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How Stephen Miller inadvertently provided the playbook to fight white supremacy
How Stephen Miller inadvertently provided the playbook to fight white supremacy
The Nation has dissected Miller's playbook and highlighted ways the Biden administration could actually use it to combat the United States' decades-long white supremacy problem. "What Biden's team must understand is that the radicalized Republican Party i ...[Read more]
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Democrats finally ditch the carrot and pick up the stick
Democrats finally ditch the carrot and pick up the stick
President Joe Biden "echoing the feelings of millions of Democrats who worked their butts off to elect Democrats, only to see all hope of real progress crash on the shores of the Senate filibuster " seems like he's had enough with the do-nothing nature of ...[Read more]
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Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame
Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame
Most cases of Parkinson’s disease are considered idiopathic – they lack a clear cause. Yet researchers increasingly believe that one factor is environmental exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE), a chemical compound used in industrial degreasing, dry-cl ...[Read more]
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House Democrats Call for Answers on US Involvement in Brazil
House Democrats Call for Answers on US Involvement in Brazil
A letter to the attorney general asks about the Justice Department’s role in the probe that led to the wrongful imprisonment of former President Lula. ...[Read more]
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Three key forces seek to end American democracy and QAnon gives them the opportunity
Three key forces seek to end American democracy and QAnon gives them the opportunity
There are people in this world who don't like ”and even hate€” democracy. They're on the move against it, particularly here in America, and the Qanon religion/cult is the glue that's bringing them all together. ...[Read more]
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They stormed the ICU and beat the doctor: health workers under attack
They stormed the ICU and beat the doctor: health workers under attack
Since the pandemic began, healthcare workers have been venerated for treating patients with Covid-19, but they have also been attacked for doing their job. Five doctors and nurses treating coronavirus patients, some of whom asked to be kept anonymous, rec ...[Read more]
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‘Neoliberal proto-fascism’: Noam Chomsky explains how Trumpism has made the GOP a ‘white supremacist’ cult
‘Neoliberal proto-fascism’: Noam Chomsky explains how Trumpism has made the GOP a ‘white supremacist’ cult
"The fascist symptoms are there, including extreme racism, violence, worship of the leader — sent by God, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — immersion in a world of 'alternative facts' and a frenzy of irrationality," Chomsky warned. ...[Read more]
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The mythologizing of Jan. 6: How the right is playing the victim to rewrite the history of the Capitol riot
The mythologizing of Jan. 6: How the right is playing the victim to rewrite the history of the Capitol riot
Tucker Carlson, whose nightly prime time show on Fox News draws millions of viewers, used his massive platform to preposterously claim he's being silenced. This time the "silencing" was over his recent floating of a flat-out silly conspiracy theory that t ...[Read more]
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Unvaccinated Americans Make Up 99% of Current COVID Deaths, Fauci Tells NBC
Unvaccinated Americans Make Up 99% of Current COVID Deaths, Fauci Tells NBC
As the rate of COVID deaths has slowed significantly, Fauci sought to give coronavirus vaccines their due credit on Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, noting that most of those who are dying now are people who have not re ...[Read more]
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All of Us Should Be Working Four-Day Weeks
All of Us Should Be Working Four-Day Weeks
A mass experiment in Iceland found that workers with four-day weeks became happier and healthier and got just as much done. It’ll take worker organizing to win a demand like that. ...[Read more]
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People who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ just don’t understand these 7 things
People who say they’re ‘fiscally conservative but socially liberal’ just don’t understand these 7 things
"Well, I'm conservative, but I'm not one of those racist, homophobic, dripping-with-hate Tea Party bigots! I'm pro-choice! I'm pro-same-sex-marriage! I'm not a racist! I just want lower taxes, and smaller government, and less government regulation of busi ...[Read more]
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