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In the first six months of health care professionals replacing police officers, no one they encountered was arrested
Since June 1, 2020, a mental health clinician and a paramedic have traveled around the city in a white van handling low-level incidents, like trespassing and mental health episodes, that would have otherwise fallen to patrol officers with badges and guns. ...[Read more]
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Trump tapes ‘are going to be dynamite’: John Dean details how much trouble the ex-president is in
Former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, John Dean, explained to Anderson Cooper that the latest developments in Donald Trump's legal drama are damaging. ...[Read more]
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Poll Finds Majority of US Voters Back Green New Deal and Want Lawmakers to Co-Sponsor Resolution
The Data for Progress survey (pdf) found that 60% of likely U.S. voters back the Green New Deal (GND), with 83% of respondents identifying as Democrats, 57% of independents, and 36% of Republicans saying they support it. Fifty-seven percent of those surve ...[Read more]
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Over 80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) organized over 80 House Democrats to sign a letter calling on President Joe Biden to expand Medicare in his administration’s upcoming American Families Plan. The lawmakers are asking Biden to lower the eligibility age ...[Read more]
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There’s Nothing Complicated About What’s Happening in Palestine
The mainstream media is habitually attached to diverting almost every conversation about the death of Palestinians toward Hamas and its rockets. On the morning of May 11, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, Husam Zomlot, was on BBC Newsnight, e ...[Read more]
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Netanyahu’s fascist friends in Knesset helped him start the war he wanted
Ultra-racist Kahanists, partners of Netanyahu and now members of the Knesset, push their maximalist agenda – including ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. ...[Read more]
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I cant live on $709 a month: (Retired) Americans on social security push for its expansion
Reynolds is one of millions of Americans who are either senior, disabled or survivors of a deceased worker, and rely on social security benefits for the majority of their income, but the average benefit of just over $1,500 a month doesn’t provide enough ...[Read more]
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‘This Summit Was a Failure’: Biden-Merkel Meeting Ends With No Deal on Vaccine Patent Waiver
The brief bilateral summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel ended Thursday without any commitment from the European leader to drop her opposition to a temporary patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines, a result ...[Read more]
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Berlin’s university canteens go almost meat-free as students prioritise climate
Students at universities in Berlin will from this winter swap currywurst and schnitzel for seeds and pulses, as campus canteens in the German capital make heavy cuts to their meat and fish options. ...[Read more]
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Facing Corporate Blitz, Progressives Urge Unity to Defend $3.5 Trillion Package
"This is a winnable fight, but it will take strong alignment, sharp interventions, and bold negotiations to get our progressive priorities across the finish line," 11 groups say of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. ...[Read more]
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An angry dispute breaks out between Republicans ‘roiling the final Arizona audit report
The angry debate centers on what claims and evidence about the accuracy of the election results from Maricopa County will be included in the much-delayed report. Maricopa is Arizona's most populous jurisdiction and home to Phoenix. Joe Biden defeated Dona ...[Read more]
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