Are we heading for nuclear war? 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Sanctions, embargos, war games, provocations against countries eventually bring war. In the past before the advent of nuclear weapons...

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Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning 

Mar 30, 2023 by

A Manhattan grand jury has issued the first-ever indictment of a former US president. Buckle up for whatever happens next....

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy invites China’s Xi to visit

Mar 30, 2023 by

Despite its history of being economically aligned and politically favorable toward Russia, China has remained officially neutral...

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The Pentagon’s budget from Hell

Mar 30, 2023 by

Somehow, when it comes to Congress and the mainstream media, the true strangeness of the Pentagon budget always is missing in action....

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China And Russia Deepen Ties To Oppose US’s Destabilizing Actions 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Clearing the FOG speaks with Patrick Lawrence, a journalist and professor with expertise in Asia, about what good relations between...

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Israeli Protesters Say They’re Defending Freedom. Palestinians Know Better. 

Mar 30, 2023 by

The judiciary that protesters say protects their freedom is a key architect of the apartheid regime that has stolen so much freedom...

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Nuclear Power Plant Explosions Keep on Coming – The Monticello Nuclear Plant Joins the List of Exploding Nuclear Plants

Mar 30, 2023 by

A nuclear power plant explosion cover-up is in process once again. An explosion damaged the Minnesota, Monticello nuclear reactor...

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China: Democracy and Development 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Today’s so-called western democracies are governed by one or two chamber parliaments. Representatives are often heavily influenced by...

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The US War Drum Against China Sounds Like: Tik.Tok. 

Mar 30, 2023 by

The ongoing effort to investigate and ban TikTok is not about our privacy, but about fueling more aggression against China....

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The monumental shift taking place in the Middle East 

Mar 30, 2023 by

With this new agreement, Iran and Saudi Arabia have turned over a new leaf in their relationship as each side pursues their...

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How American Cultural Assumptions Keep Us From Having Universal Health Care 

Mar 30, 2023 by

The first belief is that America is the greatest nation in the world, and hence our health care is better than anywhere else. Second,...

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A State of Never-Ending Crisis: The Government Is Fomenting Mass Hysteria 

Mar 30, 2023 by

With alarming regularity, the nation is being subjected to a spate of violence that terrorizes the public, destabilizes the country,...

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‘Nothing Short of Catastrophic’: Federal Judge Strikes Down ACA Preventative Care Provision

Mar 30, 2023 by

“Another reason why we need Medicare for All—the milquetoast ACA is being dismantled before our eyes,” said one...

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Why Biden’s Transit Ban Is Inhumane 

Mar 30, 2023 by

The proposed asylum rule violates the law, endangers the vulnerable, and undermines U.S. interests.  

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New York City Retirees Fight Their Own Unions To Stop Catastrophic Health Care Cuts 

Mar 30, 2023 by

New York City’s Municipal Labor Committee voted March 9 to scrap some of the best retiree health care coverage in the country. The...

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Here Are the Senators Taking the Most Money from the NRA

Mar 30, 2023 by

The pro-gun group is going through a rough patch, but its grip on the GOP holds tight.  

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Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes: A $23 Million Payoff

Mar 30, 2023 by

Last week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high...

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“The Iran-Saudi deal is a fatal blow to the Arab-Israeli pact against Iran”, interview with Dr. Javad Masoumi

Mar 30, 2023 by

Due to the fact that both countries are Muslim, Iran and Saudi Arabia will never directly go to war with each other. But they have...

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Alert; Biden administration moves ahead with massive Gulf of Mexico drilling auction, weeks after approving Willow Project 

Mar 30, 2023 by

On Wednesday, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease sale for an area that’s more than double the...

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US Minimum Wage Would Be $42 Today If It Rose as Much as Wall St. Bonuses: Analysis

Mar 30, 2023 by

“The total bonus pool for 190,800 New York City-based Wall Street employees in 2022 was $33.7 billion—enough to pay for...

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Fresh Clashes Rock France As Protests Shift To Water Dispute 

Mar 30, 2023 by

“While the country is rising up to defend pensions, we will simultaneously stand up to defend water,” said the organisers....

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Evacuations in Minnesota After Fiery Derailment of Train Carrying Ethanol

Mar 30, 2023 by

The train was operated by BNSF, which has lobbied aggressively against safety regulations in recent years.  

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Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry

Mar 30, 2023 by

It’s important to note that the $842 billion proposed price tag for the Pentagon next year will only be the beginning of what...

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The Mouse Roared: Disney has quietly foiled De Santis’s Plan to control its Florida businesses

Mar 30, 2023 by

According to an article just published in the Orlando Sentinel, the day before the Florida House voted to give De Satanis (R-FL)...

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Why We Must Defend Against the GOP Plan to Destroy Public Education 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Our public schools shouldn’t be pawns for politicians’ ambitions. Or defunded and destroyed by ideologues. We are at a...

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House Progressives Offer Biden ‘Bold Vision’ With Executive Action Agenda for 2023

Mar 30, 2023 by

“The list that we have arrived at is not just a messaging exercise,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said. “These are actions...

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Progressives decry Biden’s pivot to right in run-up to 2024: ‘Feet to the fire’ 

Mar 30, 2023 by

From oil to immigration, the president’s reversal from his 2020 campaign pledges might turn away more voters than it attracts...

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Lack of Climate Outrage: US Policy and Media Indifferent, Still

Mar 30, 2023 by

We still do not see the outrage where it matters. We still confront deniers. And our governments are not taking the climate crisis...

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Permit to buy handgun no longer required in North Carolina 

Mar 30, 2023 by

North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a permit from a local sheriff, after the Republican-controlled...

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Exxon in the classroom: how big oil money influences US universities 

Mar 30, 2023 by

  Princeton denies Exxon has had an undue influence over the university’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, which...

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Poll: Most Say Government Spends ‘Too Little’ On Social Security And Health

Mar 30, 2023 by

the percentage of Americans in the poll who say the government spends “too much” also say the government spends too...

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Biden-Netanyahu spat bursts into full view 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Netanyahu’s defiant response to Biden overnight Wednesday shook Israel’s political and security establishment and exposed the prime...

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‘Enough Is Enough’: Democrats Propose Plan to Combat GOP’s Anti-Trans Onslaught

Mar 30, 2023 by

“Lives are at stake. The health, safety, and freedom of trans people are at stake,” said Sen. Ed Markey. “Congress...

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AI leaders call for a Pause to AI 

Mar 30, 2023 by

A group of the highest level AI leaders, though notably not all of them at the leading companies like OpenAI, have signed a joint...

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“Constitutional Crisis” in Israel – Yehudism is the driving force

Mar 30, 2023 by

Yehudism is a supremacist, predatory, violent and murderous ideology, which evolved in Israel out of Orthodox-Judaism, fostered and...

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Twitter pushes hate speech to ‘For You’ pages despite Elon Musk pledge 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Twitter’s recommendation algorithm pushes racist and hateful content into the “For You” timelines of users who follow...

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Democracy vs Dictatorship: A U.S. Case Study 

Mar 30, 2023 by

We are rapidly approaching an inflection point; either a rise back to a strong democracy, or a descent into the dark dictatorship...

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Iraq and Syria survived the US-NATO attack and the destruction 

Mar 30, 2023 by

The destruction of two nations, sitting side by side in the Middle East, began in 1996 with the strategy paper called “A Clean...

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Brazil and China sign pact to abandon dollar 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Beijing and Brasilia have signed an agreement on trade in mutual currencies, abandoning the US dollar as an intermediary, and are...

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Spanish company provided CIA with information leading to Julian Assange’s arrest 

Mar 30, 2023 by

Emails from the owner of UC Global reveal that he sold data about the Wikileaks founder’s legal defense strategy to the intelligence...

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Moscow outlines Ukraine peace demands 

Mar 29, 2023 by

 Russia’s deputy foreign minister has listed ten steps Kiev must take before hostilities can end  

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China warns of retaliation if Taiwan’s president meets US House speaker during visit 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Beijing has urged the US not to allow Tsai Ing-wen to transit through the US, saying it would be a ‘provocation’...

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UN Security Council Won’t Probe Nord Stream Bombing

Mar 29, 2023 by

The Only Members Who Voted In Favor Of Investigating The Sabotage Were Russia, China, And Brazil.  

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Russia’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus: Escalation or Deterrence? 

Mar 29, 2023 by

while the decision was officially made after the United Kingdom announced it would supply depleted uranium munitions to the Kiev...

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Everything that can be done must done to avert global nuclear annihilation.

Mar 29, 2023 by

There’s always an excuse for nuclear madness, and the United States has certainly provided ample rationales for the Russian...

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US-Israel Tensions Over Judicial Overhaul Burst Into Open

Mar 29, 2023 by

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel responded defiantly on Wednesday to sharp criticism from President Biden over his...

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Video: War and Crimes against Humanity. “Fake Intelligence” and the Destruction of Countries

Mar 29, 2023 by

In this video interview, Michel Chossudovsky reviews the war crimes committed by US-NATO against numerous countries in the wake of...

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American Consensus on Ukraine Has Fractured

Mar 29, 2023 by

Here’s how the war could play out in the 2024 presidential campaign.  

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Committing Acts of Kindness Is Good for Your Brain

Mar 29, 2023 by

When we undertake an act of kindness, endorphins, oxytocin and dopamine are released in our brains.  

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‘A Great Start’: Peace Advocates Cheer Senate Repeal of Iraq War Authorization

Mar 29, 2023 by

“A larger and far more consequential challenge remains: repealing the 2001 AUMF which authorized the global war on...

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It’s immoral to serve in an immoral military

Mar 29, 2023 by

Deciding to enter the military is only morally justifiable if your country’s military is used in a moral and just way. There’s a...

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Rights Groups Blame Horrific Mexico Fire on ‘Inhumane’ Migration Policies

Mar 29, 2023 by

“The U.S. and Mexican governments must work together to ensure that migrants receive access to asylum and to fair and efficient...

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31 Ideas To Meaningfully Celebrate Earth Day (2023)

Mar 29, 2023 by

April 22 is Earth Day! This annual celebration is an opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for change around the issues most...

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Bad Faith UN Report On Nicaragua Whitewashes Violent US-Backed Coup 

Mar 29, 2023 by

A New, Anonymously-Produced UN Report Denouncing Nicaragua’s Government Whitewashes The Brutal US-Backed 2018 Coup Against It While...

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Alert: Biden to auction off Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico for oil drilling

Mar 29, 2023 by

In latest blow to Joe Biden’s reputation as the ‘climate president’, 73.3m acres of the gulf will be offered for fossil fuel...

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Police Use ‘Less Lethal’ Weapons To Crush Social Movements Worldwide 

Mar 29, 2023 by

A New Report Finds That More Than 121,000 People Globally Were Injured Or Killed By Crowd-Control Weapons Since 2015....

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Drug overdose antidote Narcan goes over-the-counter 

Mar 29, 2023 by

The FDA move came as a top Biden official called fentanyl overdose deaths ‘the single greatest challenge we face as a country.’...

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Supreme Court justices under new ethics disclosures on trips, other gifts 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Supreme Court justices and all federal judges must provide a fuller public accounting of free trips, meals and other gifts they...

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California takes on oil companies again with law that could cap profits in state

Mar 29, 2023 by

The California governor’s oil profits cap is another blow to one of Sacramento’s most formidable lobbying powers....

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NY to Pay Broadwater $5.5 Million After Wrongful Conviction for Sebold’s Rape 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Anthony J. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in the assault in Syracuse, N.Y., which Ms. Sebold, a...

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It Is Time to Show the American People Photographs of Children Massacred by Gun Violence

Mar 29, 2023 by

Pictures convey reality in a way that words cannot. One of these days, the parents of children murdered in a school shooting may make...

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How the AR-15 became a powerful political, cultural symbol in America

Mar 29, 2023 by

The AR-15 wasn’t supposed to be a best-seller. It’s the result of a dramatic shift in American gun culture fueled by the...

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Idaho GOP Invents ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Crime to Block Minors From Care

Mar 29, 2023 by

“Human trafficking is a terrible crime where one person takes another person against their will,” said one state...

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‘I Don’t Like Censorship’: Omar Slams Proposed TikTok Ban as Hawley Aims to Fast-Track Passage

Mar 29, 2023 by

“There are very legitimate concerns about privacy and the harvesting of private user data on social media platforms, but this...

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In Criminal Cases, Poor People Lose 

Mar 29, 2023 by

In criminal cases, poor people lose most of the time. Not because indigent defense is inadequately funded, although it is. And not...

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Alert; AI could replace 300 million workers

Mar 29, 2023 by

 Two-thirds of jobs in the US and Europe are vulnerable to some degree of Artificial Intelligence automation, a report has claimed...

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Donald Trump hush money grand jury takes one-month hiatus 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Despite his false claim he would be indicted last week, Donald Trump isn’t going to see any indictment any time soon — at least...

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Israel Protests: “Democracy” in an Apartheid Regime? 

Mar 29, 2023 by

The glaring omission in the demonstrations has been any mention of those who are the primary targets of the new regime — the...

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Forget geoengineering. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. Right now 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Pie-in-the-sky fantasies of carbon capture and geoengineering are a way for decision-makers to delay taking real action...

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House Republicans Are Becoming a Bigger Thorn in Alvin Bragg’s Side 

Mar 29, 2023 by

The Manhattan DA shot down another request for testimony from three committee chairmen, who have threatened to subpoena Bragg should...

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‘Lesser Evil’ Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Over The Weekend, Biden Bragged About His Support For Even More Resources Than “MAGA Republicans” To “Secure The Border” On Twitter....

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Elon Musk has turned Twitter into a disinformation service for hire, and it’s getting much worse

Mar 29, 2023 by

One of Musk’s first actions in his ridiculous purchase of Twitter was to set up the $8/month “Twitter Blue” accounts that allowed...

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The fight to expose corporations’ real impact on the climate 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Most carbon emissions caused by businesses are hidden from sight.  

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IRAQ 20 Years after “Shock and Awe.” The Wealthy Prevail at the Expense of World Safety and Freedom 

Mar 29, 2023 by

We will talk in this episode about the illegality of this war with the complicity of the United Nations Security Council, the truth...

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Alert; Biden’s rightward shift linked to hire of new Chief of Staff 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Recently, the Biden White House has taken a very abrupt and very unwelcome shift to the right, as seen in the controversial decisions...

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Credit Suisse Complicit in ‘Massive’ Conspiracy to Help Rich Americans Dodge Taxes: Senate Report

Mar 29, 2023 by

“Republican budget cuts have decimated the IRS’s ability to root out this kind of offshore tax evasion scheme,”...

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Alert: Without Rank Choice Voting Trump Could Win the 2024 Nomination 

Mar 29, 2023 by

Like in 2016, the pathway to the nomination is clear due to the “winner take all” rules in most GOP states; Rank Choice...

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U.S. and Mexico weighing deal for Mexico to crack down on fentanyl going north while U.S. cracks down on guns going south

Mar 29, 2023 by

The tentative agreement is the result of months of tense discussions between top Biden administration officials and the Mexican...

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‘Huge Blow to the Rule of Law,’ Donziger Says of Supreme Court Decision on Chevron Case

Mar 29, 2023 by

“The three liberal Supreme Court justices decided to let Donziger’s absurd contempt conviction stand,” said one...

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Ginni Thomas backed Donald Trump’s attempted coup. Now the Supreme Court spouse has a new project

Mar 29, 2023 by

The Post’s scoop is that this new Thomas-led group had nearly $600,000 funneled to it between 2019-2022 from anonymous...

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The End of the World Has Always Been Just Around the Corner 

Mar 28, 2023 by

We’ve been predicting the world’s final days from the very beginning—it now just seems closer than ever before....

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They’re rebooting “Axis Of Evil” on the 20th Anniversary of the Iraq invasion 

Mar 28, 2023 by

The western political/media class has suddenly resurrected the phrase “Axis of Evil” in recent days to refer to the increasing...

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A $1 trillion defense budget would be madness 

Mar 28, 2023 by

Total spending on national defense — including work on nuclear weapons at the Department of Energy — comes in at $886...

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‘The Billionaire Bailout’: FDIC Chair Says the Biggest Deposit Accounts at SVB Held $13 Billion

Mar 28, 2023 by

“The bailout really did protect billionaires from taking a modest haircut,” one observer wrote in response to the FDIC...

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Anti-Abortion Republicans Are Pushing State Legislation to Undermine Election Results

Mar 28, 2023 by

The Republican Party has a problem: Individual freedom for women to choose how they handle their reproductive health is wildly...

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The SVB Collapse Reveals the Class Bias in American Policymaking

Mar 28, 2023 by

When bankers blow their businesses up, it’s no-questions-asked bailout time. When student borrowers need relief, not so much....

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Could the Final Surprise in Russia’s War in Ukraine Be a Mushroom Cloud? 

Mar 28, 2023 by

Though neither Russia nor the United States seeks a nuclear war, it’s at least possible that they could slide into one....

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Oh Look, More Dead Kids 

Mar 28, 2023 by

What to say. More gun carnage, this time in Nashville, where three children and three adults were shot dead at a private Christian...

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What Ukraine Needs to Learn From Afghanistan 

Mar 28, 2023 by

The world’s biggest economic loser in 2022 was Ukraine, where the economy collapsed by 35 percent according to the International...

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With US Opposed, UN Security Council Rejects Russia-Led Push for Nord Stream Probe

Mar 28, 2023 by

Brazil and China supported Russia’s request while the U.S. and other members of the United Nations Security Council abstained....

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West’s Uneven Response to Human Rights Crimes Exposes Broken Global System: Amnesty

Mar 28, 2023 by

“As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75, Amnesty International insists that a rules-based international system...

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Senate Defeats Cruz Amendment That Would Have Authorized War With Iran

Mar 28, 2023 by

One observer called the Texas Republican’s proposal “pernicious.”  

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Mike Pence must testify about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021, judge rules 

Mar 28, 2023 by

A federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald...

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Health experts call for bold action to prioritize health over profit

Mar 28, 2023 by

A new Series published in The Lancet describes how, although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society, the...

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Teachers Union Leader Calls for Defending Public Education From ‘Dangerous’ GOP Attacks

Mar 28, 2023 by

“A great nation does not fear people being educated,” said American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten....

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Jon Stewart: Here’s why Trump was elected president in the first place 

Mar 28, 2023 by

Stewart told Zakaria, “The reason why Donald Trump became popular in the first place and the reason (for) these populist...

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‘The Inhumanity Defies Words’: Italy Seizes Banksy-Funded Migrant Rescue Ship as Dozens Drown

Mar 28, 2023 by

“These deaths are not an accident nor a tragedy,” said the ship’s crew. “They are wanted.”...

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Scientists warned a decade ago American lives were shortening. Then it got worse

Mar 28, 2023 by

A decade after a landmark report on Americans’ shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations,...

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Russia’s UN mission accuses US of ‘discrimination’

Mar 28, 2023 by

Washington delays Russian diplomats’ visas and imposes travel restrictions on them, an official says  

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China And Russia Deepen Ties To Oppose US’s Destabilizing Actions 

Mar 28, 2023 by

Clearing the FOG speaks with Patrick Lawrence, a journalist and professor with expertise in Asia, about what good relations between...

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