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Carrying Death Sentence If Convicted, Iraq Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump on Murder Charges The U.S. president is now wanted by law enforcement in the Middle East nation for ordering the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Read more |
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'Cannot Endure This Nightmare for a Second Longer': Nearly 100 Lawmakers Demand Pence Invoke 25th Amendment "Once removed, Trump should be criminally prosecuted," said Robert Weissman of Public Citizen. Read more |
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'Unacceptable!': Probe Demanded After Footage Shows Capitol Police Standing Aside for Pro-Trump Mob "The images of police officers calmly allowing barricades open, letting the crowd enter, and taking selfies inside the building with those who have stormed it cannot go without investigation and penalty." Read more |
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'Co-Conspirators in Sedition': Here Are the Names of Every Republican Who Voted to Overturn Election Results "Trump and members of Congress must face consequences for inciting an attempted coup to stop the peaceful transition of power." Read more |
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14 Hours After Fascist Mob Stormed Capitol in Coup Attempt, 'Democracy Prevails' as Congress Certifies Biden Win "This will be a stain on our country not easily washed away, the final indelible legacy of the 45th president of the United States," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said of the assault on the Capitol. Read more |
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After Right-Wing Coup Effort in DC, Venezuela Offers Sympathy for US Suffering What 'It Has Generated' Elsewhere The government of President Nicolás Maduro condemned "the political polarization and the spiral of violence" fueled by a "deep" political and social crisis in the U.S. Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Says Trump 'Directly Responsible' for Insurrection Effort "Trump will go down in history as the worst and most dangerous president in history." Read more |
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Citing 'Open Sedition,' Rep. Ilhan Omar Vows Trump Impeachment Resolution "Today, I watched as armed terrorists stormed the United States Capitol," the Minnesota congresswoman wrote. "We should not mince words about what this was: a coup attempt." Read more |
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Progressives Back Rep. Cori Bush's Resolution to Expel Lawmakers Who Incited Violent Siege of Capitol "This is the standard for Democratic members of Congress right now." Read more |
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Human Rights Watch Urges Biden to End Trump's 'Devastating' Remain In Mexico Policy The policy under Trump, and made only worse under the pandemic, " has needlessly and foreseeably exposed children and adults to a high risk of violence and other harm." Read more |
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In Pictures: Pro-Trump Mob Storms US Capitol Building "They're in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling 'Trump won that election!' This is insane." Read more |
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US National Guard Ordered to Clear and Secure US Capitol Building Under Siege by Pro-Trump Mob "Clearly and unsurprisingly, the administration confronted mostly peaceful protests by Black Lives Matter with a thousand-fold more concerted and heavier response." Read more |
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'Arrest the President': Accountability Demanded After Fascist Mob Incited by Trump Storms Capitol "He shouldn't just be impeached or removed from office. He should be in jail." Read more |
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'Really Terrifying Stuff': US Senate in Lockdown After Pro-Trump Supporters Storm US Capitol "I've been reporting from the capitol for 11 years, nearly every working day. Never seen it like this." Read more |
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"Let's Go Back Eight Weeks": Off-the-Rails, Lie-Spewing Trump Pleads for Election Do-Over at DC Rally The lame-duck president's unhinged speech came as members of Congress met to officially certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory. Read more |
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Before Chaos Hit, GOP Lawmakers Denounced for 'Desperate Attempt at a Coup' by Denying Election Results "Democracy will prevail again today," declared Indivisble and Stand Up America, "and history will not speak kindly of those who attempted to subvert it." Read more |
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Progressive Push for $2,000 Checks in Georgia Shows Bold, Universal Policies Winning Strategy for Democrats "In almost every respect, the campaigns that Warnock and Ossoff ran were closer to what progressives counseled than what moderates have counseled." Read more |
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After Court OKs Trump Arctic Refuge Auction, Biden Urged to Immediately Ban Drilling on Public Lands "Trump's last-ditch effort to extract fossil fuels in this sacred region is a direct assault on Indigenous sovereignty, our climate, and communities." Read more |
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'Barbaric': Nebraska Governor Puts Undocumented Meatpackers at Back of Vaccine Line "Everyone deserves to be vaccinated, especially the workers who feed us—and essential workers have earned a fast-track to citizenship." Read more |
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'Kill the Filibuster': Senate Democrats Urged to Act Quickly to End Era of GOP Obstruction "Mitch McConnell absolutely should not have a veto." Read more |
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'Absolutely Outrageous': UK Judge Denies Julian Assange Bail, Keeping WikiLeaks Founder in Prison "Shows how authoritarian the British judiciary is. The only thing the U.S. cares about is keeping Assange in a cage, silenced, and disappeared. This gives them the best of all worlds: he stays in prison, with no need to prove he's guilty of anything." Read more |
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'Era of Small Ideas Is Over': With Democrats Poised to Seize Senate, Progressives Say Party Has Mandate to Go Big "Recurring survival checks, union jobs that pay a living wage, guaranteed healthcare, racial justice, voting rights, immigration reform, climate action, reproductive justice, education, and much more. It can't wait!" Read more |
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'We Are on a Strong Path': Democrats Begin to Celebrate as Warnock and Ossoff Edge Towards Possible Victory in Georgia "Say it with me," stated Congresswoman Katie Porter as votes continued to be counted: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell." Read more |
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'Shameful Power Grab': Pennsylvania GOP State Senators Slammed for Refusing to Seat Certified Election Winner "Voters, not Harrisburg politicians, decided this election," asserted Gov. Tom Wolf, "and Sen. Brewster is the rightful winner." Read more |
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'You Alone Have the Power to Temper Justice With Mercy': Trump Urged to Stop Execution of Lisa Montgomery The convicted murderer, a victim of horrific childhood abuse and rape, is scheduled to be put to death on January 12 as part of what has been called Trump's "execution spree." Read more |
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'Justice Was Not Served': No Charges Against Kenosha Cop Who Shot and Paralyzed Jacob Blake "We feel this decision failed not only Jacob and his family, but the community that protested and demanded justice," said his attorneys. Read more |
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Lawyers Supporting ICC Afghan War Crimes Probe "National security concerns must not become a talisman used to ward off inconvenient claims, a 'label' used to 'cover a multitude of sins.'" Read more |
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Conservation Group to Sue Trump Officials and Agency Over Delayed Protections for 11 Species The Center for Biological Diversity points out that Trump's presidency "is coming to an end with the worst record protecting species of any administration since the Endangered Species Act was passed." Read more |
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In 'Brutal Blow' to Wildlife and Gift to Big Oil, Trump Finalizes Rollback of Migratory Bird Treaty Act "The Trump administration is signing the death warrants of millions of birds across the country." Read more |
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New Study Reveals Flawed Predictions of Runaway Costs and Usage Under Medicare for All "Analysts who've confidently projected a tsunami of healthcare use and costs after Medicare for All are ignoring history." Read more |
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In Latest Colossal Lie, Trump Falsely Claims Pence Has Power to 'Reject' Electors One legal scholar noted that "the only responsibility and power of the vice president under the Constitution is to faithfully count the electoral college votes as they have been cast." Read more |
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Climate Campaigners to Biden: Your Solicitor General 'Should Not Be a Lawyer Who Fought for Big Oil' "There's no lack for public interest and public service-experienced litigators. We don't need to rotate between Republican Big Law and Democratic Big Law." Read more |
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Reintroduced 'For the People Act' Praised for Its Potential to Bring Sweeping Democracy Reforms "About damn time." Read more |
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Australian Labor Party Urges US to Drop Charges Against Assange The opposition argues the case must "be brought to an end" as the prime minister says the WikiLeaks founder will be "free to return home" if extradition battle won. Read more |
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'This Must Be Undone': Trump EPA Finalizes Anti-Science Rule to Limit Use of Public Health Research "Trump's nightmarish giveaway to polluters will sicken millions of the most vulnerable people across this country." Read more |
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'Biggest Threat Yet' to Arctic Refuge as Trump Readies Last-Minute Lease Sale "We shouldn't be exploring drilling anywhere." Read more |
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'Devastating Effects' of CA Prop 22 Begin as Albertsons Stores Move to Replace Unionized Drivers With Gig Workers "Albertsons was happy to reap public goodwill during the pandemic. But once Prop 22 gave the company the option of replacing workers with lower-paid contractors, they jumped at the opportunity." Read more |
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Giving Up the Game, DOJ Argues in Court Filing That Trump Lost 2020 Election "The official position of the lawyers representing the people of the United States is that there will be a new president on January 20," said one government watchdog. Read more |
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'Decades of Anti-Government Politics' Blamed as 1 Million+ in US Still Waiting Months for Jobless Benefits "It is an outrage that over 1 million workers who lost jobs during the pandemic haven't received the benefits they earned and deserve," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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Iran Issues 'Red Notice' Demand for Interpol to Arrest Trump, 47 US Officials for Soleimani Assassination "The Islamic Republic of Iran is very seriously following up on pursuing and punishing those who ordered and executed this crime." Read more |
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"Let's Vote Her Out," Says Warnock After Loeffler Vows on Eve of Runoffs to Object to Biden Electoral College Win "Let's show her that Georgia voters will not be silenced or ignored." Read more |
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'The Power Is Literally in Your Hands': Biden Ties Georgia Runoff Races to $2,000 Relief Checks "If you send Jon and the reverend to Washington, those $2,000 checks will go out the door, restoring hope and decency and honor for so many people who are struggling right now." Read more |
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Despite 'Meager Numbers,' Trump Administration Removes Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List "The delisting of gray wolves is the latest causality of the Trump administration's willful ignorance of the biodiversity crisis and scientific facts." Read more |
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'Good': Billionaire-Backed Effort to Upend US Healthcare System Collapses After Just 3 Years "For-profit corporations ruined our healthcare system. They're not going to be the ones to fix it." Read more |
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Federal Judge Rejects Attempt by Wisconsin Trump Allies to Overturn Biden Win Their argument, said the judge, "lies somewhere between a willful misreading of the Constitution and fantasy." Read more |
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Proud Boys Sued by Historic Black Church After Leader Admits to Burning Black Lives Matter Sign During DC Rally Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said the December 12 "hate crime" was meant to "terrorize Black people." Read more |
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'Violence Is Being Incited': DC Braces for Trump-Endorsed Anti-Democracy Rally on Wednesday As the nation's capitol prepares for what Mayor Muriel Bowser called "a serious threat to our democracy," Police Chief Robert Contee said "bringing firearms into our city... will not be tolerated." Read more |
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Mexico's Lopez Obrador Wants to Give Asylum to Julian Assange "Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance," the Mexican president said Monday. Read more |
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'Trump Has Not Acted Alone': House Dem Demands Criminal Probe Into President—and GOP Enablers Congressman Don Beyer of Virginia argued audio of Trump's call with Georgia's secretary of state "makes Nixon's 'smoking gun' tape sound tame." Read more |
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Chicago Teachers Union Members Take Stand Against Unsafe School Conditions "We're afraid for our lives. We don't want to lose our jobs. The fear of losing our jobs is real," said one teacher. "But the fear of this virus is greater than that fear." Read more |
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Google Workers Form Union to 'Promote Solidarity, Democracy, and Social and Economic Justice' The tech titan "has a responsibility to its thousands of workers and billions of users to make the world a better place," two of the union's leaders wrote. "We can help build that world." Read more |
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'His Biggest—And Likely Most Disastrous—Stunt Yet'? Experts Warn a Desperate Trump May Attack Iran "It may be the case that his most erratic, most reckless lashing out is yet to come." Read more |
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Threat to Journalism Remains, Warn Critics, After Assange Extradition Rejected Solely Due to Brutal US Prison System "That a British court has ruled that the U.S. prison system is too barbaric to guarantee the safety of Assange tells its own story. But this is about something much bigger than Assange: it's about journalism, the free press, and... the ability to expose atrocities committed by the world's last... Read more |
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'A Huge Relief': British Judge Rejects Trump Administration Attempt to Extradite Julian Assange "Let this be the end of it," said whistleblower Edward Snowden. Read more |
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'Open-and-Shut Federal (and State) Crime': Members of Congress Demand Prosecution of Trump for Election Tampering "We must hold him fully accountable, even after he leaves office. There must be justice." Read more |
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Trump Accused of 'Criminal Extortion' After Asking Georgia Officials to 'Find' 11,000 Votes for Him " Knowing what Trump has said in leaked phone calls, just imagine what he's said in calls that weren't." Read more |
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Sanders, Other Critics Denounce GOP Senators' 'Pathetic' Attempt to Undermine Biden's Election Victory " It is a sad and tragic day for our country that 140 members of the House of Representatives, 13 senators and a defeated president are attempting to undermine American democracy and our Constitution." Read more |
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Amid Warnings of Surging Worldwide Poverty, Planet's 500 Richest People Added $1.8 Trillion to Combined Wealth in 2020 "Surging billionaire wealth hits a painful nerve for the millions of people who have lost loved ones and experienced declines in their health, wealth, and livelihoods." Read more |
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Paygo Exemptions in House Rules Will Help Pave Way for Green New Deal and Medicare for All, Progressives Say " Paygo's the biggest scam of the decade, designed to legitimize the fear-mongering over artificial deficits. This is a big win by progressives." Read more |
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81 Senators Vote to Override Trump Veto of NDAA as GOP Continues to Block $2,000 Relief Checks "At a time when so many Americans are facing economic desperation," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, "it is tragic that the Republican leadership has turned their backs on the working families of this country." Read more |
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As Trump Extends Visa Ban and Court Upholds Insurance Mandate, Advocates Urge Biden to Quickly Reverse Anti-Immigrant Policies The healthcare ruling, said one immigrant rights advocate, "makes clear that the Biden administration must move swiftly to rescind all of President Trump's xenophobic presidential proclamations." Read more |
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Biden Cabinet Picks Blinken and Yellen Each Made Over $1 Million From Corporate Clients and Speeches "This crap is why Washington doesn't change," said one critic in response to the new financial disclosures. Read more |
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Youth Activists Ring In 2021 With Renewed Demand That World 'Wake Up to the Climate Crisis' "It must be the year we take real action instead of continuing to repeat meaningless words and empty promises." Read more |
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Reproductive Rights Advocates Slam 'Unconstitutional and Medically Unnecessary' Fetal Remains Law Signed by Ohio Governor The ACLU called Senate Bill 27 "just one more transparent attempt to obstruct Ohioans from exercising their constitutionally protected reproductive rights." Read more |
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Horror as Hedge Fund Alden, Accused of 'Bloodless Strip-Mining of American Newspapers,' Moves to Buy Tribune Publishing "If you're a shareholder and you have any concern for the future of this institution or the common good, please don't sell to Alden Global Capital." Read more |
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New Year's Eve Celebrations Tamped Down as Officials Caution Large Gatherings Could Be 'Catastrophic' for Healthcare Systems "There are absolutely no spectators allowed in Times Square," the NYPD said. "Don't even attempt to come down there and watch it." Read more |
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"Drugs Don't Work If People Can't Afford Them": Big Pharma to Raise Prices of 300 Medications on Jan. 1 "The increases come as pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer are playing hero by developing vaccines for Covid-19 in record time." Read more |
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In Potential Final Protest Targeting UN, Trump Administration—Joined by Just Israel—Votes Against 2021 Budget U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft said the decision was based on alleged "anti-Israel bias" and global refusal to reimpose sanctions on Iran. Read more |
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As New Jobless Figures Show 'Massive Pain on the Eve of the New Year,' Dems Rip McConnell for Stonewalling $2,000 Relief Checks "It's more than a stimulus check," admonished Rep. Barbara Lee. "It's a survival check." Read more |
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'Very Encouraging': After Trump-McConnell Court Takeover, Biden Applauded for Signaling Plan to Nominate Civil Rights Lawyers "These are exactly the kind of priorities and processes that we have been pushing for and that will be necessary to rebalance our courts after four years of Trump and McConnell." Read more |
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'Raises From Coast to Coast in 2021': New Year, Higher Minimum Wages in 24 States and 50 Municipalities Thanks to Fight for $15 "These increases are a testament to the power of workers coming together and fighting for what real people and families need." Read more |
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WATCH: Sanders Refutes McConnell Claim That $2,000 Direct Payments Amount to 'Socialism for Rich People' "I'm delighted that after talking on the floor of the Senate for years about socialism for the rich, apparently that has gotten across to my Republican friends." Read more |
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Iran's Top Diplomat Warns Trump Plotting to 'Fabricate Pretext for War' as US Flies B-52s Over Persian Gulf "Iran doesn't seek war," said the Iranian foreign minister, "but will openly and directly defend its people, security, and vital interests." Read more |
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'Tired of That Hypocrisy': Sanders Blasts GOP for Claiming $2,000 Checks Are Too Costly After Passing $1.5 Trillion in Tax Cuts "When you stand up and you say that working class families need some help, 'Oh my god, the world is gonna collapse.'" Read more |
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After GOP Repeatedly Blocked Vote on $2,000 Checks, 41 Democrats Joined McConnell to Advance $740 Billion Pentagon Bill "The sheer scale of Wednesday's Democratic surrender was truly a sight to behold. And it probably ended the chance for more immediate aid to millions of Americans facing eviction, starvation, and bankruptcy." Read more |
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Critics Warn Repeal of Section 230 'Would Be Devastating for Human Rights, Social Movements, and Marginalized People' Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to tie the repeal to proposed $2,000 coronavirus relief checks. Read more |
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National Park Ranger Condemned for Attacking Unarmed Indigenous Man on Sacred Native Land "Public lands are stolen lands," asserted Red Nation. "Indigenous people have the right to practice their culture and spiritual ways on Indigenous land without fear of repression, discrimination, or violence." Read more |
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Attempting to Cement 'Mythology' of Stolen Election, Hawley Announces He Will Contest Electoral College Results "Biden will be president. This, however, will continue to radicalize the GOP, keeping it a dangerous threat to democracy and rule of law." Read more |
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Biden to Take Aim at Trump's Midnight Regulations on Day One of New Administration A transition spokesperson said the freeze will apply to regulations as well as guidance documents that "can have enormous consequences on the lives of the American people." Read more |
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WHO Chief Says 'We Must Ensure That All People at Risk Everywhere—Not Just in Countries Who Can Afford Vaccines—Are Immunized' His comments came one year into the public health crisis and as the U.K. became the first country to approve a vaccine from AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford that is cheaper and easier to distribute. Read more |
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'A Matter of Life and Death': Sanders Urges Americans to Call Their Senators and Demand Vote on $2,000 Checks "We need $2,000 stimulus checks, not $740,000,000,000 for the Pentagon and private 'defense' contractors," said advocacy group CodePink. Read more |
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Lame-Duck Trump's "Middle East Arms Bonanza" Continues With Approval of $290 Million Weapons Sale to Saudi Regime Additional arms deals this week include $4 billion in helicopters to Kuwait, $169 million in military equipment to Egypt, and $65 million in drones and fighter jets to UAE. Read more |
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Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima Reactor Will Have 'Huge Impact' on Shutdown, Regulators Warn The radiation levels reported around shield plugs at two reactors are high enough to kill a worker exposed for even an hour. Read more |
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Faced With Concurrent Crises, UNICEF Warns Millions of Children Threatened by 'Looming Famine' "For countries reeling from the consequences of conflicts, disasters, and climate change, Covid-19 has turned a nutrition crisis into an imminent catastrophe." Read more |
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UN Experts Condemn Trump's Pardon of Blackwater Contractors as 'Affront to Justice' "These pardons violate U.S. obligations under international law and more broadly undermine humanitarian law and human rights at a global level." Read more |
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'This Is Warp Speed?' At Current Pace, US Will Take 10 Years to Adequately Vaccinate the Public Against Covid-19, Analysis Warns "We should have been prepared to start inoculating millions of people the day a vaccine was approved. This is a massive policy failure." Read more |
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'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion "This is a victory for the women's movement in Argentina, which has been fighting for its rights for decades." Read more |
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'Cynical Gambit': McConnell Condemned for Pushing Poison Pills in Bid to Tank $2,000 Checks "Senate Republicans are going to try every conceivable way to try to kill the $2,000 checks." Read more |
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'Hypocrisy and Horror': Outrage After Trump DOJ Clears Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice "The Rice family has been cheated of a fair process yet again," said family attorney Subodh Chandra. Read more |
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Trump Administration Rejects Scientists' Advice on Nutrition, Maintaining Guidelines for Sugar and Alcohol "Again going against scientific advice, again failing the people they serve." Read more |
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In 'Monumental Win for Reproductive Freedom,' Mass. Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto to Affirm and Expand Abortion Rights A coalition of supporters celebrated the development as "an important step in removing medically unnecessary barriers to abortion care." Read more |
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Advocates Call for Medical Parole to Avoid 'Unintentional Death Sentences' as Covid-19 Ravages US Prisons "The bottom line is, there are still thousands of people who are at very high risk of death trapped in a prison system where there's no way that they can avoid the virus." Read more |
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Trump Executive Order on Private School Vouchers Denounced as 'Last-Ditch Effort to Claim Victory' in War on Public Education "Trump fought against funding for public education for months, then does this as he begrudgingly signs [the] Covid relief bill." Read more |
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UN Human Rights Expert Urges US to Lift Sanctions That 'May Exacerbate the Already Dire Humanitarian Situation in Syria' After nearly a decade of war, the special rapporteur noted, Syrians are living with "extensively damaged houses, medical units, schools, and other facilities." Read more |
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McConnell Objects as Sanders, Senate Democrats Attempt to Force Vote on $2,000 Checks "Working families need help now. Not next year, now," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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Report Urges Biden to Reverse Trump Environmental Rollbacks and Set US on 'Path to Cleaner, Healthier Future' "He cannot pass up that opportunity," said the author of Environment America's report. "We don't have any time to waste." Read more |
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Citing Violation of Federal Law, Judge Halts Voter Purges in Rural Georgia Counties Ahead of Senate Runoffs Officials in Muscogee and Ben Hill Counties used little concrete evidence to defend their purge of more than 4,000 voters, a U.S. district judge found. Read more |
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Calling Covid-19 Crisis a 'Wake-Up Call,' WHO Experts Warn Next Pandemic Could Be Even Worse "This pandemic has been very severe... it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one." Read more |
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'Err on the Side of Helping People': AOC Slams Blue Dog Democrat for Opposing $2,000 Relief Checks "Is this really a good reason to block aid for millions?" the congresswoman asked, after Rep. Kurt Schrader claimed direct payments would provide too much support to people "making six figure incomes." Read more |
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Ro Khanna Applauds 19 House Democrats Who Joined Him in Voting No on 'Bloated' $740 Billion Military Budget "They are changing the culture of endless war and calling for more investment instead in the American people." Read more |