Politics - Part 10

Trump’s Jesus fascists worry experts following report on Christian GOP churches
'Truly Sick" Experts, journalists, and chroniclers of religious extremism are sounding alarm bells over a Washington Post exposé on "a growing Christian movement that is nondenominational, openly political and has become an engine of former president Don ...[Read more]
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White nationalists prep for ‘physical’ altercation with security at Dallas CPAC conference
DALLAS —White nationalist and Unite the Right attendee Nicholas Fuentes, de facto leader of the ultra-far-right "groyper" movement, has announced that he plans to attending a Conservative Political Action Conference gathering this weekend in Dallas, ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky: To Retain Power, Democrats Must Stop Abandoning the Working Class
In this interview, Noam Chomsky, an esteemed public intellectual and one of the world’s most cited scholars in modern history, discusses the current shape of the Democratic Party and the challenges facing the progressive left in a country governed by a ...[Read more]
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Trump erupted in profanity after his ‘stupidest’ lawyers submitted typo-riddled briefs: new book
Former President Donald Trump was notorious throughout his tenure to issuing typo-filled tweets -- but he apparently had higher standards when it came to his own attorneys. According to Business Insider, journalist Michael Wolff's upcoming book on Trump' ...[Read more]
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Meet the Consulting Firm That’s Staffing the Biden Administration
From its headquarters just blocks from the White House, a small, high-powered team of former ambassadors, lawyers, and Obama appointees has spent the past few years solving problems for the world’s biggest companies. Less than six months into the Biden ...[Read more]
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Feds offer forgiveness of $1 million in PPP loans to anti-vax business owners
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted millions in pandemic loan forgiveness to business owners who spread harmful disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, The Daily Beast reports. The publication reports that Paycheck Protection Progr ...[Read more]
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In Leaked Video, GOP Congressman Admits His Party Wants ‘Chaos and Inability to Get Stuff Done’
Newly leaked video footage of a recent event hosted by the right-wing group Patriot Voices shows Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas openly admitting that his party wants "18 more months of chaos and the inability to get stuff done" as President Joe Biden, ...[Read more]
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Norwegian fund divests from firms linked to Israeli settlements
Norway’s largest pension fund announced it has divested assets in 16 companies for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including telecom equipment giant Motorola. “In KLP’s assessment, there is an unacceptable risk that the ...[Read more]
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Trump told chief of staff Hitler did a lot of good things, book says
On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war, Donald Trump insisted to his then chief of staff, John Kelly: “Well, Hitler did a lot of good things.” The remark from the former US president on the 2018 trip, whic ...[Read more]
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The failed legacy of the 50-year War on Drugs started with a lie
Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon stood before the White House press corps, staffers at his side, to announce "a new, all-out offensive" against drug abuse, which he denounced as "America's public enemy number one." He called on C ...[Read more]
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Into the Quagmire with Donald Rumsfeld
As President Ronald Reagan’s special envoy to the Middle East, Rumsfeld travelled to Baghdad to shake hands with Saddam Hussein and assure him of US support in the eight-year war that the Iraqi dictator had launched against Iran. His camaraderie with Sa ...[Read more]
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