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Food Contaminated With Drug-Resistant Salmonella Strain Continues to Be Sold

This story was initially printed by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of energy. Signal as much as obtain our biggest stories as quickly as they’re printed. In Might 2018, a uncommon and virulent pressure of salmonella caught the eye of America’s high illness detectives. In lower than two months, the micro […]

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Efforts to Ban Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” Are at Center of Virginia Governor Race

Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin caused public uproar this week when he released a political ad featuring a white mother who advocated banning Toni Morrison’s novel BelovedFrom schools. The woman, Laura Murphy, describes the book as “some of the most explicit material you can imagine.” In 2013, Murphy fought to have the “Beloved bill” […]

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Capitol Police Wrongly Worried About Leftist Counterprotesters on January 6

New documents relating to the United States Capitol Police Department’s preparation for the certification of the Electoral College showcase that they were concerned about the potential for violence on January 6 — but from leftist counterprotesters rather than Trump loyalists. It was a mob loyalists to the former President that attacked the Capitol to disrupt […]

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Democrats Will Subpoena Big Oil to Force Disclosure of Climate Denial Campaigns

Carolyn Maloney, the Chair of House Oversight Committee (D.New York), announced her plans to subpoena documents to oil and gas companies in order to discover their role as climate denialists. Exxon and BP, Chevron, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute are just a few of the oil giants. The Chamber of Commerce and the lobbying […]

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Biden’s DOJ Dismissed Suicide Risk for Assange in Appeal of Extradition Denial

The Biden administration asked two United Kingdom High Court judges to overturn the British district judge’s denial of extradition of journalist Julian Assange this week during an October 26-27 appeals hearing in London. If the American authorities are requested to extradite the Biden administration, WikiLeaksFor exposing evidence about U.S. war crime, the founder could spend […]

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The Ignoble Lie

In a controversial passage in Plato’s “Republic,” Socrates introduced the idea of the “noble lie” (gennaios pseudos). He says that a majestic fiction could sometimes be used to help society by convincing uninformed citizens to do something for them. Since then, many prevaricators have used as an excuse the lie for the common good. Our […]

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Congress Shouldn’t Enact Ill-Conceived New Taxes for Spending Spree

Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, reportedly continues to discuss with House Democrats their ever-evolving plan for expanding the role of government within American life. told her members: “There is no bad decision.” Bad decisions are inevitable when Congress rushes to approve a poorly vetted plan for paying for its new social spending. The parade of taxes […]

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What’s in Democrats’ $1.75 Trillion Spending Bill

The White House releases Thursday a framework for the Build Back Better agenda—a massive, $1.75 trillion spending bill that will radically transform the American way of life as we know it—and Democrats in Congress are intent on rapidly moving it immediately. We asked The Heritage Foundation analysts for their opinions on the bill text. We […]

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With Reconciliation Hacked in Half, Sanders Warns US Democracy Is “in Danger”

The White House released this Thursday morning: a new framework for the Democrats’ reconciliation bill, investing a mere $1.75 trillion into social and climate programs over 10 years and cutting key proposals like paid medical and family leave. The bill would cost $175 billion per year, which is less than half the Senate’s amount. has […]

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26 States Are Primed to Effectively Ban Abortion If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned

Many are starting to wonder what would happen if Supreme Court hears arguments in two high-profile abortion cases later in the year. Roe v. Wade decision. The Guttmacher Institute, an advocacy group for reproductive health, released a report on Thursday that shows the consequences could be severe for millions of future abortion seekers. Two cases […]

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