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Your Week in Review
After 20 Years of Lies and War, US Retreat Underway as Taliban Retake Control of Afghanistan
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by Jon Queally
A spokesperson for the Taliban said its soldiers are "awaiting a
peaceful transfer of power" outside the nation's capital city.
Child Hospitalization for Covid-19 Hits All-Time High in US: Report
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"This is not last year's Covid," said the former head of the American
Academy of Pediatrics. "This one is worse and our children are the ones
that are going to be affected by it the most."
'High Casualties' Feared After 7.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Haiti
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by Jon Queally
Tremor in the western part of the island nation is larger than the 2010
quake that unleashed widespread death and destruction.
'DeJoy and Bloom Are Bandits': Top Dem Calls for Removal of Postal Service Chiefs
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by Jon Queally
Demand follows new reporting that DeJoy purchased up to $305,000 in
bonds of company where Bloom—described as his "quasi-boss" and overseer
at USPS—is a managing partner.
Climate Activists Target Banks' Greenwashing in Nationwide #DefundLine3 Protests
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by Brett Wilkins
"Banks are continuing to fund massive new oil pipelines like Line 3 that
would lock in vast amounts of climate pollution for decades. Even worse,
they are disguising their loans as 'sustainability' measures."
Here Are the 9 Right-Wing Democrats Threatening to Tank Their Party's $3.5 Trillion Agenda
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by Jake Johnson
"The greatest threat to Biden's agenda is not the Progressive Caucus or
the Squad, but these conservative Democrats."
Wealthiest Netted Billions From Trump Tax Cut They Helped Write: Report
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by Andrea Germanos
ProPublica's new investigation reveals how the pass-through businesses
deduction benefited the nation's richest.
Without Single GOP Vote, Senate Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint
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by Jake Johnson
Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Republicans for complaining about Democrats'
use of budget reconciliation, noting that the GOP recently used the same
process to force through massive tax cuts for the rich.
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