Biden Administration Cancels Two Trump-Approved Minnesota Mining Leases
On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced that it has cancelled two mining leases near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, a move that will likely kill the project opposed by environmental activists and Indigenous groups. Antofagasta, a Chilean mining giant, proposed the project. was revived by President Donald TrumpHe restored the leases when he took office, and slashed […]
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Fake Electors Casting Fraudulent Ballots for Trump Could be Charged by DOJ
An ex-federal prosecutor suggested that Republicans who participated in the fake electors scheme in seven states to overturn the results in 2020 presidential elections could face criminal charges. Glenn Kirschner, served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for 24 years, suggested that the fake 59 electors could face criminal charges, conspiracy […]
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Ocasio-Cortez Says Backing Progressive Over Sinema Would Be “Easiest Decision”
On Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) said that backing a progressive primary challenger to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) would be the “easiest decision” she would ever have to make. In an interview with MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan, Ocasio-Cortez said that four years into her six-year term, the conservative Democrat hasn’t “given a compelling case as […]
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Trump, While Golfing, Describes Himself as “45th and 47th” President
A video shared to social media by former President Donald Trump on Thursday refers to himself as the 45th or 47th presidents of the United States. This statement suggests that he is planning to run for the presidency again in 2024. The video shows Trump teeing off on the golf course, while the videographer refers […]
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Political Leaders Use “Personal Responsibility” to Justify Needless COVID Deaths
From the federal mask recommendations suspended in May to White House COVID coordinator Jeffrey Zients’s December pronouncement that the unvaccinated are to blame for “the hospitals you may soon overwhelm,” the Biden administration has organized its COVID response around an ethos of personal responsibility. COVID can be spun as a pandemic of the unvaccinatedEven vaccinated […]
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Sanders Says It’s Time to Vote on Build Back Better
Voicing exasperation with months of fruitless backroom talks over the Build Back Better Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday demanded floor votes on individual pieces of the stalled legislation in order to force Republicans — and right-wing Democrats — to go on the record opposing policies with widespread public support. Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the […]
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“There Is No Military Solution” to Russia Tensions, Progressive Lawmakers Say
Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Barbara Lee, two top members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, implored the Biden administration on Wednesday to urgently pursue a diplomatic outcome in Ukraine, warning that “there is no military solution” to surging tensions with Russia. “Diplomacy needs to be the focus,” Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the CPC, and […]
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The Federal Reserve Has Fueled Wall Street at the Expense of the Rest of Us
Christopher Leonard, author and editor of the new book, discusses the Federal Reserve’s signal that it will raise interest rates for March. The Lords of Easy MoneyThis is a story about how the Federal Reserve destroyed the American economy. He details the issues surrounding quantitative easing. This was a radical intervention that the federal government […]
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Mississippi Mayor Withholds $110K From Library Over LGBTQ Books
A Republican mayor in a Mississippi city is withholding funds from his county’s library system, refusing to hand over the money until books containing LGBTQ representation are purged from the library’s collection. Mayor Gene McGee from Ridgeland (Mississippi), is withholding $110,000 in funding from the Madison County Library System — the entirety of the first-quarter […]
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Prison Profiteer Is Using Sandra Bland’s Death to Sell Surveillance Technology
Guardian RFIDThis is a relatively unknown company that is rapidly growing and sells digital technology to prisons. It produces ID cards and bracelets that guards can scan to verify identity. These are useful for head counts, meal distribution, and suicide checks. Guardian RFID is another prison profiteer in the growing number of companies that do […]
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