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‘We Have Got to Act Now’: As GOP Introduces Weak Relief Bill, Sanders Says Dems Already Have Enough Votes to Pass Stronger Package
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Sunday told ABC host Martha Raddatz that there is a sufficient amount of support within the Democratic Party to pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and warned that failing to immediately di ...[Read more]
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The GOP ‘can’t be saved’ and should be ‘smashed to bits’: Former Republican Senate candidate
A former Republican candidate for Senate has determined that his one-time party is a lost cause that deserves to be demolished.In an interview with the New York Times, former Washington State Republican party chairman Chris Vance said that he's been watch ...[Read more]
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All 10 GOP senators behind skimpy COVID relief offer happily voted for $740 billion military budget
Each of the 10 Republican senators who threw their support behind a widely criticized $600 billion coronavirus relief proposal on Sunday recently approved a whopping $740 billion military budget, a vote progressive lawmakers are highlighting as further ev ...[Read more]
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Stop Trying to Make This About Unity. There is no uniting with fascists
Calls for unity with Republicans do not make sense in the light of the downward extremist spiral of GOP. ...[Read more]
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Northern Ireland suspends Brexit checks amid safety fears for port staff
Brexit checks on animal and food products arriving into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended amid fears over the safety of staff, Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry has said. The decision came after Mid and East Antrim borough council agreed ...[Read more]
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Even in Poorer Neighborhoods, the Wealthy Are Lining Up for Vaccines
As soon as this city began offering Covid vaccines to residents 65 and older, George Jones, whose nonprofit agency runs a medical clinic, noticed something striking. “Suddenly our clinic was full of white people,” said Mr. Jones, the head of Bread for ...[Read more]
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Business groups prepare for lobbying push against $15 minimum wage
Business groups are preparing for a lobbying fight after Democrats in both chambers reintroduced a bill Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. The Raise the Wage Act, spearheaded by incoming Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sand ...[Read more]
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Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2019: Protesters should ‘flood the Capitol’
In a video posted to social media months before announcing her congressional candidacy, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene called on supporters to "flood the Capitol Building" in a protest against "tyrannical" leaders, telling them that Democratic ...[Read more]
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Israel’s Vaccine Success Unleashes a Debate on Palestinian Inequities
Israel quickly became the world leader in vaccinating its population against Covid-19, but almost all Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank are still waiting for their first doses of the inoculation. That disparity has set off a roiling debate ...[Read more]
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Hedge funds are getting crushed by the worst short squeeze in a quarter century
Hedge funds that bet against GameStop and other stocks have been crushed by the Reddit army -- and they're infecting the rest of Wall Street. The most heavily shorted stocks have nearly doubled in value over the last three months, according to Goldman Sac ...[Read more]
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U.S. is worst among developed nations for worker benefits
Americans have it worse than all other developed nations when it comes to benefits for workers, according to a new ranking. The U.S. places last relative to its national policies around healthcare, unemployment, retirement, parental leave, and paid vacati ...[Read more]
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