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Israeli regime isn’t entitled to “self-defense” against the people under its occupation
May 16, 2021 04:48As the Zionist regime continues to pummel the Palestinian people with bombs and artillery shot into Gaza from troops amassed along its borders in preparation for a ground invasion, the Biden administration has reaffirmed its unwavering support for Israeli regime’s war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians.
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Biden budget would send $1.3 billion more to Israeli regime military than to global climate programs: Analysis
May 14, 2021 16:32A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."
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After hoarding, West bickers on sharing patents as virus kills in droves
May 13, 2021 10:56South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned of “vaccine apartheid” as millions of people in poor countries are dying of the coronavirus with no access to vaccines and wealthy countries are hogging shots.
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Support for new malaria vaccine may be lacking in rich world
May 13, 2021 10:47The first efforts to eradicate malaria began in the 1950s under the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Eradication Program (one that decided to leave sub-Saharan Africa out of the “global” campaign), making use of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine and spraying large areas with the insecticide DDT.
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Biden isn’t ending Afghanistan war, he’s privatizing it: Special forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain
May 13, 2021 04:55Over 18,000 Pentagon contractors remain in Afghanistan, while official troops number 2,500. Joe Biden will withdraw this smaller group of soldiers while leaving behind US Special Forces, mercenaries, and intelligence operatives — privatizing and downscaling the war, but not ending it.
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US fiscal profligacy and the impending crisis
May 12, 2021 12:02It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Joe Biden administration’s fiscal irresponsibility arises from a cynical political calculation. It evidently proposes to employ the federal budget as a slush fund to distribute benefits to various political constituencies, gambling that the avalanche of new debt will not cause a financial crisis before the 2022 Congressional elections.
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F.B.I. identifies group behind pipeline hack
May 12, 2021 11:58US President Joe Biden said on Monday (May 10) that the United States would “disrupt and prosecute” a criminal gang of hackers called DarkSide, which the F.B.I. formally blamed for a huge ransomware attack that has disrupted the flow of nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel supplies to the East Coast.
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Republicans gear up to oust Liz Cheney as punishment for criticizing Trump
May 12, 2021 11:53Infighting within the Republican Party is set to come to a head this week, goaded on by the ghostly figure of former President Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago hideout in Florida. House Republicans are gearing up to oust Liz Cheney on Wednesday (May 12) from her position as the party’s number three leader in the chamber.
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Internal NYPD documents show cops were sent to protests with barely any First Amendment training
May 12, 2021 01:23Most officers at the George Floyd protests received only vague academy training that emphasized arresting protesters over defending their rights.
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More US government spying and lying
May 12, 2021 00:51Recently, the US federal government’s unconstitutional spying on ordinary Americans was exposed. One of these revelations was made by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., who wrote that the FBI is still using warrantless spying in criminal cases, notwithstanding the Constitution and federal laws.