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As Bids to Slash Pentagon Budget Fail, US Military Spending Slammed as ‘Height of Absurdity’
"Americans want to see our leaders invest in solutions to today's most pressing issues—not line the pockets of wealthy arms-makers at the expense of working families," says Win Without War's Erica Fein. ...[Read more]
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US and Colombian govts supported botched invasion of Venezuela: Bombshell testimony from coup-plotter | The Grayzone
A key coup-plotter in the May 2020 botched invasion of Venezuela said she met with FBI and DEA officials. She admitted Colombia’s intelligence services were aiding them and “knew everything,” adding that President Iván Duque and far-right political ...[Read more]
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Police Deployed Potentially Lethal Chemical During Black Lives Matter Protests
The hexachloroethane smoke that police used against protesters can cause vomiting, respiratory distress and even death. BLM protesters were no strangers to tear gas and smoke — after all, the Portland Police had gassed them many times since the George ...[Read more]
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Suspect Reported Dead After Vehicle Rams Security Barrier, Injures Officers on Capitol Hill
The U.S. Capitol was placed under lockdown Friday after a person rammed their vehicle into a security barricade at the complex, killing one officer and injuring another. After ramming the barricade, the driver reportedly exited the vehicle with a knife, ...[Read more]
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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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California man charged with killing his children claimed he was enlightened by QAnon, FBI says
A California surfing school owner has been charged with killing his two young children after driving them from their home in Santa Barbara to Mexico. During an interview with the FBI, Matthew Taylor Coleman confessed that he had taken his two-year-old so ...[Read more]
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FBI Spy Planes Monitored a Single Suspect for Nearly 429 Hours
The FBI's secretive spy plane program targeted a man in Florida last year with nearly constant surveillance, logging more than 400 hours in the air with a fleet of Cessna aircraft registered to what appear to be front companies. This aerial surveillance, ...[Read more]
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US Airstrikes Have Killed Up to 48,000 Civilians Since 9/11: Analysis
"On average, U.S.-led airstrikes have killed more than 1,000 civilians a year since 2001." ...[Read more]
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Social Democrats, Greens Eye Coalition After Outgoing Merkel’s Bloc Ousted in German Elections
"The climate crisis is the leading issue of the next government, and that is for us the basis for any talks," said Annalena Baerbock, leader of the Greens. ...[Read more]
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Beyond Cable Street: An unsettled legacy of British fascism
The “Battle of Cable Street” has become part of British lore as a stand against fascism, but its true history shows the country’s enduring legacy of white supremacy and colonialism. ...[Read more]
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In Scathing Attack, CIA Director Brennan Warns Trump To Watch What He Says
In a truly remarkable bit of honesty and candor regarding the U.S. national-security establishment, new Senate minority leader Charles Schumer has accused President-elect Trump of “being really dumb.”… for taking on the CIA and questioning its concl ...[Read more]
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