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Prescription Drug Reforms Are Out Of The Spending Deal, At Least For Now No reforms would be a major setback for Democrats, a big victory for the drug industry — and a loss for…
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In an opinion piece on Tuesday at The Guardian, Robert Reich poses a familiar, and some may say inevitable, Democratic Party policy outcome: Is Biden's entire agenda about to shrink into nothingness? While Dr.…
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School Board Protests Are Not Grassroots Movement, Are Not Spontaneous Conservatives are disrupting school board meetings by shouting, using Nazi salutes, and even physically assaulting anyone they disagree with. But these attacks are anything…
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'No issue is more important than voting rights'. Agreed!   “Let’s be clear: Obstructing the Freedom to Vote Act was as subversive as state voter-suppression actions to roll back access to the vote, as…
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Where Did All The Blue Skies Go ~ In Face of Planetary Emergency, Long Awaited U.S. Report Denounced as 'Pitiful' Failure "Finding consensus between those who see or don't see our climate reality is…
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Jury selection began Monday in Georgia in the trial of three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was fatally shot as he was jogging in their neighborhood in February 2020.…
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Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa at a Saturday rally received endorsement for reelection from the former guy. Yeah, OK. Said the former guy (TFG): "We have with us tonight a great American patriot,…
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Twain. Milne. Rousseau. Haudenosaunee.   In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at…
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Rising from the tradgedy that is America, we see today few willing to find solutions but many quite willing to find blame. Much of the blame for the current state of America - leveled…
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Biden Gives Democrats a Green Light to Weaken the Filibuster for Debt Ceiling Votes After previously opposing such a move, President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it is a "real possibility" that Democrats will…
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AT&T, the largest telecom provider in the United States, has been funding at least 90% of far-right One America News (OAN) since the channel launched in 2013. The channel struggled for sustained viewership until…
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Joe Manchin, Democratic Senator West Virginia; Krysten Sinema, Democratic Senator Arizona; Matthew Gaetz, Republican Representative Florida; Mike Pence, Republican former Vice-President; Mitch McConnell, Republican Senator Kentucky.   BLOWHARD: 1. A very boastful and talkative…
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From the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ICIJ The reporting shows how the United States, in particular, has become an increasingly attractive destination for hidden wealth, although the U.S. and its Western allies condemn…
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Reporters Without Borders 2021 World Press Freedom Index The United States moved up one spot in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, from 45th to 44th. That's 45th out of 180. What an achievement!…
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned Senate Republicans the nation faced a “calamity” unless Congress raises or suspends the debt ceiling. “I think there would be a financial crisis, and a calamity”, said…
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Afghan Taliban Catching Up To American Taliban   Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan The future of girls and female teachers, stuck at home since Taliban took control, not addressed. The Taliban…
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Joe Biden won the 2020 election with over 81.2 million votes; by far the most votes cast for any presidential candidate in U.S. history. That's great. So, how come President Biden and his administration…
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Mark Twain. Dalai Lama. Isaac Asimov.   In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the…
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Since 2004, 1800 newspapers have closed in the US, 1700 are weeklies. There are hundreds — if not thousands — of communities at risk of becoming isolated news deserts. There are almost 200 of…
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  "While hunger was already a massive, systemic problem in all 50 states before Covid-19 hit the U.S., domestic hunger surged during the pandemic." Joel Berg, Hunger Free America.   Nearly 40 million Americans…
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America celebrates Labor Day – but are US workers winning? Arindrajit Dube, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, says increased worker bargaining power could last longer-term. Dube says that numerous factors have…