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Biden admin’s reluctance to spend geopolitical capital greenlights Israeli settlement push
Dec 22, 2021 14:21At the end of the day, the U.S.-Israel alliance is a lot stronger than any notion of democracy or human rights
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'Tidal wave': Omicron threatens to put US COVID-19 surge into overdrive
Dec 21, 2021 05:56US public health officials say Omicron variant is likely to become the dominant variant in the country, following fast-moving spreads in countries such as South Africa and the United Kingdom, and could strain hospitals still struggling to contain this summer's Delta variant surge.
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The line from Fox News to Trump’s big lie is short and direct
Dec 20, 2021 12:45What did Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham say about the Jan. 6 rioting at the United States Capitol — and when did they say it? Were they suitably censorious of the violence? At the time, did their public remarks match their private horror?
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Surprise! There’s no voter fraud. Again.
Dec 20, 2021 12:27For those who spend their days operating within the constraints of empirical reality, the long-running voter-fraud scam peddled by right-wing con artists poses a dilemma: Respond to their claims and give them the veneer of legitimacy they crave. Ignore them, and risk letting transparent lies spread unchecked.
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The mysterious case of Joe Biden and the future of drone wars
Dec 19, 2021 17:28The handling of the Kabul strike is an ominous sign that while Biden has pledged to review the drone program, a long-standing mechanism for self-exoneration remains entrenched.
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Scientists say warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers
Dec 19, 2021 06:49Warmer winters are happening across the globe, and can be drivers of catastrophic weather events and profound changes.
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COVID hardly killed weapons biz: Top companies see $513 billion in sales
Dec 19, 2021 06:19Major U.S. arms companies accounted for no less than 54 percent of all weapons sales of the world’s 100 biggest arms suppliers in 2020, according to a new report, the latest in an annual series published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
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Biden’s “Democracy Summit” prioritized US hegemony over democratic ideals
Dec 18, 2021 04:45For stark evidence that we live in a world where political hypocrisy reigns supreme, one need look no further than Biden’s recent Democracy Summit.
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Probe shows Big Pharma 'manipulated' patent system and 'raised prices with abandon'
Dec 17, 2021 06:21The result of the House Oversight Committee investigation is clear: American families are suffering from outrageous drug prices, while Big Pharma rakes in record profits.
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Survey finds sharpest decline in public opinion about health care in the US
Dec 17, 2021 06:18The largest survey of its kind since the start of the Covid-19 crisis found that 38% of respondents — representing around 100 million Americans — characterized the for-profit U.S. healthcare system as either “expensive” or “broken,” an indication that the pandemic has markedly shifted public opinion.