Ten Contradictions That Plague Biden’s Democracy Summit
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
on December 10, 2021
"The greater possible value of this gathering of 111 countries is that it could instead serve as an “intervention,” or an opportunity for people and governments around the world to express their concerns about the flaws in U.S. democracy and the undemocratic way the United States deals with the rest of the world."
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Biden-Putin Talk Tuesday With Xi in the Wings
by Ray McGovern, Antiwar.com
on December 06, 2021
On May 25, 2021, when the date of June 16 was announced for the summit between Presidents Biden and Putin, it seemed a good idea to waste no time in warning Biden and his neophyte advisers that a major shift in the “world correlation of forces” (to borrow an old Soviet term) was bound to heavily influence the June talks.
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Yes Folks, Omicron Can be Blamed on Patent Monopolies
by Dean Baker, CEPR
on December 06, 2021
The development of the new variant, which was first discovered in South Africa, can be attributed to our failure to open-source our vaccines and freely transfer technology, contrary to claims from the pharmaceutical industry and its political allies. Their big talking point is that South Africa currently has more vaccines than it can effectively use at the moment.
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Confirm These Nominees
by Free Press
on December 01, 2021
Dear Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McConnell, Chair Cantwell and Ranking Member Wicker,
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We Urge Swift and Concurrent Confirmation of Jessica Rosenworcel and Gigi Sohn for the Federal Communications Commission
by Freepress
on November 23, 2021
"Any delay in confirming all three of these nominees will stall progress on achieving those goals and ensuring that everyone in the United States is able to access robust, affordable high-speed internet."
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No Pentagon Spending Add-Ins in the Eleventh Hour, Urge Civil Society Groups
by Public Citizen
on November 19, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate is poised this week to consider the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA) which would authorize a whopping $780 billion in military spending.
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$285 Billion Tax Cut for the Rich Is Now 2nd Most Expensive Piece of Build Back Better
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
on November 18, 2021
"The whole initiative seems deliberately sculpted to hand the American right a weapon to bludgeon Democrats ahead of the election."
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Never Mind Yemen, Biden OKs $1 Billion in Weapons Sales To Saudis
by Spencer Ackerman, Forever Wars
on November 17, 2021
Once upon a time, an administration told a story about how it was going to end a war. Then it erased the distinction between peace and a Saudi victory.
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Found in Translation: New York Times Says Democrats Shouldn’t Challenge Oligarchy
by Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen
on November 11, 2021
A few days after the Nov. 2 election, the New York Times published a vehement editorial calling for the Democratic Party to adopt “moderate” positions and avoid seeking “progressive policies at the expense of bipartisan ideas.”
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War Helps Fuel the Climate Crisis as U.S. Military Carbon Emissions Exceed 140+ Nations
by Democracy Now
on November 09, 2021
Climate activists protested outside the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow Monday spotlighting the role of the U.S. military in fueling the climate crisis.
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