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New National Data on Long Covid
In a report on new Census data from the Household Pulse Survey from September, the Center for Economic and Policy Research write that about 4.4 million adults report symptoms from long Covid that reduce their ability to carry out day-to-day activities by a lot.
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Activists Demand a Halt to NATO Nuclear War Rehearsals; Congressional Action
RootsAction.org has launched a campaign “Tell Congress and President Biden to make NATO cease its nuclear war rehearsals.”
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Biden Pleads on Stock BuyBacks, but Why the Inaction?
“in 2005-2015 Exxon Mobil distributed $224 billion in buybacks on top of $101 billion in dividends (a combined 86 percent of net income). As Vice President, Biden was an outspoken critic of stock buybacks, and he should know that an executive order that bans buybacks is the only way in which the oil companies will cease using the profits from high oil prices to pump up their stock prices. Decisive policy, not deferential pleading, is what we need now.”
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Call for Banning Killer Drones, from Ukraine to Ethiopia
“”Killer drones are a particularly inhumane type of warfare with high error rates causing the deaths of civilians. Moreover, killer drones seek to desensitize us from war, make war seem ‘easier’ and thereby increase the chances of yet more wars.”
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Critics of Intervention in Haiti
Experts say “the last thing the Haitian people want is another ‘humanitarian’ invasion and occupation by the U.S. and the ‘Core Group.'”
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Ukrainian Missile Crisis
“During the Cuban crisis, Kennedy was under intense pressure to act militarily, by striking the Soviet missile sites or invading Cuba, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff; members of the Executive Committee (ExComm) of the National Security Council”
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Over 200 Nursing-Home Staff Deaths Reported in Recent Weeks
In the last nine weeks, more than 200 nursing-home staff have died of Covid-19––over three deaths per day on average, despite 41 percent being up to date on their vaccines. Walker Bragman says these workers “deserve very clear warning of the high death rate, and additional workplace safety measures and hazard pay to match.”
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Activists Demand: “Negotiations Not War”
Two protests in opposition to nuclear war will take place on Friday, October 14.
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Medicare Advantage Is a “Cash Monster”
The New York Times recently published an investigative piece on Medicare Advantage, revealing that major health insurers have exploited the program “to inflate their profits by billions of dollars.” Jim Kahn comments here.
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* AFRICOM and Haiti * Drone Killings, Martin Sheen Spot
“Noted actor Martin Sheen has provided the voice-over for two 15-second cable spots critical of U.S. drone warfare, just announced by BanKillerDrones.org, which is seeking an international ban on weaponized drones.”
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Howard Zinn