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Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID after jam-packed, maskless GOP event
Abbott spoke Monday night to a crowd estimated at 600 people, most of them unmasked, then...
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Trump let this pesticide stay on the market. Under Biden, EPA is banning it on food.
For the past decade, environmental, labor and public health groups have clamored for phasing out the pesticide that can lead to headaches or blurred vision when inhaled or ingested.
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The War in Afghanistan Was a Scam
The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.
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Joe Biden Was Right to Pull Out of Afghanistan
The US may not be completely ending its military adventure in Afghanistan, but Joe Biden’s decision to pull out troops is a victory for democracy over national security authoritarianism.
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Man sentenced to prison after admitting plot to kidnap Michigan governor
Ty Garbin gets six and a quarter years after pleading guilty with five others still charged with plot to seize Gretchen Whitmer
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Anti-Choicers Fail to See That Overturning “Roe” Will Impact Their Own Rights
If we continue to qualify our belief in personal autonomy, it paves the way for the removal of other basic freedoms.
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How the US created a world of endless war
The long read: In 2008, many of Barack Obama’s supporters hoped he would bring the global war on terror to a close. Instead, he expanded it – and his successors have done nothing to change course
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New Texas Abortion Law Likely to Unleash a Torrent of Lawsuits Against Online Education, Advocacy and Other Speech
In addition to the drastic restrictions it places on a woman’s reproductive and medical care rights, the new Texas abortion law, SB8, will have devastating effects on online speech.
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State of Insecurity - Institute for Policy Studies
The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11
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George Carlin - Abortion
Back in Town - (1996)
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Supreme Court trashed its own authority in a rush to gut Roe v Wade
The 5-4 ultra-partisan, conservative majority has eviscerated the rule of law it is supposed to stand for.
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Texas passes social media 'de-platforming' law
The US state makes it illegal to ban somebody from social media because of their political views.
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The Surprisingly Strong Supreme Court Precedent Supporting Vaccine Mandates
In 1905, the high court made a fateful ruling with eerie parallels to today: One person’s liberty can’t trump everyone else’s.
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Pro-Trump rally expecting 10,000 attendees sees only a few hundred show up
Organizers of a Kentucky rally in support of former President Donald Trump featuring several prominent allies and conspiracy theorists expected some 10,000 people to show up this weekend. Instead, less than 300 were in attendance when local journalists attempted to cover the proceedings.
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The United States Will Spend $3.5 Trillion Without Batting an Eye—as Long as It’s on War.
A new report from Brown University's Costs of War project is a reminder that cost concerns around the reconciliation bill just don't add up.
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Newsom cruises to victory in recall election, will stay in office, NBC News projects
Voters supported the California governor's efforts to mitigate the Covid pandemic, according to exit poll results.
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Top general was so fearful Trump might spark war that he made secret calls to his Chinese counterpart, new book says
"Peril," by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reveals how Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman, called his Chinese counterpart before the election and after Jan. 6 in a bid to avert armed conflict.
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How 'white evangelical' became a synonym for 'conservative'
White evangelicals are the most reliable supporters of the Republican Party and its presidential candidates. In 2020, around 80 percent of them gave their votes to Donald Trump. Noting specific promises to "protect Christianity," some analysts argued Trump cultivated a particularly intense bond with white evangelicals. In fact, his share of the white evangelical vote in 2020 was about the same as in 2016 — and the share won by every Republican nominee since 2004.
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Report: Trump Is Trying to Oust Mitch McConnell Like the Vindictive Sociopath He Is
The latest development on the rift between two of the worst people in the world.
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81% disapprove of giving $10,000 to private citizens for abortion lawsuits under new Texas law
A new Monmouth University poll found strong majorities of Americans disapprove of two key parts of the new Texas abortion law.
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