Panic! At the Capitol

If you were playing a game by its rules, discovered the rules were unfair, and learned that the penalty for losing the game was death, would you not flip over the table?

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Stupidity Is Killing Us

Stupidity Is Killing Us When did America become so stupid? There have recently been rallies at state capitols of “Liberate Michigan,” “Liberate Texas,” etc., which the president has fueled on Twitter. The rallies advocate for the end of lockdown and stay-at-home orders amidst one of the worst pandemics in recent history. When people imbibe war [...]

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How the Chinese Authorities and the World Health Organization Handled the Coronavirus

The attack on the Chinese government and the World Health Organization’s work on the new virus by the Trump administration is unfounded. On April 14, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a news conference at the White House, where he said that his administration would “halt [all] funding” for the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO, founded [...]

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Pelosi Defends Coronavirus Relief Oversight Appointment After Failure To Disclose Stock Trades

Shalala broke federal law by not disclosing stock sales in 2019 as required by the STOCK Act. When Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Rep. Donna Shalala as the sole Democrat to the five-person Congressional Oversight Commission that will oversee the Fed’s multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus stimulus, the choice raised eyebrows. Shalala’s 2019 financial disclosures show she [...]

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‘Never Heard of Anything Like This’: Watchdogs Sound Alarm as Trump Puts For-Profit Insurer in Charge of Covid-19 Hospital Funds

“It’s simply bizarre and unconscionable that the Trump administration would have United manage billions in relief to hospitals.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Watchdog groups and healthcare advocates are raising serious concerns about conflicts of interest and corporate profiteering after the Trump White House tapped UnitedHealth Group—the largest private health insurer in the U.S.—to help [...]

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The Coronavirus Has Created an Opening for Collective Action to Save Our Climate

With swift and utter clarity, the coronavirus pandemic is smashing the myth of U.S. individualism. We are not independent individuals as many of us like to think, making it because of our own strengths or failing because of our own weaknesses. The virus has shown us how we are a complexly interdependent—and deeply unequal—society; our [...]

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Trump Authorizes Navy to Shoot Iranian Boats That Threaten US Ships

The coronavirus may have encouraged a break in usual diplomatic conflicts across the globe, but the US has maintained tension with Iran in the Persian Gulf. ‘Shoot Down and Destroy’ The coronavirus may have encouraged a break in usual diplomatic conflicts across the globe, but Iran and the US are returning to typical quarrels in [...]

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Human Lab Rats: The US Government’s Secret History of Grisly Medical Experiments

Grisly experiments, barbaric behavior and inhumane conditions have become synonymous with the US government, which has meted out untold horrors against humans and animals alike. (By: John Whitehead, Mintpress News) I have never known any government to put the best interests of its people first, and this COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Now this isn’t [...]

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Pandemic Exposes Precarity of Workers Worldwide

“This reflects the deliberate invisibilization of the foreign worker; the whole machinery of state operates as though they don’t exist.” With COVID-19 taking a grip on countries all over the world, people are being told to stay home as much as possible, often under threat of fine. But some jobs cannot be done from home, [...]

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How Betsy DeVos and the Charter School Movement Are Brazenly Using Coronavirus Pandemic to Advance Their Agendas

The school privatization movement is not stopping as the country remains locked down. COVID-19 has shuttered public schools across the nation, state governments are threatening to slash education budgets due to the economic collapse caused by the outbreak, and emergency aid provided by the federal government is far short of what is needed, according to a broad coalition of education groups, [...]

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Big Banks Sued for Putting Large Corporations Ahead of Main Street Small Business Owners for Covid-19 Rescue Loans

“This is why oversight is important. No matter when or who it hurts, big business and corporations will always try to cash in.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Small businesses filed class-action lawsuits against three large banks Monday, accusing them of manipulating the application process for a government program aimed at providing relief for smaller companies amid the [...]

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The EPA Could Have Made the Air Safer, They Chose Not To

Despite a recent study from Harvard showing strong evidence that people breathing air with more particulate matter have a significantly increased risk of dying from COVID-19, the EPA has chosen to maintain old standards on the national air quality standard. On April 14 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that they would leave unchanged the [...]

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Mutual Aid Volunteers Are Mobilizing to Help the Most Vulnerable Communities to Deal With Coronavirus

Local volunteer efforts across the country provide resources and free delivery to seniors, houseless communities and other vulnerable groups. Across the nation, people who are able to are volunteering to offer free delivery of food and household supplies to the most vulnerable members of their communities. Volunteers all over are sewing masks, distributing hand sanitizer [...]

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Trump Bans Immigration, Citing COVID-19 Pandemic

President Donald Trump announced an upcoming immigration ban on Monday night, citing the COVID-19 outbreak and saying that the action will be temporary.  Protecting Jobs “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order [...]

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