Dems “Need to Get Thicker Skin,” GOP Lawmaker Whines Week After Gosar Censure
Democrats feel that the House of Representatives becomes a more toxic place where violent rhetoric from their GOP counterparts is tolerated. Last week Rep. Paul Gosar (R. Arizona) was censured. He was removed from House committeesAfter sharing an animated video on social networking that showed him attacking President Joe Biden and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez […]
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Whatever Passes for “Normal” Amid COVID Is About to Take Yet Another Hard Turn
Last Saturday’s line of cars behind the hospital was as straight and straight as a rank Marine Corps Cadets. After a while, the line became a little foursquare tent city populated with masked nurses carrying potent needles. This was huge stuff. I was there to get my Pfizer booster. But, what was more important was […]
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Dems and GOP Fight About Domestic Spending — But Not About Huge Military Budgets
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be final. AMY GOODMAN:This is Democracy Now!, Democracynow.orgThe War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman with Juan González. The United States is expected to spend $7 trillion on the Pentagon over the next ten-years. To put this number in perspective, the U.S. has more military spending each […]
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Hunter’s Cobalt Deal With China Collides With Father’s Electric Car Push
Presidential son Hunter Biden’s most recent controversy—assisting a Chinese company’s purchase of a large cobalt mine—is linked directly to a top Biden administration policy of promoting electric vehicles. Cobalt is a rare and expensive mineral that is essential for batteries that power electric cars. The COVID-19 pandemic also made U.S. officials and the public much […]
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District That Banned LGBTQ Books Relents After Pressure From Students, ACLU
A school district in Kansas City, Missouri, has retreated from a policy of banning LGBTQ-themed books after a group of students and other organizations — including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) — demanded an end to the practice. The North Kansas City Schools District responding to complaints from parentsTwo books were removed earlier in […]
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Trump-Allied Lawyers Ordered to Pay $187,000 in Fees for Their Election Lawsuit
A federal judge in Colorado has ordered two Donald Trump-allied lawyers to pay a hefty fee for a lawsuit over the 2020 election that the judge had panned — and dismissed. The December 2020 lawsuit was dismissed in AprilTwo Colorado lawyers brought the case on behalf of the plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit. of the […]
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Subpoenas for Roger Stone, Alex Jones Expose Bizarre Underbelly of Jan. 6 Attack
Steve Bannon, Roger Stone and Alex Jones walked into a bar… there’s a joke somewhere in there, but I’m damned if I can put a finger on it. I will tell you this: If Bannon and Stone and Jones entered a plot to overthrow the national presidential election, then said plot is even more far […]
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Warren, Sanders Request 8 Million Student Loan Borrowers Be Moved Out of Default
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D.Massachusetts), has led an effort to ask the Department of Education for student loan borrowers to be moved out of default status before payments resume in February. Over 8 million people are currently in default on their student loans, according to Warren’s letter addressed to Education Secretary Miguel Cardonas, and over 93 […]
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Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic Is at the Center of Case That Could End “Roe”
Original publication by The 19th.This project was published in collaboration with The Guardian. Jackson, Mississippi — The Pink House wasn’t Tiara’s first choice. It wasn’t even her second. It was the only place that could help her. Tiara, who kept her full name secret for privacy, lives near Beaumont, Texas. She and her husband have […]
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Corporate Democrats Quiet as Military Budget Far Exceeds Cost of Biden’s Agenda
Right-wing Democrats who have spent the past several months griping about the cost of the Build Back Better Act — and lopping roughly $2 trillion off the bill’s top line — are facing growing pushback from progressive lawmakers and analysts as Congress gets ready to approve a military budget that’s far more expensive on an […]
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