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August 09, 2022
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Brazil anti-Bolsonaro protest
Over 800,000 Brazilians Sign Pro-Democracy Manifesto Amid Bolsonaro Coup Threat
"We face the risk of having to live through a dictatorship once again—and this is inconceivable," one of the proclamation's authors warned.
by Brett Wilkins



Supporters of former President Donald Trump hold flags in front of his home at Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida.
'Lock and Load': Trump-Loving Extremists React to FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago
"None of this demonstrating in the snow shit," one commenter wrote in a MAGA forum. "Summertime was made for killing fields."
by Kenny Stancil



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Pentagon Contractors in Afghanistan Pocketed $108 Billion Over 20 Years
Military contracting "obscures where and how taxpayer money flows," and "makes it difficult to know how many people are employed, injured, and killed," said the Costs of War Project report's author.
by Jessica Corbett
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Opinion



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What the GOP Really Loves Is Money, Power, and Hate
If this was just routine political corruption by a few rogue politicians, it would be a problem but not a crisis—however—this cynical embrace of strongman oligarchy has put America itself at risk.
by Thom Hartmann



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The Inflation Reduction Act Should Be Just the Beginning
Without more direct intervention on the part of the public sector in combatting the climate crisis, what IRA will produce is a green capitalist industry with profit-making as the overriding concern.
by C.J. Polychroniou



Trump supporters at Mar-A-Lago following search by FBI
A Never-Before FBI Raid on a Former President Who Is Like No Other
We have only one xxxxxx against this menace. It is called the rule of law.
by Robert Reich
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