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Shaub served as director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics from 2013-2017. He resigned in the middle of Trump’s first year in...
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Pandemic containment is giving states an excuse to extend modes of surveillance and control indefinitely. Source: Emergency COVID-19...
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“Clearly he’s planning to corrupt the $2 trillion in spending Congress just approved, whether it’s by steering the...
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A more realistic threat is that state officials could use the extraordinary powers available to them during a major public health...
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This is a case of one side resorting to extraordinarily undemocratic means to try to hold a power. This is the story of the growing...
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Universal vote-by-mail is the only way to ensure free and fair elections in November. Source: Democrats Should Make Voting Reform a...
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“The disastrous election in Wisconsin is an urgent reminder of what could happen nationwide if Congress doesn’t...
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“That provision’s a body blow to transparency when we need it most.” Source: ‘Extremely Alarming’:...
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We live with a profound paradox. Our lives are powerfully affected by worldwide economic, communications, transportation, food...
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ICE and its detention facilities have failed to adequately provide soap and sanitizer or introduce social distancing. Nor has it...
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At least 1,324 confirmed coronavirus cases are tied to prisons and jails across the United States, according to data tracked by The...
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Poor people get it in the neck coming and going. It’s not just that they don’t have direct deposit accounts. Many, if not most, are...
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As US food banks handle record demand and grocery stores struggle to keep shelves stocked, farmers are dumping fresh milk and plowing...
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Innocence claims are among the many legal matters potentially delayed by the spread of COVID-19, a pandemic that has brought the Cook...
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“While Congress works to provide economic relief to the American people and small businesses, lawmakers cannot ignore the impact this...
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Eight youth-heavy progressive groups challenged former Vice President Joe Biden to adopt a host of left-leaning policy stances in...
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The American Civil Liberties Union launched a nationwide television ad campaign, paired with a targeted ad buy in key states, urging...
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Trump, unburdened by conscience, is already claiming that 100,000 pandemic deaths would be a victory. Mix in some voter suppression...
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“If anything, we should err on the side of testing ‘too much’—we’re *nowhere* near that.” Source:...
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“This is cruel and unnecessary.” Source: New ‘Appalling’ Rejection of Asylum-Seekers Shows Trump Admin Using...
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That massive failure has left states to fend for themselves, but as The Washington Post points out, their ability to pick up the...
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The ruling is the latest setback to Republican efforts to restrict the restoration of voting rights. Source: Federal judge expands...
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Millions of Nigerians are urging the Nigerian government to reject Monsanto’s attempts to introduce genetically modified (GMO) cotton...
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Today, and not for the first time, Cuba is winning international praise for extended support to humanity. This effort by Cuban...
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Travelers seeded multiple cases starting as early as mid-February, genomes show. Source: Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From...
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Newly unemployed people may qualify for subsidized insurance or no-cost government benefits. Source: Lost Your Job And Need Health...
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.So, here are a few videos on breathing techniques that may improve lung health not only for COVID-19, but also for everyday life....
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A federal judge has ordered the Miami-Dade jail system to provide soap and cleaning supplies to those behind bars, ensure social...
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Leaked recordings of a Home Office conference call reveal that the UK government has all but given up in its fight against the novel...
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“If the FAA has given General Atomics approval for them to operate their newest drone over a major metropolitan area, this is one of...
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The report, titled “EVERYONE BUT US,” charges Donald Trump with misapplying and mismanaging our nation’s medical supplies in the...
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They let Bolsonaro keep his title but he no longer has any decision making power. Keeping him in office avoids an uprising by the...
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Trump did not cause the virus. But he owns the crisis anyway. The average Chinese in any location had virtually zero responsibility...
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In an election in which a record number of people may attempt to vote by absentee ballot, Republican state officials can choose...
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“Let us go forward together. The struggle continues.” Source: Bernie Sanders Ends 2020 Campaign With Vow to Continue...
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According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, the federal government is quietly seizing supply orders from states and hospitals,...
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This is not just a one-time, resist-and-dump Trump campaign we’re undertaking but the mobilization of a long-term grassroots...
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Conservative majorities in the Wisconsin and U.S. Supreme Courts ruled separately on Monday to rig the April 7 elections in Wisconsin...
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Well, here’s something we didn’t know was part of the $2 trillion federal relief package: a provision that makes it...
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Employer-based health insurance during the current coronavirus outbreak, said one researcher behind the study, “is like an...
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“Millions of workers and their families have been stripped of health insurance during a pandemic. Inaction is not an...
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The letter comes as calls mount globally for urgent government actions to limit the spread of the coronavirus in jails and prisons....
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“Why would we want a return to normalcy? We need a vision for the future, not a return to the pas Source: ‘Return to...
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Yet again, the FBI has failed to uphold basic safeguards to protect US persons from illicit surveillance. The Department of Justice’s...
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States and hospitals scramble to set guidelines that could prioritize pregnant women, health-care workers — and even some...
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Major supermarket chains are beginning to report their first coronavirus-related employee deaths, leading to store closures and...
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Yesterday Trump called once again for slashing the payroll tax — the primary funding mechanism for Social Security. Source:...
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Pino Arlacchi, the former Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Prevention, says US is behaving like...
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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee ask the Department of Homeland Security to explain why it thinks emergency powers...
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While The United States Government And Corporate Media Point Fingers At China, Accusing The Chinese Government Of Under-Reporting The...
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Napolitano said that Kushner’s proposal “terrifies those of us who believe the Constitution and believes what it says. The Fourth...
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The new study estimates 1.25 billion workers in the hardest-hit sectors “are facing a drastic and devastating reduction in...
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The affluent political class supports Coronavirus Care For All because they fear getting COVID from poor people, but that same...
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In Alabama and elsewhere, canceled hearings and new procedures are complicating the parole process for people hoping to be freed....
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“We must not allow Republicans to exploit the pandemic to engage in voter suppression.” Source: ‘We Must...
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The Network in Defense of Humanity – US Chapter expresses our heartfelt solidarity with the people of Venezuela and its only...
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Former Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub this week called Trump’s latest move against government IGs as “late-stage...
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There was a massive drop in the number of U.S. apartment renters who managed to pay their April rent in the first week of the month....
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The conservative majority just approved one of the most brazen acts of voter suppression in modern times. Source: Supreme Court...
read moreFour trillion dollars to the President’s minions. And the Special Inspector General has been “removed” from his...
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In a London court hearing yesterday, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser declared that the extradition show trial of Julian Assange will...
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President Donald Trump has fired two top Inspectors General since Friday, and freely admitted Tuesday he is targeting for firing at...
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An executive order quietly signed Monday makes clear the president. does not feel bound by international treaties on space...
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Specifically, a new report from the bipartisan House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee — based on interviews with all of the...
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The NYPD saw a .7% increase of its uniformed workforce on sick report since a day ago. Source: NYPD: 19.3% of department on sick...
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One of the major obstacles that’s prevented us from gathering more evidence on how long the virus sheds is the ongoing lack of...
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The Bronx Zoo tiger testing positive for COVID-19 is alarming news. Slaughterhouse workers are also stricken Source: Article: Could...
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Democrats cannot simply hope that charges levied at Joe Biden will be ignored by Donald Trump. Source: On the Perils of Ignoring Tara...
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Donald Trump hunted for a new scapegoat on Tuesday in an increasingly frantic attempt to shift blame for thousands of American deaths...
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Multiple landlords tell Axios that Staples didn’t propose any sort of deferred payments, nor would it pledge to pay May rents....
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President Donald Trump’s hotels in D.C., New York and Chicago all seem to qualify for benefits from the coronavirus bailout. So does...
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“For 60 years, you have been an example and an invaluable resource for all the peoples of the world… A nation that is...
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The conveners of the People’s Bailout have gained political initiative by crafting an empowering framework and pushing it out to tens...
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President Donald Trump is more forthright about this than most. He recently dismissed Democrats’ calls to empower the whole country...
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned in a scathing dissent that the right-wing majority’s ruling “will result in massive...
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Trump’s businesses are under duress like everyone else’s, motivating him to grab whatever cash is nearby. Apparently there’s good...
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The pandemic has helped green-light plans and projects that encountered opposition before the crisis. Source: The COVID-19 Outbreak...
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“We are deeply concerned that African American communities are being hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that racial bias may...
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Weapons manufacturers get a life raft while the rest of us drown. Source: As the World Economy Grinds to a Halt, the U.S. War Machine...
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The Brennan Center submitted a letter to the Governors of the fifty states urging them to use their Executive Authority as Governor...
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As of this writing, 12,242 people have died in the United States as a result of COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease...
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“We are adrift, about to sink, because if there is one person to be infected, in our unit we would all perish.” Source:...
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“So this is a huge, unprecedented, devastating hit,” she said. “I think the total is continuing to rise, and how bad it gets, I think...
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“People are being forced to risk their lives to place their vote or fulfill their right as an American to vote.” Source:...
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A first-of-its-kind program that will deploy almost a thousand people across Massachusetts may be a small-scale test of what public...
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The FBI conducted “terrorism” investigations into Americans for supporting Palestinian rights, documents obtained by The Intercept...
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The Pentagon has ordered all its commands, bases, and personnel to stop reporting statistics on COVID-19 infections and deaths in the...
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COVID-19 lockdowns are putting people with abusive partners at greater risk for domestic violence, Secretary-General António Guterres...
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Barely a week after the enactment of a $2 trillion economic rescue package, Congress is already preparing for more, as the needs of...
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There’s no doubt that Bernie Sanders will do all he can to help defeat Donald Trump. That imperative would not be served by...
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These farmworkers play an essential role in U.S. agriculture. They pick fresh fruits and vegetables, which are often difficult or...
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As Blue and White leader reportedly acquiesces to annexing West Bank to form unity government, American Jewish signatories warn move...
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“A direct insult to the American taxpayers—of all political stripes—who want to make sure that their tax dollars...
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As the government rushes to aid the economy, how that’s done, who benefits and who is left behind matter. So far, the signs are...
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The number of new coronavirus cases is starting to decline as the country pursues a policy of elimination rather than containment....
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. In response to fears of further contagion, many harsh criminal justice policies that were once seen as essential strategies for...
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Grassroots groups like UnKoch My Campus will continue to fight the Koch machine and their efforts to take away academic freedom. At...
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She raised more than $12,000 to buy and distribute protective gear for her colleagues, who say they felt inadequately protected...
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Reporters in the state learned of the proclamation after the neo-Confederate group Mississippi Sons of Confederate Veterans posted a...
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The authorities say there has been a surge in fraud and cons seeking to capitalize on fears of the virus. Source: Coronavirus...
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