Whip Count: The Democrats Who Support the Progressive Reconciliation Strategy
Julia Rock | dailyposter.com | 2021-09-15
Click to share this on FacebookEditor's Note: This story is being cross-posted at The Intercept and The American Prospect. Additional reporting from Austin Ahlman, Walker Bragman, David Dayen, Ryan Grim, David Sirota, and Joel Warner.As the House of Representatives begins debating Democrats' landmark budget reconciliation package, only 17 Democratic lawmakers have publicly committed to keeping the legislation tied to the bip…
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The Case for Legalizing Psychedelics
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2021-09-15
Aside from issues that rightly dominate print headlines and social media, there is an inconspicuous national movement arising: legalizing psychedelics. This movement may cause many boomers to smirk as they conjure up memories of Dr. Timothy Leary, the iconic advocate for using psychedelics. He coined the phrase, "Turn on, tune in, drop out." Such skepticism…
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AOC's 'Tax the Rich' Gown is Designer Protest Meant to Dull Class Struggle
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2021-09-15
The left is currently dividing very publicly over a viral clip on social media of AOC — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — arriving on Monday night at an exclusive gala event in New York in a slinky, white satin, off-the shoulder, Marilyn Monroe-style gown with large red writing across the back demanding: "Tax the Rich." Maybe "divided"
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Reconciliation Bill Live Chat With Brendan Boyle On 9/17
David Sirota | dailyposter.com | 2021-09-14
Click to share this on FacebookOn Friday 9/17 at 6pm ET (3 pm PT), Daily Poster subscribers will talk with U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., about the fight to preserve social provisions in the Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that could help transform the country's approach to child care, immigration, climate change, and other progressive priorities. Subscribers can register and watch the seminar in the embedded Crowdcast player below.Boyle is a member of the Con…
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The U.S. Left's Response to Sept. 11
The Socialist Program | liberationnews.org | 2021-09-14
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 the …
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Genealogist Finds Evidence That Biden Ancestors Owned Slaves
Dana Sanchez | moguldom.com | 2021-09-14
Four days after Barack Obama picked Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate in 2008, unsubstantiated claims began circulating on social media that Biden was the descendant of slave owners. New claims have resurfaced after a genealogist and a presidential lineage expert took a sweeping look into the lineage of President Biden — a Scranton, …
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Do They Want Tomás Guanipa as Caracas Mayor? — Persecuted Parliamentarian or a Farce?
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-09-14
After it was revealed that the opposition politician Tomás Guanipa will run as mayor of Caracas in the upcoming regional elections scheduled for November 21, a flurry of critical comments were unleashed regarding the nomination, some originating from right-wing elements. | Comments on social media platforms mostly questioned Guanipa's apparent "metamorphosis," as until recently he had presented himself as a parliamentarian persecuted by the government and as former deputy Guaidó's so-called ambassador to Iván Duque (Colombia). He recently resigned from that "position" and joined the Mexico Talks. | Similarly, cri…
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Canadian imperialism in Africa
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-09-14
Canadian imperialism in Africa has had a rare social media moment. On Twitter K. Diallo recently posted a map of the continent with the sum of Canadian mining investment in each African country under the words "75% of mining companies globally are now Canadian. Canada is a great source of corporate neocolonialism expansion." The tweet …
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Nicki Minaj Claims Cousin's Friend's Testicles Became Swollen, Impotent From Vaccine. Others Say This Is An STD
Ann Brown | moguldom.com | 2021-09-14
Hip-hop sensation Nicki Minaj is stirring up controversy on social media with an anti-vax post. The Trinidad-born superstar revealed that she didn't attend the Met Gala Monday in New York City because the coveted event required attendees to be vaccinated. Minaj tweeted that a friend of her cousin suffered from swollen testicles and impotency after taking …
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Canadian Imperialism in Africa
Yves Engler | counterpunch.org | 2021-09-14
Canadian imperialism in Africa has had a rare social media moment. On Twiter K. Diallo recently posted a map of the continent with the sum of Canadian mining investment in each African country under the words "75% of mining companies globally are now Canadian. Canada is a great source of corporate neocolonialism expansion." The tweet received…
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Meets New EU Chargé d'Affaires: Relations Must be Based on Respect
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-09-14
This Sunday, September 12, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Felix Plasencia, received the EU Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, Rafael Dochao, for a cordial bilateral meeting in Caracas. | "We appreciate the support for the dialogue between the Bolivarian Government and the opposition," Plasencia wrote on his Twitter account @PlasenciaFelix, referring to the "support" that the European bloc has shown for the negotiations and agreements between Venezuelans, taking place in Mexico City, hosted by the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and mediated by the Kingd…
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Black America Voices Concerns About YouTube Showing Naked Lil Nas X Videos To Kids
Ann Brown | moguldom.com | 2021-09-14
Openly gay hip-hop artist Lil Nas X may be racking up hit singles and praise from the LGBTQ community for coming out, but he is also stacking up criticism from Black parents over his uncensored video in which he and other Black men appear naked. Parents want YouTube to stop showing it. In July, Lil …
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Talk World Radio: David Vine on U.S. Bases Everywhere
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-09-14