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In a highly unusual move, the White House has requested for it to be able to conduct arms deals with Israel in complete secrecy, without oversight from Congress or the public.
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Rep. @AOC has unveiled a bill to extend additional unemployment aid after lawmakers allowed the program to expire on Labor Day, leaving millions of unemployed people in the lurch.
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Teen charged with murder after officer had heart attack while assaulting him. 18-year-old farmworker Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is being prosecuted despite an autopsy report that exonerates him.
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Gaza hospitals are paralyzed in the wake of Israel's relentless bombardment. Shocking reports allege the use of snipers targeting individuals within Al-Shifa Hospital, raising deep concerns about the humanitarian situation.
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“The US is a center left country with a gerrymandering problem.” - @transscribe
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Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would require the Pentagon to return a portion of its huge budget if it fails another audit. In December, it flunked its fifth consecutive audit, unable to account for more than 60% of its $3.5 trillion assets.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar penned a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to take action to cancel the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline that will stretch across her home state.
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Bernie Sanders to introduce a congressional resolution that would disallow the sale of $735 million in precision-guided missiles to Israel.
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman: “When we are elected to Congress, we take an oath to protect the Constitution against enemies foreign and domestic. Marjorie Taylor Greene is an enemy of the Constitution and of our country and she should be expelled from Congress.”
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On October 20, at least half a million workers in South Korea — from across the construction, transportation, service, and other sectors — will walk off their jobs in a one-day general strike.
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The youngest member of Congress, Rep. Maxwell Frost has condemned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for actions that he describes as fascist.
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The Biden administration is preparing to auction off more than 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling companies less than a week after the United Nations COP26 climate conference.
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An appeals court ruled that an NSA program famously exposed by Edward Snowden, designed to collect data on millions of American citizens without warrants, violates a law specially designed to prevent abuse of the government’s spying capabilities.
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Bernie Sanders has proposed setting a nationwide minimum wage for teachers at $60,000 a year, which would raise the salaries of over a million school public school teachers in the country.
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BREAKING: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is preparing to introduce a resolution to block the U.S.’s planned $735 million weapons sale to Israel amid its current assault on Palestinians.
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Rep. Jayapal tore into Barr for saying Black Lives Matter protesters are “terrorists” but ignoring armed protesters in Michigan who called for the lynching of Governor Whitmer.
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Rep. @AOC : “I’m sorry we have to break down biology 101 on national television, but in case no one has informed him before in his life, six weeks pregnant means two weeks late for your period.”
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The Biden administration is reportedly blocking the release of a UN cease-fire statement as Israel continues its devastating assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring hundreds more.
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In true Houston style, riders joined thousands of protesters in support of George Floyd, near where he was raised in Houston's Third Ward.
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Democracy isn’t dying in the dark. It’s dying in broad daylight.
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North Carolina Republicans redraw the voting map to favor lawmakers who switched parties. Tricia Cotham, a former Democratic Rep. who switched to the GOP, will receive a 25-point swing in her favor because of Republican gerrymandering.
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If minimum wage had increased at the same rate as the average Wall Street bonus since 1985, it would be $33 today, instead of $7.25
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Bernie Sanders said that Democrats must make it a priority to tackle Citizens United, which allows billionaires and corporations to pour unlimited amounts of money into politics and essentially buy elections.
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On #NoDAPL : "We die, and have died, for the sake of expansion and white wealth, and for the maintenance of both."
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Bernie Sanders Is About to Become the Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
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Rep. Ilhan Omar called Ted Cruz a “miserable little weasel” for actively seeking out ways to get the Supreme Court to block student loan forgiveness.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would guarantee paid sick leave for all workers, ending the U.S.'s status as the only wealthy nation without it.
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NYT writers who resigned over the paper's scrutiny of pro-Palestinian activism speak out. They argue that the Times' treatment of pro-Palestinian voices is a double standard that indicates tacit support for Israel.
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Over 50 Groups Call on Grassley to Resign as Judiciary Committee Chair
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CNN on Thursday fired contributor Marc Lamont Hill for daring to denounce the oppression of Palestinians and endorse “a single secular democratic state for everyone.”
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It's About Racism, Not the Flag: Jackie Robinson Didn't Stand for the Anthem #BendTheKnee
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Rep. @AOC : “The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy. The IOC should reconsider its suspension of Ms. Richardson and any athletes penalized for cannabis use.”
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "We have to wonder, if Trump and [Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo are so worried about human rights and democracy in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, why do they actively support horrible regimes in Brazil, Guatemala, and Honduras?"
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Universal basic income trial results in California showed that contrary to certain right-wing taking points, unconditional cash actually increased participation in the labor force, rather than disincentivized it.
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BREAKING: The trial of activist Scott Warren, who was facing 20 years in prison for providing humanitarian relief to migrants, has ended with a hung jury.
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US Media Is Still Avoiding the Word Genocide — It’s Past Time to Start Using It What constitutes genocide is clearly defined, and it is what we are witnessing in Palestine.
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BREAKING: The 3 other officers involved in George Floyd's killing will be charged with aiding and abetting murder. Derek Chauvin's charge will be elevated to second-degree murder.
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A record 36 million Americans voted early this year, with participation high among young people and people of color. That’s up from 27 million four years ago.
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The Struggle Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Has Linked #Indigenous Communities Across the World #NoDAPL
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"Every bomb dropped, every missile launched, every bullet fired, every bandage used, every body bag filled represents money that once belonged to all of us but has been transferred to a small group of wealthy war profiteers we will never meet."
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. @BreeNewsome : It’s impossible not to note the difference in "how police have a coordinated, overtly militarized response to any kind of protest that is challenging racism in policing or racism in the government versus what we witnessed yesterday."
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"Police and prosecutors rarely grant a Stand Your Ground and other justifiable homicide defenses to women, particularly Black women like Dixon, when they are defending themselves from abusers."
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2,000 veterans have signed on to peacefully defend the Water Protectors of #StandingRock . #NoDAPL
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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are calling on the Biden administration to bring an end to several estate and dynasty trust tax rules that are allowing the richest Americans to hide hundreds of millions of dollars from government tax agents.
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Abolition and decolonization are imagining an end to white supremacy, rather than fashioning ways to include more people in its institutions.
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Mitch McConnell has adjourned the U.S. Senate and gone on holiday leaving tens of millions of Americans out-of-work, hungry, and eviction-prone during the worst economic crisis since the 1930s.
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Joe Biden, the presidential candidate who has received the most money from pharmaceutical industry in 2020, is not embracing a plan that could lower the cost of a coronavirus vaccine that many others Democrats support. Via @Sludge
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The effort to recall progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has in large part been led by William Oberndorf, a shadowy big money Republican who has spent at least $900,000 to remove Boudin from office.
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US Provides Military Assistance to 73 Percent of World's Dictatorships
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Senators Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden announced that they would introduce legislation that would remove marijuana from a federal list of prohibited drugs.
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A new investigation shows police are still secretly surveilling Minnesota activists after George Floyd protests. Read more:
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"This Is the Right Thing to Do": Energy CEO on Ending Leases to Drill Near Blackfeet Nation #Indigenous #oilandgas
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Hundreds of parliamentarians representing governments from across the globe have signed a statement issuing a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, led by Rep. Ilhan Omar and German lawmaker Sevin Dağdelen.
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Trans and gender-nonconforming people have always existed. We have always been powerful, and we cannot be erased.
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Trump wants the United States to collapse so that he can loot and profit from the scraps.
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Minneapolis community members have stepped up in real time to create community fire brigades, a people’s ambulance, a transit support system, food banks and hot meal bars, and community safety and defense teams.
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Bree Newsome Bass: “Capitalism is the unfolding catastrophe. It’s this thing that has grabbed us all in its arms and it is just plummeting down.”
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Sanders Shines and Biden Crumbles During Epic Town Hall on Climate Crisis
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other lawmakers have introduced a resolution that formally apologizes for the role the United States played in the deadly 1973 military coup in Chile.
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Feinstein asks how Ford is sure her attacker was Kavanaugh. Ford replies: "The same way I am sure I am talking to you right now."
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A child labor expansion bill being pushed by Republicans and industry groups in Iowa to allow children to work in meat coolers would stand in violation of federal labor laws.
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Any Shame Around Poverty Lies With the Society That Perpetuates It, Not the Poor @sarahljaffe
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One of the largest teachers’ unions has established a legal defense fund for any member who “gets in trouble” for teaching “honest history,” after right-wing groups filed lawsuits against some school districts for supposedly teaching critical race theory.
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Washington state has introduced extensive labor protections for strip club dancers, marking a significant move towards decriminalization and fostering solidarity among performers.
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An important speech by Dr. King on racial inequalities in the United States. #MLKDay
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A Sanders 2020 campaign could be a powerful catalyst for creating a new political culture that nurtures activism.
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Reps. @RashidaTlaib , @AyannaPressley and @MondaireJones introduced a bill that would prohibit financing of new fossil fuel projects after next year and prohibit financing of all fossil fuel projects after 2030.
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. @DrJillStein : "Bernie supporters only need to be informed that they have another place to go."
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The Seattle City Council, led by Kshama Sawant, passed a resolution calling on Joe Biden to immediately end U.S. stonewalling of an international effort to suspend vaccine patents as Covid-19 cases surge worldwide.
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Noam Chomsky: "We have to make decisions now which will literally determine whether organized human life can survive in any decent form."
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Ron DeSantis has signed a bill allowing landlords to charge renters a monthly fee instead of a security deposit. This predatory move will disproportionately impact low-income renters and make it harder for them to afford housing.
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BREAKING: The Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior, making her the first Indigenous person to be appointed to the position.
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Kleptocracy? How Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Personally Profit From Their Roles in the White House
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"My husband carried our son the entire three-week journey" #Syria #refugees
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Bernie Sanders rejects $10B in military aid for “extremist Netanyahu government.” Sanders said sending more military aid amidst the ongoing Gaza offensive is “unlawful” and “immoral.” He urges the US to push for a just resolution.
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A commonality shared by Manchin and Trump: Neither wants anything beyond the attention and the money.
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. @QasimRashid : "10 years ago a major law firm rescinded a job offer because I was 'too Muslim' and would 'make clients uncomfortable. Last night I became the first American Muslim in Virginia history to win a Congressional primary election."
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Lakota Lead Native Americans, Ranchers and Farmers in Fight Against Dakota Access Pipeline
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"Absolute Failure": DNC Passes Perez Resolution Reversing Ban on Donations From Fossil Fuel PACs
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Native American Tribes Join to File Historic Lawsuit Against Trump's Attack on Bears Ears National Monument
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