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January 03, 2022
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Media Watchdogs Warn Networks Against Uncritical Airing of 'Big Lie' Trump Event
"To give Trump a platform to spread lies and misinformation on this tragic anniversary would be to repeat the very mistakes that helped foment the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in the first place."
by Jessica Corbett



Then-President Donald Trump addresses his supporters
Calling Trump 'Just a Warm-Up Act,' Professor Warns of Democratic Collapse in US
"By 2030, if not sooner, the country could be governed by a right-wing dictatorship," writes a longtime scholar of violent conflict.
by Jake Johnson



Activists demand higher taxes on the rich
'In 2022, Let's Tax the Rich': 10 Billionaires Added $402 Billion to Their Fortunes in 2021
"It's taxes or pitchforks," declared one progressive advocacy group.
by Jake Johnson



A billowing white mushroom cloud, mottled with orange, pushes through a layer of clouds during Operation Ivy, the first test of a hydrogen bomb
'No Winners in a Nuclear War': US, Russia, China, UK, and France Issue Rare Joint Statement
However, disarmament campaigners noted that the five nations are "expanding nuclear arsenals, spending billions on modernizing, and constantly prepared to start a nuclear war."
by Brett Wilkins
Opinion



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2022 Should Be Seen as the Year for Democracy
We are, surely, in a fight over whether the will of the people will be the law of the land. It was brutal in 2021, and it is likely to get uglier in 2022.
by John Nichols



Fascist on the prowl for Donald J. Trump
Make No Mistake, Fascism Is on the Ballot in 2022
The biggest battle for the survival of American democracy is before us now.
by Thom Hartmann
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