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‘Wake up’: Markets warn central banks to get a grip on inflation
Nov 28, 2021 07:18From the US Federal Reserve to the European Central Bank, policymakers are grappling with a surge in prices not seen for decades while trying to keep wobbly economies on course to recovery from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pentagon suppressed whistleblowers who exposed massacres in Syria
Nov 27, 2021 05:50Drone whistleblower Daniel Hale is in a communications management unit (CMU) at a medium-security federal prison in Marion, Illinois. He is closely monitored by the FBI and Bureau of Prisons officials so they can prevent him from further commenting on the bloodshed caused by U.S. drone strikes.
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COVID killed more Americans in 2021 than 2020
Nov 26, 2021 15:00The number of dead from COVID-19 in the U.S. in 2021, as of November 20, surpassed the deadly toll of 2020.
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Despite pledge, Biden leaves tap open, approving billions in arms deals to Saudi Arabia (2)
Nov 25, 2021 15:26A new MintPress News study based on Dept. of Defense documents can reveal that U.S. weapons manufacturers have sold well in excess of $28.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen War began, including 20 separate deals inked during Biden’s presidency.
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US Democrats worry inflation could imperil agenda and congressional majorities
Nov 25, 2021 11:13Americans are taking notice of high prices with growing alarm, and their concerns appear to be negatively affecting Biden’s approval rating, which had already been falling in recent months.
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Rittenhouse and the right’s white vigilante heroes
Nov 25, 2021 11:08Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old who shot and killed two men and wounded a third last year during protests of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, was found not guilty on Friday (Nov. 19) of all charges by a Wisconsin jury.
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Fun fact: US special ops are in 33 of 44 countries in Europe today
Nov 24, 2021 14:16Roughly 11 percent of U.S. commandos deployed overseas this year were sent to Europe, the largest percentage of any region in the world except for the West Asia region and Africa.
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Despite pledge, Biden leaves tap open, approving billions in arms deals to Saudi Arabia (1)
Nov 24, 2021 14:12A new MintPress News study based on Dept. of Defense documents can reveal that U.S. weapons manufacturers have sold well in excess of $28.3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen War began, including 20 separate deals inked during Biden’s presidency.
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'Honest mistakes': How US and Israeli regime justify targeting and killing civilians
Nov 24, 2021 14:09The “honest mistake” is a continuing colonial narrative western nations tell themselves, and the rest of us, when they kill civilians. When western troops invade and occupy other people’s lands - and maybe help themselves to some of the resources they find along the way - it is done in the name of bringing security or spreading democracy. We are always the Good Guys, they are the Evil Ones. We make mistakes, they commit crimes.
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Pinching pennies for people—but endless cash for war
Nov 23, 2021 14:27There is a paradox underpinning American politics and its society right now. The U.S. must be the only country in the world where even when some wars end—like Afghanistan—government officials still elect to spend more money on the military.