Lawyer Paul Dickinson: The U.S. Promised Iraqis Justice. Trump's Blackwater Pardons Took It Away. & Joseph Stiglitz on the Pandemic Economy & Why He Backs Sanders' Filibuster for $2000 Stimulus Checks
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"Blackwater's Youngest Victim": 9-Year-Old Ali Kinani Was Among Victims of Trump's Pardoned Killers ([link removed])
President Trump's pardon of four former Blackwater contractors convicted for their role in a massacre in Baghdad has sparked outrage in Iraq. The Blackwater ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Lawyer Paul Dickinson: The U.S. Promised Iraqis Justice. Trump's Blackwater Pardons Took It Away. ([link removed])
President Trump's pardon of four former Blackwater contractors has sparked outrage in Iraq and in the United States. Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Joseph Stiglitz on the Pandemic Economy & Why He Backs Sanders' Filibuster for $2000 Stimulus Checks ([link removed])
The House of Representatives has voted to approve a measure that would increase stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, sending the bill to the Senate, where its ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Rep. Ro Khanna: $2,000 Stimulus Checks Are Needed, Not More Austerity, Amid Economic & Health Crisis ([link removed])
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