7 in 10 Voters Support White House Move to Consider Decriminalizing Marijuana
New polling finds strong support among voters for President Joe Biden’s federal moves on marijuana last week, including his decision to pardon those with certain marijuana convictions and his statement that he will consider decriminalizing the drug on the federal level. Morning Consult/Politico after Biden’s announcement on Thursday found that nearly 7 in 10 voters […]
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Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Trump, Claims He Knew He Lost
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot of January 2021 voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump. The panel’s nine members sought to make a case that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election and planned before the election to claim that he really won. Less than a month before the Nov. 8 […]
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Greene Pens Bogus “Free Speech” Defense of Alex Jones’s Sandy Hook Lies
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) came out in defense of far right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a judge ordered him to pay $1 billion to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting this week, claiming that the ruling violated Jones’s free speech rights. “No matter what you think of Alex […]
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Iran’s Women- and Youth-Led Protests Continue to Grow Amid Brutal Crackdown
Image Credit: Tweet: @BabakTaghvaee The fourth week of anti-government protests in Iran has begun. They were sparked by the death last month of Mahsa Amini (22 years old), and have continued since then. The youth-led and women-led protests have crossed class and ethnic lines, and the demands for complete abolition are growing in scope and […]
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Israel Authorizes Military to Kill Palestinians With Drones in the West Bank
Commandants of the Israeli Occupying Forces have been authorized to use armed drones to kill PalestiniansIn the occupied West Bank, with approval from Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi Hamas called the order “a dangerous step” and urged Palestinians “to continue resisting the Israeli occupation with all means possible until they regain their legitimate […]
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Teachers Nationwide Want to Reduce Class Sizes for More Reasons Than COVID
Jeffrey M.R. Jeffrey M.R. His most recent book, Equality or Equity: Toward a Model of Community-Responsive Education, lays out clear recommendations — mandates — for student success and zeroes in on creating an environment that prioritizes student health over standard markers of achievement like grades and test scores. “The primary purpose of every school,” he […]
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Following DOJ Subpoena, Trump Told Mar-a-Lago Worker to Hide Docs Elsewhere
An employee at former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, estate has informed federal agents that Trump ordered people to relocate White House documents he was improperly storing in a storage locker at Mar-a-Lago after a subpoena order was issued for the retrieval of the documents earlier this year. The revelation was made public byThe […]
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Apple Is Withholding New Benefits From Its Only Unionized Store
Apple will withhold new benefits from its Maryland-only unionized store, new reporting shows. A second location is also set to vote on unionizing. According to BloombergThe company is planning to offer new benefits such as more funding for tuition aid and health care benefits in certain states. It also plans to offer a membership to […]
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‘Bullet’ Train to Nowhere Is Emblematic of California’s Political Dysfunction
North Africa is less dysfunctional politically than California. That’s the conclusion of a project manager with the French national railroad, regarding California’s massively expensive, way-behind-schedule high-speed rail project, which has been in the works for more than a decade. A reportThe New York Times highlighted the lowlights in the California high-speed train project this week. […]
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Christina Rees loses the Labour whip following complaint
Christina Rees, Labour MP For Neath, has been stripped of the Labour whip in Westminster as the party investigates reports made by the Guardianas bullying allegations against her staff. In a statement, Ms Rees said, “There has been a complaint made against me to the Labour party, which is under investigation, and I am therefore […]
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