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Trump regrets committing to a peaceful transfer of power and will not resign
One day after President Donald Trump released a video committing to a peaceful transfer of power, he was banned from Twitter "his strongest form of communication with his base. As expected, the new directive did not go over well with Trump and now, accord ...[Read more]
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The Texas GOP Is Taking Money From the Unemployed and Giving It to Fossil Fuel Companies
In the last week and a half, Texas Republicans moved to block $8 billion worth of pandemic unemployment benefits for 1.3 million people — just days after voting to extend a corporate subsidy program that is enriching fossil fuel companies and has ...[Read more]
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Feds Targeted BLM Activists to Foil Racial Justice Protests: Report
"This is not the first or the last time the federal government has utilized coordinated attacks on Black activists as a means to suppress our right to protest," Amara Enyia, policy and research coordinator for M4BL, said in a statement. "Historically, Bla ...[Read more]
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Afghanistan occupation is over
Kudos to Biden for actually ending the occupation, which the military-industry complex and right wing did want to continue in one way or the other. Even as of now, these segments are propagating a narrative in which not occupying Afghanistan being bad fo ...[Read more]
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‘No Flexibility on the Price Tag,’ Jayapal Says of $3.5 Trillion Bill
"If we don't deliver, then I think all of the people who came out and voted for Democrats to take control of the House, the Senate, and the White House are going to come out and say, 'that's it.'" ...[Read more]
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Online far-right movements fracture in wake of Capitol riot over gullible QAnon believers
Online far-right movements are splintering in the wake of last week’s Capitol riot, as some radical anti-government movements show signs of disillusionment with the relatively hands-off approach of some QAnon conspiracy theorists amid warnings of future ...[Read more]
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Extractive Companies Are Privatizing Repression and Counterinsurgency in the Americas
As activists increasingly confront extractive industries, militarized repression of those protests has become a growing and lucrative business. This phenomenon is salient across much of the world, including the U.S., where fossil fuel companies are funnel ...[Read more]
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The anti-vaxxers’ lies are collapsing around them as mandates come into full force
A similar pattern played out across the country. Deadlines were imposed. Blood oaths were taken. Anxieties grew. Americans of seemingly sound mind swore they'd never get vaccinated against their will. Then — obedience. The people who said they'd never d ...[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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Justice Department warns of national security fallout from Capitol Hill insurrection
A DC police officer says off-duty police officers and members of the military, who were among the rioters, flashed their badges and I.D. cards as they attempted to overrun the US Capitol. “National security equities” may have been among the records s ...[Read more]
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On Telegram, the Paramilitary Far Right Looks to Radicalize New Recruits Ahead of Inauguration Day
Since the events last week, “Boogaloo Intel Drop,” a channel on the Telegram messaging app with more than 6,600 subscribers, including some self-described active-duty U.S. military personnel, has pushed its followers to usher in a new epoch of politic ...[Read more]
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