What Psaki Said When Asked If Biden Travel Ban Hypocritical
Jen Psaki, White House press secretary, responded to allegations President Joe Biden was being hypocritical when he issued travel restrictions on South Africa. She had previously criticized the ones that former President Donald Trump had placed on China. Biden was a candidate for the presidency. referred to Trump’s “hysterical xenophobia” whileOn stage in Iowa, the same day […]
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Trump Org Made $1.7 Billion While Trump Was President, Much of it From Taxpayers
A new book examining the Trump administration’s financial conflicts of interest showcases the alarming amount of money Trump’s companies made while he was in the White House — including hundreds of millions of dollars that his businesses received from taxpayers. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston details the full extent of Trump’s ill-gotten gains from […]
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Moderna Refuses to Share Vaccine Recipe With Africa as Omicron Rises
As debate over a proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines and treatments continues to stall at the World Trade Organization (WTO), members that remain opposed — including the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the European Union — are increasingly being accused of violating human rights on an international scale. The Omicron variant, […]
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Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Condemn Violent Police Raid Against Pipeline Protest
Canadian police continue to arrest Indigenous land defenders blocking construction of Coastal GasLink, a 400-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas through Wet’suwet’en land. Two people were arrested Monday by police for blocking an access road. This comes less than two weeks after more than 30 people were arrested in a violent raid at Coyote […]
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Our Fast Supply Chain Put Workers’ Lives at Risk. Let’s Not Bring It Back.
In mid-October, President Biden declared that the Port of Los Angeles would open 24 hours a days, seven days a săptămână. This was in addition to the Port of Long Beach which had been operating since September. This announcement came after weeks of negotiations by the White House with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union […]
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Biden Is Quietly Continuing a Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare
A Trump-era pilot programme that could lead to the complete privatization of traditional Medicare in a matter of years is moving ahead under the Biden administration, a development that — despite its potentially massive implications for patients across the U.S. — has received scant attention from the national press or Congress. A group of doctors […]
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Medical Experts Decry Omicron Travel Bans That Unfairly Target African Countries
Many health officials and government leaders warn that travel restrictions imposed by wealthy countries around the world on southern African countries because of the Omicron coronavirus variant are more harmful than beneficial. Scientists estimate thatThere are likely thousands of Omicron cases across southern Africa. Indeed, cases of the variant have already been found in Canada. […]
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Josh Gottheimer, Worth Nearly $9 Million, Is Seeking Unpaid Interns
2018 Congress allotted $13.8 millionMembers can break the long-standing tradition practice of not paying congressional interns. Since then, an analysis from earlier this year indicates that over 90 percent of Congress members began paying at least one of their interns — but conservative Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer didn’t follow the trend. The weekend was a […]
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DOJ Accuses Steve Bannon’s Lawyers of “Frivolous” Complaints in Contempt Trial
On Sunday night, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 10-page briefing accusing Steve Bannon’s lawyers of trying to issue “frivolous” complaints to stir up public support for their client from Trump supporters. Bannon, a former Trump advisor is facing contempt of Congress charges Refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the January […]
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What Biden’s Dismal Polling Teaches Us About Our Leadership
Recent polls show President Joe Biden with a low approval rating of 38% and Vice President Kamala Harris with a depressing approval rating of 28%, just nine months into their terms. Even with the army of political propaganda outlets—or, dare I say, “journalists”—vehemently opposing former President Donald Trump and supporting Biden and his Democratic colleagues, […]
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