Destroyed Habitat Breeds Death and Disease—A Movement Builds to Support Wildlife in Human Spaces

The native plant movement and backyard habitat projects seek to re-create livable natural spaces for endangered pollinators and other animals. The world’s wildlife is in danger of dying off, and inevitably taking humanity out with it. Humans have destroyed enormous portions of the planet’s natural spaces, and caused a climate disaster as well as the [...]

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New York Removes Sanders from Primary Ballot against Campaign’s Wishes

“Today’s decision is an outrage, a blow to American democracy, and must be overturned by the DNC.” When Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for President, he announced a strategy to continue to amass delegates, “while Vice President Biden will be the nominee, we must continue working to assemble as many delegates as possible at the [...]

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America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic

America’s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980. (By: Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that, while tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America’s ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net [...]

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I Think I Got It!

Like growing millions of Americans who are not sick from Covid 19, but from Trump’s setting new standards for derangement, I determined to discover what Trump Derangement Syndrome actually means. And where it came from.

I began with the word “derangement.” One dictionary definition is “the state of being completely unable to think clearly or behave in a controlled way, especially because of mental illness.” Another dictionary definition is “(1) A disturbance of the regular order or arrangement and (2) A rarely used term for a mental disturbance or disorder.”

Wikipedia tells us that “Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a term for criticism of negative reactions to United States President Donald Trump that are perceived to be irrational, and have little regard towards Trump's actual policy positions, or actions undertaken by his administration. The term has been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of his actions, as a way of reframing the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.”

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Why Big Cities Have Given Up Prosecuting the Drug War During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Arresting and imprisoning people for drug offenses is a luxury America’s biggest cities are finding they can no longer afford as they struggle with the coronavirus pandemic. Now, citing the need for social distancing measures, several of them are leading the way in jettisoning the long-entrenched but totally discretionary policing and prosecutorial practice. With the [...]

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‘Outrageous’: Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to Let Payday Lenders Obtain Small Business Loans

“Payday lenders exploit millions of working families through predatory practices. Congress shouldn’t prop them up during this crisis.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is pressing the Trump administration to make coronavirus relief loans meant for small businesses available to payday lenders, the financial institutions notorious for preying on desperate [...]

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Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic

During an interview with Jonas Salk, the creator of the polio vaccine, CBS newsman Edward R. Morrow asked who owned the patent for the vaccine. “Well, the people, I would say,” said Salk. “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” This is what drives science and scientists like Salk: that science must be for [...]

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Native American Tribes Battle Feds for Coronavirus Relief as Death Toll Grows

“We once again have been forgotten by our own government.” Native American tribes and reservations have been particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic both in terms of public health and economy. “We are United States citizens but we’re not treated like that,” Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez told NPR. “You can hear the frustration, the [...]

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As Saudi Forces Flee Northern Yemen, Evidence of an Unholy Alliance with Al-Qaeda is Left Behind

MintPress’ Ahmed Abdulkareem traveled through Yemen’s recently liberated al-Jawf Province to see firsthand the devastation left behind by Saudi-backed AQAP militants. (By: Ahmed Abdulkareem, Mintpress News) The journey from Sana’a to the far northeastern stretches of al-Jawf through the Empty Quarter is an arduous affair. A veritable no man’s land, the region has long-enjoyed the [...]

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