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“This is an open admission that Trump hopes to use the Supreme Court to steal the election.” Source: Trump Says He Is...
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“Trump and his cowardly enablers, they all have blood on their hands,” said an activist who lost his father to Covid-19....
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A “coup” against Trump. Postal workers stealing the election. Welcome to 2020 according to right-wing media. Source: Tucker Carlson...
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Armed With State Funding And Weapons Industry Sponsors, A Handful Of Influential Think Tanks Are Setting The Terms Of The New Cold...
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As Joe Biden faces an enthusiasm gap in the polls, raising a very serious possibility of Donald Trump winning reelection, the...
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“The FinCEN Files reveal that the system we’ve established to follow that money is broken. It’s time to overhaul...
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While the Trump administration publicly downplays the rise of the far right, Homeland Security anticipates “physical threats” to the...
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Metronome’s digital clock in Manhattan has been reprogrammed to illustrate a critical window for action to prevent the effects of...
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“To pretend that norms will constrain Trump or McConnell would be folly, yes. But for Democrats, the media, and the public to...
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The reporters behind the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers have more to share. We should pay attention. Source: FinCen Files...
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The shortage is a dangerous failure for hundreds of thousands of nurses re-wearing disposable respirator masks. Source: Why N95 masks...
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At the White House Conference, President Trump said history teachers’ focus on slavery has taught children to hate their...
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At best, myths about Black Lives Matter prevent people from giving their support. At worst, these myths actively detract from the...
read moreMinnesota officials have used a variety of digital surveillance tools to track protestors, but now they openly admit to using...
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The Republicans lie about the harm they do to the planet, and the Democrats lie and pretend they’re not doing the very same...
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Covax aims to gets some doses to every participating country — but not everyone thinks that makes most sense. Source: Coronavirus...
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While rural hospitals have been closing at a quickening pace over the past two decades, a number of inner-city hospitals now face a...
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the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Fines and Fees program, which assists returning citizens who have outstanding fees to...
read moreFormer Rep. Dana Rohrabacher discussed some kind of pardon if Julian Assange would play ball about Russian ties, Assange’s lawyer...
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“It’s going to get worse because there is nothing for the people we surveyed who earn under $100,000 a year to fall back...
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Foreign Minister Arreaza Accused The UN Mission Of “Playing Politics With Human Rights.” Source: Venezuela Blasts ‘Politicized’...
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“This is not just unlawful but it’s also a prime example of this president’s failed leadership and...
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Sanders delegates and other progressive Dems, worried about his ties to the military, want less Pentagon spending and more focus on...
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Police aren’t social workers. A new proposal would stop them from doing both jobs. Source: A New Crisis Hotline Could Serve As an...
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“The over-consumption of a wealthy minority is fueling the climate crisis, yet it is poor communities and young people who are...
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A 9th Circuit Court ruling on ICE could reshape immigration enforcement and ought to become the law of the land. Source: A federal...
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The practice of transferring people from prisons with outbreaks has already proven deadly but has not stopped. Source: I’m Living in...
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Gates’ ‘funding’ results in an erasure of democracy and biodiversity, of nature and culture. His...
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Judges dramatically reduced bail amounts as high as $1 million Thursday that had been set this week for several people accused of...
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The number of coronavirus cases is doubling roughly every seven days, and new restrictions are expected. Source: UK to face 50,000...
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“The indication is there’s a systemic lack of informed and legally valid consent to perform procedures that could ultimately result...
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One critic warned that “this decision imperils the health of our children and the safety of drinking water supplies across much...
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In New Orleans, hospitals sent patients infected with the coronavirus into hospice facilities or back to their families to die at...
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Texas police officer was indicted this week in the death of a Black woman who was killed outside her apartment more than a year ago,...
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On April 5, 44-year-old Tommie McGlothen died while in police custody in Shreveport, La. In June, The Root reported that McGlothen’s...
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Despite coronavirus,crowding continues insideCalifornia’s system. Source: Photos Show California Prison Crowding Before COVID-19 |...
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“He certainly wasn’t posing an imminent threat of violence or harm to anyone and he certainly wasn’t concealed,” prosecutor Sim Gill...
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Hispanic leaders and organizations noted the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s focus on civil, voting and...
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Here is a list of four Republicans senators who have said they will oppose a vote before the election:Maine Sen. Susan Collins told...
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Zinn believed that teaching the unvarnished truth about history was the best way to combat propaganda. Source: Trump Accused Howard...
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We will never see it, reports USA Today. By a party line vote, the committee’s four conservative members voted to block its...
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Reverend Doctor T. Anthony Spearman found himself in an unusual dilemma. He was greatly worried about private, for-profit commercial...
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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The London pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-Arabi (Arab Jerusalem) reports that the Israeli parliament,...
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As the GOP moves to seat a new nominee, some lawmakers call for ending the filibuster and expanding the court. Source:...
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“Acting” Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, who the Government Accountability Office believes is not legitimate...
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With rising concern that Donald Trump would attempt to push out a vaccine ahead of the election, despite a lack of data on safety and...
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With the devastating departure of our beloved Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump’s ability to turn yet another election at the Supreme Court...
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“Our hearts go out to those suffering today, in the sober knowledge that this may turn out to be but a foretaste of the...
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Timothy Rich says international monitors have shown they can provide an effective means to reduce public concerns about fraud and...
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Massive tax cuts by Republican presidents (Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Donald Trump) have transferred fully $50 trillion from...
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The National Task Force on Election Crises warned that “period of uncertainty” caused by surge in mail-in ballots could...
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Journalist Dahr Jamail says what’s happening in the US is frighteningly similar to what he saw while reporting in Iraq. Source:...
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Faced with a president who continually dismisses the dangers of global warming and has taken numerous measures to expand fossil fuel...
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More than 50,000 workers have taken time off for virus-related reasons, slowing mail delivery. The Postal Service doesn’t test...
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Climate change is fast making large parts of the US uninhabitable. As the South and the Southwest grow more dangerous and hot, people...
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The inadequate response of both the federal and state governments to the Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the United...
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The State Department’s Silence Has Been Deafening Following The Arrest Of A US Citizen And Former CIA Operative Allegedly Caught...
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Economist James Galbraith explains what the U.S. economy will need to get back on its feet. Source: Deconstructed: Democrats, Don’t...
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In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drew a great deal of criticism in the medical community for posting...
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Increased financial strain amid the pandemic is forcing more hospitals that serve low-income patients to close. Source: Hospitals...
read moreIf it feels like you’re working harder for less money than your parents’ and grandparents’ generations,...
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Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted...
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In 2016, the Alexandria, Kentucky, police chief talked the city into hiring a social worker — and four years on, the current...
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In a new complaint to the Federal Election Commission, the nonprofit Campaign Legal Center said a pattern of contributions by DeJoy’s...
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Cities like Los Angeles, Seattle and New Orleans are aiming to tackle another, longer-term emergency — the climate crisis...
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To defend our democracy, we need to fortify it. One way is by strengthening the principle of majority rule while defending and...
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It sure seems like the Qatari government is using a dummy office to pay the president. Countless other foreign and American companies...
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The U.S. needs a lot of immigration if it’s to achieve its potential and thrive in the coming century. Source: America’s...
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NPR and PBS Frontline spent months digging into internal industry documents and interviewing top former officials. We found that the...
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For the signatories of the Abraham Accords, peace means squashing people’s freedoms to unlock unfettered exchanges of...
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Portland’s new district attorney said he wouldn’t prosecute most protesters. Police kept arresting them anyway. Source: Portland’s...
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Human activities are causing an “unprecedented” and alarming decline in wildlife populations around the world, a new...
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He’s planning to issue an executive order promoting a “patriotic education” in schools. Source: Trump Claims Teaching Kids About...
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The order is a setback in the president’s efforts to block a Chinese social media app that he has labeled a national security threat....
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Fifteen women at the nation’s largest federal prison filed suit, saying sexual abuse at FCC Coleman in Florida was widespread....
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U.S. tech company Oracle is joining hands with Walmart to become a technology partner with TikTok, an arrangement that satisfies the...
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Bolivia’s de facto president Jeanine Ánez announced Thursday through a recorded message her decision to ‘put...
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“Trump thinks of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans like a poll number or a stock market price.” Source:...
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Trump’s former director of national intelligence on how to firmly and unambiguously reassure all Americans that their vote will be...
read morePresident Donald Trump can win via a constitutional coup d’état—via the first-ever use of the 12th Amendment. And yesterday, Trump...
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Smoke from the fires in California, Oregon and Washington has reached Europe, as evidence emerges that the fires burned far more...
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The president’s latest baseless attack on mail-in ballots drew yet another warning from Twitter. Source: ‘Existential...
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During an appearance on MSNBC, Trump’s former longtime fixer and personal attorney told host Joy Reid that he predicts Trump, if he...
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Joe Biden has made clear he would veto Medicare for All because it costs too much. But when it comes to the military, ballooning the...
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The UN General Assembly has declared September 21 to be the International Day for Peace (Peace Day) devoted to strengthening the...
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Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence...
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Regarding Palestine and Israel both parties’ establishments are quite clear on offering Israel unlimited and unconditional support....
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A Defense Department official said the emails were a routine inventory check to determine what equipment was available. Source: White...
read moreMeanwhile, protests erupted in Palestine, Bahrain and UAE over signing of the deal. Thousands of protesters took to streets shouting...
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Under Trump, the collaboration of armed white supremacist Trump supporters and police is an explosive mix of violence aimed at...
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The US military has been unable to find any evidence that the Russian government paid bounties on US troops to Taliban-linked...
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“Many older Americans cannot afford—let alone survive—another four years of President Trump.” Source: Warning...
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Venezuela’s representative before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Jorge Valero Tuesday rejected Donald Trump...
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But, as spying on protesters—not just at 2020’s March on Washington, but at Black Lives Matter demonstrations across the country this...
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Israel has twisted its laws and contorted its politics to protect the occupation. The UAE and Bahrain deals won’t create peace...
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The new legislation, according to Sanders’ office, would help “families generate savings, wealth, and credit, while...
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Amy Dorris alleges Trump forced his tongue down her throat and groped her at 1997 US Open Source: Donald Trump accused of sexual...
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A lot of police organizations across the U.S. have been using what are known as “heat lists” or pre-crime databases for years. “Heat...
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All the while, the people suffer. It makes you wonder just how long this perilous neglect can last before the bearings finally...
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Are you surprised? Source: Bill Barr Wants Protesters Charged With Trying to Overthrow the U.S. Government | Vanity Fair
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