a mix of police violence and vigilante style attacks from Jewish fascists....
read moreFacebook, Instagram and Twitter censor posts on Israeli violence in Jerusalem
Social-media giants including Facebook and Instagram are censoring posts that highlight Israel’s violence and oppression...
read moreGaza and Israel’s Kidnapper’s Dilemma: Keeping a Million Children Brutalized in its dark Basement
A war is when two antagonists fight one another all-out, until in fairly short order one wins and the other loses. Palestine and...
read moreAlert: Mississippi’s conservative-dominated state Supreme Court obliterated the state’s entire ballot initiative process
In the process, the court invalidated a 2020 initiative that voters had passed to legalize medical marijuana, which will also have...
read moreAOC compares Marjorie Taylor Greene to a bar-room drunk as their feud intensifies
Congresswoman from New York reacted sharply to ‘intimidation’ from Republican Source: AOC compares Marjorie Taylor Greene to a...
read moreA Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.
The results show the power of cash transfers to reduce homelessness. Source: Is giving out free money the best way to help homeless...
read moreNew Mexico ACLU sues over treatment of immigrant detainees
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center on Friday sued a private prison company over...
read moreAfter spending 22 years in solitary for stealing a hat, man urges end to psychological torture in prison
“I know what it’s like to be tortured and I know that many people are still being tortured.” Source: After spending 22 years in...
read moreActive-duty Marine Corps Major charged in MAGA riot
Maj. Christopher Warnagiris was arrested Thursday in Virginia and charged with five counts, including assaulting or impeding an...
read moreCDC guidance: Fully vaccinated people don’t have to wear mask indoors
The CDC announced in new guidance Thursday that anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities...
read moreAlert: The country is careening off a cliff — and Democrats are asleep at the wheel
The For the People Act would require a drastic change to the Senate filibuster rules to pass, but Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of...
read moreAOC Says Biden’s Refusal to Condemn Israeli Attacks on Palestinians ‘Takes a Side—the Side of Occupation’
The New York Democrat criticized Biden for failing to acknowledge “what precipitated this cycle of violence—namely, the...
read moreCooper exposes the Republican Party with side-by-side video
CNN’s Anderson Cooper reveals what’s happening within the Republican Party, starting with the vote to remove Rep. Liz...
read moreViruses Don’t Recognize Borders and Neither Should Vaccines
As an Indian American, my family has experienced the worst of this pandemic in two countries. For any of us to be safe, we all need...
read moreGun violence is surging. It’s time to treat it like a public health emergency.
What will it take for Americans to take gun violence seriously? Source: Opinion | Gun violence is surging. It’s time to treat it like...
read moreMore Than 100 Republicans Are Threatening to Form a Third Party if the GOP Does Not Make Certain Changes
More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to form...
read moreThe Origin of COVID: Did People or Nature Open Pandora’s Box at Wuhan?
The political agendas of governments and scientists have generated thick clouds of obfuscation, which the mainstream press seems...
read moreReport Debunks Big Pharma’s ‘Dangerous Narrative’ on Vaccine Supplies
“Pharmaceutical companies have a financial interest in exaggerating their ability to deliver and downplaying the risks.”...
read moreDrug Policy Alliance & The Leadership Conference Lead Coalition of 150+ Organizations Calling on Congress to End Military Equipment Transfers to Local Law Enforcement
Civil rights, drug policy, criminal justice reform, immigration, public health & faith-based groups urge house to support...
read moreExclusive: Newly obtained bodycam footage shows moment DC police officer attacked by pro-Trump rioters
The exclusive footage, which was broadcast on “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon” on Wednesday, was captured by Fanone’s...
read moreFormer acting defense secretary explains why he blocked use of National Guard on Jan. 6
According to Major General William Walker, it was Miller who placed a long line of restrictions on what the National Guard could and...
read moreSanders Urges Labor Secretary to Protect Jobless Benefits as GOP Governors Race to Cut Them Off
The Vermont senator warned that many workers “will be forced into poverty” if Republican leaders are permitted to end...
read moreRansomeware attack on D.C. police resumes with more files released
The group Babuk is threatening to make more information public if D.C. refuses to pay. Source: Ransomeware attack on D.C. police...
read moreAlert: Israeli Defense Minister Threatens ‘Gaza Will Burn’ as IDF Readies Plans for Ground Invasion
Benny Gantz’s comments “should be entered directly as evidence of war crimes to the International Criminal Court,”...
read moreState Tax Revenue Passes a Recovery Milestone
In most states and nationwide, collections overcome early pandemic losses Source: State Tax Revenue Passes a Recovery Milestone | The...
read moreThe PRO Act: What’s in It and Why Is It a Labor Movement Priority?
Frustratingly for those who want to organize, some union-busting activities are legal under current federal labor law; others are...
read moreAlert: Study finds alarming levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in US mothers’ breast milk
Toxic chemicals known as PFAS found in all 50 samples tested at levels nearly 2,000 times what is considered safe in drinking water...
read moreDetails from Dems $2 billion security proposal includes money for heirs of late House members
.Hastings died of pancreatic cancer and Wright died of COVID-19 but in the past, Congress has given families the equivalent of a...
read moreCan Palestinian Lives Matter?
George Floyd’s death penetrated the American imagination. Now Palestinians fight for the right to be human. Will the world see them?...
read moreAlert: Jim Clyburn Undercuts the Democratic Police Reform Bill
In the middle of negotiations over eliminating qualified immunity for police officers, Clyburn says it’s not needed for the overall...
read moreStudy Shows ‘Intentional Policy Decisions’—Not Abstract Market Forces—to Blame for Wage Stagnation
“Wage suppression was an actively sought outcome engineered by policymakers,” concludes the Economic Policy Institute....
read moreChernobyl Radiation Surge ‘Cause for Concern,’ Say Scientists
One nuclear scientist said the situation is “like the embers in a barbecue pit.” Source: Chernobyl Radiation Surge...
read moreWhite supremacy is top security threat, Garland says
Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress on Wednesday that violence incited by white supremacists poses “the most...
read moreCenter for Food Safety Sues NIH Over Unlawfully Keeping Secret Federal Funding of Research Creating New More Virulent Pandemic Viruses
Last week, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the National Institutes of...
read moreTop Republican Raises Prospect of Congress Blocking COVID Vaccine Patent Waivers
The U.S. government opposed TRIPS waivers for COVID-19 vaccines until May 5, when Tai released a statement saying that the Biden...
read moreOn Palestine, the Media Is Allergic to the Truth
Once again, the media are trying to depict the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians as a round of meaningless violence from...
read moreRep Greene Aggressively Confronts Rep Ocasio-Cortez, Causing New York Congresswoman to Raise Security Concerns
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene aggressively confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday and falsely...
read moreAmerica Is Better Off Without War-Monger Liz Cheney– But Kevin McCarthy Is Far, Far Worse
Many of the GOP chickenshit cultists didn’t want to go on record in the vote to cancel Liz Cheney this morning… so...
read moreThe US Must Finally Acknowledge That Israel Is an Apartheid State
The inhibition on describing apartheid as “apartheid” has been eroded by two 2021 reports confirming the allegation. Source: The US...
read moreFight for $15, Undeterred by McDonald’s Raises for Some Workers, Says US Strike Still On for May 19
The pay hike only applies to company-owned restaurants, leaving out employees at 95% of all U.S. locations. Source: Fight for $15,...
read moreTrump Extradition Orders Could Be Blocked or Delayed by DeSantis
Officials in Palm Beach, Florida, are reportedly preparing for the possibility that an out-of-state extradition request for former...
read moreAlert: McConnell Reportedly Assures GOP That He Thinks Sinema Will Kill Biden Tax Hike
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has privately assured his Republican colleagues that centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is...
read moreAlert: Joe Manchin declares he will not support critical voting rights legislation
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has just announced he will not support HR1, the critical voting rights protection and expansion bill...
read moreWhy Young Jews Are Detouring From Israel to Palestine
Some are using Birthright trips to draw attention to the Israeli occupation, its policy of oppression, and the call for a...
read moreIndigenous Rights Defenders Condemn Government Probe Into Critics of Bolsonaro’s Covid Response
A federal judge denounced an investigation into two Indigenous leaders as “an illegal embarrassment.” Source: Indigenous...
read moreGeorgia Supreme Court rules that you CAN use force, and damage property, to resist an unlawful arrest
In essence, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that if police perform an unlawful arrest, the person being arrested can use a...
read moreDonald Trump’s attempt at a one-man social network is falling very, very flat
In the first week the blog “has attracted a little over 212,000 engagements” total “across Facebook, Twitter,...
read moreCops Wrecked a Home, Terrorized a Family, Assaulted a Man. It Was the Wrong Place.
Hernan Palma is suing after he says he was punched in the face and his family restrained by cops during a botched no-knock drug raid....
read moreThousands march in solidarity with Palestine in US capital
Thousands of people in the US capital of Washington, DC marched in solidarity with occupied Palestine on Tuesday amid Israeli...
read moreCOVID variant first detected in India found in 44 countries: WHO
UN health agency says B.1.617 variant of the virus detected in samples uploaded to open-access database ‘from 44 countries in all six...
read moreAlert: Biden Administration Reportedly Blocking UN Cease-Fire Statement as Israel Bombards Gaza
The Biden administration is reportedly blocking the release of a United Nations Security Council statement calling for an immediate...
read moreFailed Leadership, Gross Inequality, and History of Ignored Warnings Allowed Pandemic’s Deadly Spiral: Global Panel
“We have been warned. Let’s not ignore again,” said one member. Source: Failed Leadership, Gross Inequality, and...
read moreTax on Amazon’s Pandemic Profits Could Pay to Vaccinate 580 Million People Worldwide: Oxfam
“A small number of corporate CEOs and wealthy investors have profited in the midst of this pandemic. Even more galling, these...
read moreWATCH: Bernie Sanders Holds Hearing on Pentagon ‘Waste, Fraud, and Cost Overruns’
“The Pentagon remains the only agency in the federal government that cannot pass an independent audit. Not acceptable.”...
read moreStates Can’t Control the Narrative on Israel and Palestine
WHEN ISRAELI TROOPS stormed the Aqsa mosque compound last week during Ramadan prayers, much of the world vicariously experienced the...
read more120+ Retired US Generals and Admirals Pen ‘Disturbing’ Letter Parroting Trump Election Lies
“This should bust the myth that generals automatically deserve our respect,” said Joe Cirincione of the Quincy Institute....
read moreICE Allowed COVID-19 Breakouts and Concealed Hospitalizations, a New Report Shows
Nearly 2,000 people in ICE detention are being monitored for active infections right now. Source: ICE Allowed COVID-19 Breakouts and...
read moreTo expand economy, Biden should increase immigration
Immigration reform should be front and center in the administration’s economic plan, not least because the effects of expanding legal...
read moreArizona Locals Are Revolting Against the Clown-Show ‘Audit’ of Its 2020 Election
The ongoing farce that is the Arizona Audit has begun to alienate the locals, especially now that the people running it are saying...
read moreDemocrats Are Running Out of Time
The political window of opportunity for Joe Biden and Democrats to deliver on their promises to the American people and pass the...
read moreMoral Questioning and the American War Machine
The military is so much a part of the way we function that those born since 9/11 have grown up never having known an America not at...
read moreMcConnell dark money group thanks Sinema for her filibuster help, which is a big problem
Meanwhile, West Virgina Sen. Manchin and Sinema are not backing away from their position that preserving the Jim Crow-era filibuster...
read moreWarren, Sanders Propose Permanently Expanding Food Stamps to College Students
The lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that would help address food insecurity among college students by permanently extending...
read moreChomsky: Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse
Successive Israeli governments have been trying for years to push Palestinians out of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and the latest...
read moreDamning timeline details DOD actions before and during the Capitol riot — and it raises more question than answers
Brannen, Just Security’s editorial director, and Goodman (a U.S. Department of Defense alumni) note that “one of the...
read moreAlert: Fossil fuel air pollution causes almost 1 in 5 deaths globally each year
More than 8 million people around the world die each year as a result of breathing polluted air that contains particles from fossil...
read moreKevin McCarthy Says Nobody’s Questioning The Election, But Lots Of Republicans Are
The same day House Republicans ousted a member of their leadership for saying President Donald Trump lost the election and numerous...
read moreGOP Ouster of ‘Xenophobic Extremist’ Liz Cheney Called ‘Flashing Red Danger Sign’ for Democracy
“Political parties that promote lies and propaganda are setting their countries up for authoritarianism and fascism.”...
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