Buying Democracy in a Good Way
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-07-07
Brian Beutler tweeted something this week that got me thinking about ways the Democrats can get around a Republican filibuster on voting rights: make it about money. The key problem facing any voting rights measure is that the Republicans are determined to filibuster anything that limits the ability of states to suppress the vote or …
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Censored COVID Vaccine Victims Demand Answers in Private Facebook Group
Alicia Powe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-07
@crg_globalresearch. As Big Tech, …
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Climate Change Activists Given Long Prison Sentences While Big Oil Makes Super-Profits
The Socialist Program | liberationnews.org | 2021-07-07
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how …
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Unidentified Drones Attacked US-Occupied Al-Omar Oil Fields In Northeastern Syria
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-07
Illustrative image. | On July 7, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that it had thwarted an "attack with drones" on the al-Omar oil fields in southeastern Deir Ezzor in cooperation with the US-led coalition. | Farhad Shami, head of the SDF's Office of Media and Information, claimed that the drone attack did not result in any losses. | "Initial reports confirm that the attack was thwarted and no damage was recorded," Shami said on Twitter. "Further detailed information will be published once it's received." | Local…
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Casualties Reported After Rocket Barrage Hit US Ain Al-Asad Air Base In Iraq (Video, Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-07
Click to see full-size image. Source: Sabereen News (t.me/sabreenS1) | On July 7, another rocket attack targeted Ain al-Assad Air Base, where US troops are known to be deployed, in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar. | On Twitter, Col. Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the US-led coalition, said that the base was attacked with 17 rockets. According to the spokesman, the rockets landed inside the base and in its perimeter causing two injures. | "Two personnel sustained minor injuries. Damage still be assessed," Col. Marotto…
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Wednesday 7/7: Corporate Media Independent Media & Investigative Journalism
BayAction2FreeAssange dot com | indybay.org | 2021-07-07
ONLINE EVENT: The monopolization of the media and the effect of corporate control of social media is a growing threat to freedom.
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Palestinian student Layan Nasir seized by Israeli occupation forces
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-07-07
Palestinian student Layan Nasir was seized in the early morning hours of Wednesday, 7 July by Israeli occupation forces who invaded her home. She is a student at Bir Zeit University who wrote on social media only two days ago about the attacks she suffered at the hands of undercover Palestinian Authority security forces wearing civilian clothes, who violently beat protesters against the assassination of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat. She is currently being held in the Israeli Ofer prison. There are currently hundreds of Palestinian students detained by the Israeli occupation. At Bir Zeit University alone, Nasi…
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Stop Silencing Us: An Open Letter to Facebook, Google, Twitter and Social Media Platform Employees
Teodrose Fikremariam | globalresearch.ca | 2021-07-06
@crg_globalresearch. Throughout …
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US Suffers Some 150 Gun-Related Deaths Over July 4th Weekend
telesurenglish.net | 2021-07-06
According to data from Gun Violence Archive, these events are part of a climate of increased violence faced in recent months by some major U.S. cities. | The media outlet warns that this statistic, which includes shooting incidents and victims of gun violence nationwide over a 72-hour period from Friday to Sunday, has yet to be updated, so the number could be higher. | RELATED: | 20 Best Tweets Challenging the U.S. on July Fourth | In New York, where gun violence has increased in recent m…
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Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-07-06
Ron Johnson Needs to Come With a Warning Label…
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Talk World Radio: Yurii Sheliazhenko on Ukraine as Imperial Chess Board
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-07-06
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing Ukraine, war, and peace. Our guest Yurii Sheliazhenko is executive secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and a board member of the European Bureau for … Continue reading "Talk World Radio: Yurii Sheliazhenko on Ukraine as Imperial Chess Board"
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