Abolitionists Are Fighting Against the Surveillance State in Their Neighborhoods
On this picture from 2017, police monitor ShotSpotter and different crime detection applications on the Chicago Police Division seventh District’s Strategic Choice Assist Middle. Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune / Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photos Why would police desire a multi-million greenback gunshot detection system that doesn’t work? “ShotSpotter manufactures the urgency […]
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An ‘Abundance of Caution’ Mentality Leads to Tyranny
Due to the revelation of COVID-19’s omicron version, governments all over the world were in panic mode this week. As of writing, we know that Omicron is more transmissible than other variants. However, we don’t know if omicron is more dangerous. To the contrary, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, explained […]
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Heritage Foundation’s New Leader Talks Conservative Agenda With GOP
In his first day on the job, The Heritage Foundation’s new president, Kevin Roberts, told a group of House Republicans what their shared policy goals should be. “No disrespect to those of you who stand for election, But the most important thing we’re going to achieve is that we’ll look back 10 years from now, and […]
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Mark Meadows Reveals Trump Tested Positive for COVID Ahead of First Debate
An upcoming book will reveal details about Trump’s coronavirus test results. This was just days before his first presidential debate against Joe Biden. Mark Meadows, former chief of staff to President Donald Trump’s final year in office, wrote the book. In response to reporting on the excerpt from Meadows’s book, Trump described the anecdote as […]
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My Daughter Was Exposed to COVID. Thank Goodness She Was Vaccinated.
The fear arrived in February 2020 and has remained in one form or the other ever since. Remained? It puts its feet up on the coffee table and hogs the comforter so I can’t sleep. The mask, distancing and hand sanitizer are gone. Always the dead. Today, there are 86,000 new infections. It must have […]
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Ocasio-Cortez Slams GOP for Silence on Islamophobia Against Ilhan Omar
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota), is facing Islamophobic attacks by Rep. Lauren Boebert, (R-Colorado), and other far-right members. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has joined a chorus condemning Republicans’ silence on the matter. On Tuesday, Omar Shared a voicemailAfter a video of Boebert cruelly suggesting that Omar is a terrorist due to her faith, she received a call […]
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Using Inflation as an Excuse, Corporations Raised Prices & Increased Profits
Corporate leaders and right-wing pundits are repeating for months the false claim that the U.S. has experienced inflation due to social spending policies supported by progressives and the Biden administration. New data shows that inflation is increasing largely because corporations want it so. Businesses outside the finance industry have enjoyed the largest profits gains since […]
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Climate Justice Doesn’t Start With Politicians. It Starts in the Streets.
Despite the fact that the outcomes of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), 2021, are still being debated around the world, activists have come to a consensus that it was largely a failure. There may be some hope in the future, however, because coal appears to be on the way out and grassroots pressure […]
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Georgia Rejects Record Number of Absentee Ballot Requests Under New Voting Laws
Georgia election officials rejected absentee ballot applications in the state’s municipal elections this month at a rate more than four times higher than during the 2020 election cycle, in large part as the result of new restrictions on votingRepublican state legislators passed the bill. According to an analysis by, 4% of absentee-ballot applications were rejected […]
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Republicans Are Threatening to Shut Down Government Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
A group of congressional Republicans is threatening to shut down the government this week in a last-ditch attempt to block all funding for the enforcement of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers — a policy that right-wing judges temporarily put on hold Politico reported Wednesday that Senate Republicans led by Sen. Mike […]
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