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Biden Mideast Trip Doubles Down on Trump Policies, Further Militarizes Region
David Yaghoubian says, “Unfortunately, the president’s revised itinerary and agenda seems geared solely towards returning U.S.-Israeli and U.S.-Saudi relations to the Trump-era status quo.”
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Biden’s Trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia: “Hypocrisy on Display”
The US proclaims to support freedom and peace but condones violations of Israeli forces on Palestinians, has not adequately investigated the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, and demonizes Palestinian resistance
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* “Gracias AMLO — Free Assange” * Tlaib “Breakthrough” on Espionage Act
Assange Defense at the Courage Foundation highlights the immense demand for ending Assange’s prosecution, which includes the President of Mexico to whom DC Action for Assange delivered a letter of appreciation. According to Defending Rights and Dissent, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has introduced an amendment aimed at the Espionage Act of 1917
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Supreme Court Inaction on New York Vaccine Mandate “Way Too Early to Celebrate”
The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place New York’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, which had received a challenge over its lack of a religious exemption. Health law experts say it is too early to celebrate the move.
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Is Monkeypox a Major Threat?
Last week, the World Health Organization declined to declare monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Infectious disease expert Gregg Gonsalves warns that inaction may result in monkeypox becoming “a new resident infection in the gay community.”
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AIPAC “Astroturf Groups” Flooding Airwaves Against Progressive Donna Edwards
Independent journalist and researcher Richard Silverstein criticizes the United Democracy Project, a spinoff of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, for spending millions against progressive Democrats such as Donna Edwards
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Inflation Caused by Supply Constraints and Soaring Corporate Profits Far More than Wages
Pia Malaney, senior economist at the Institute for New Economic Thinking said today, “Tackling inflation effectively demands that the administration focus on the real pressures — supply constraints and soaring corporate profits.”
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Ahead of Biden Visit, State Department “Investigation” into Killing of U.S.-Palestinian Journalist Gives Israel Another Pass
Mouin Rabbani, co-editor of Jadaliyya ezine, criticizes the State Department for the inadequate investigation regarding the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeili military
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Report: Trump Era Covid Strategy “Likely Resulted in Many Deaths”
Last week, the congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report on the Trump administration’s embrace of a herd immunity strategy via mass infection in the second half of 2020 and first months of 2021.
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Migrants Dead in Trailer “Predictable”
Author Tod Miller recently spoke of the billions the US has invested into making the border as militarized and dangerous as possible. He said, “Between 8,000 and 10,000 people have died crossing the U.S. Mexico border since the mid 1990s.”
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“With a tiny staff, it has managed to place on the air and in newspapers, points of view otherwise excluded from the national debate.”
Howard Zinn