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Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle
Billionaires in the US have increased their net worth by more than $1tn during the coronavirus pandemic, while many of their US workers have struggled with coronavirus risks in workplaces, for little to no extra pay to work in hazardous conditions, and mi ...[Read more]
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‘Kill him with his own gun’: These officers reveal the horror of facing the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol
Michael Fanone, a member of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, was among the people who feared for his life when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6. Fanone discussed coming face to face with that mob during ...[Read more]
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Israel Is Refusing to Give Palestinians COVID Vaccines
Israel has been praised for launching an aggressive coronavirus vaccination drive. There’s just one problem: they’re excluding Palestinians in occupied territories. ...[Read more]
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Sotomayor Says 13 People Executed During Trump Killing Spree ‘Deserved More From This Court’
"This is not justice," said the liberal Justice after the state murder of Dustin John Higgs as she excoriated the court's conservative majority for essentially rubber-stamping the administration's rushed death penalties. ...[Read more]
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Federal judge gently pats zip tie insurrectionist on the head, and sends him home
In an asinine display of credulousness, a Texas federal judge named Jeffrey Cureton decided that committed insurrectionist and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Lawrence Brock could spend the next few weeks at home drinking Coronas and watching Netflix... ...[Read more]
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QAnon’s Afterlife: A Holy Civil War – CounterPunch.org
The role of QAnon in the January 6 MAGAist insurrection is becoming clearer by the day. Most readers are familiar by now with its unofficial mascot, be-horned “supersoldier” (and perhaps future WWE Trump tag-team member) Q Shaman. In addition, at leas ...[Read more]
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McDonalds Workers in Denmark Pity Us
As a share of G.D.P., Denmark’s coronavirus relief spending is a bit less than America’s, but it seems more effective at protecting the population. The upshot is that Denmark staggered through the pandemic with employees still on the payroll and still ...[Read more]
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Parler’s website is back online with a brief message to ‘lovers and haters’
Parler's website suddenly reappeared online Sunday afternoon with a message from its CEO, John Matze: "Hello world, is this thing on?" The message, dated January 16, implies that the social network popular with members of the far right has found a new onl ...[Read more]
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Lord Sumption tells stage 4 cancer patient her life is ‘less valuable’
The former supreme court justice Jonathan Sumption has been criticised for telling a woman with stage 4 cancer that her life was “less valuable” during a televised discussion of the costs of coronavirus lockdowns. Appearing on the BBC One show The Bi ...[Read more]
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Pro-Trump Protests Fizzle Out At Capitol Buildings Across The U.S.
Small groups of right-wing protesters — some of them carrying rifles — gathered outside heavily fortified statehouses around the country Sunday, outnumbered by National Guard troops and police brought in to prevent a repeat of the violence that erupte ...[Read more]
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Senate Investigation Finds Obama Admin Knowingly Funded al-Qaeda Affiliate
Non-profit humanitarian agency World Vision United States improperly transacted with the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) in 2014 with approval from the Obama administration, sending government funds to an organization that had been sanctioned over its ties t ...[Read more]
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