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2021 Child Tax Credit Improved Parents’ Mental Health
New research finds that the 2021 extended Child Tax Credit was associated with reductions in clinically meaningful anxiety and depressive symptoms for families in the lowest income brackets.
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“Don’t Run Joe” Billboard at White House and Capitol
Don’t Run Joe television ads have appeared in recent weeks on the statewide ABC affiliate in New Hampshire, and on MSNBC and CNN in Georgia, Michigan and South Carolina — states that are expected to hold early primaries for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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* Brazil * Pentagon Lied About Killing Civilians in Afghanistan with Drone Strikes
Building on a recent New York Times investigation, Antiwar.com is reporting: “Pentagon Doc Reveals U.S. Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike.” “U.S. military officials knew that an August 2021 drone strike in Kabul likely killed Afghan civilians including children but lied about it, a report published Friday revealed.”
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* New Israeli Government * Hakeem Jeffries’ AIPAC Funding
New House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is an outspoken advocate for Israel. According to Open Secrets, three of his top five contributors — Pro-Israel America PAC, NorPAC and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — are pro-Israeli government.
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Virgin Islands AG Who Litigated Against Jeffrey Epstein and JPMorgan Is Fired
Ettinger notes: “About a week ago, George filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank, alleging that the financial institution had essentially served as a bank for Epstein’s criminal human trafficking enterprise.” The suit [PDF], which has extensive redactions, charges: “In addition to having actual knowledge that it was participating in and facilitating the Epstein sex-trafficking venture, JPMorgan also knew that it was participating in and facilitating a venture that was engaged in coercive sex trafficking.”
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Musk, Twitter and Pandemic Misinformation
Elon Musk has restored the accounts of several prominent spreaders of pandemic-related misinformation, including Simone Gold.
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Ukraine: * Congress as War Prop * Christmas Truce
“The posture of Biden and the Congress plays directly into the Russian narrative: They are at war with NATO. This escalates the risks of nuclear war”,says Professor Boyle, author of ‘Foundations of World Order’.
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As Zelensky Speaks to Congress: Core Facts
“The U.S. and allies have worked against the negotiation of peace. Unlimited free weapons works against the negotiation of peace. No total victory is possible in the foreseeable future, and the U.S. has been preparing for another endless war.”
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Argentina is Taking the World Cup Home from Qatar. Why Isn’t the U.S. Leaving?
The issue of U.S. bases and troops in Qatar and U.S. support for the Qatari government was supremely overlooked during reporting on the World Cup. If this was a World Cup ‘soaked in blood,’ as many rightly said, what does it mean that the U.S. government has been one of the Qatari government’s biggest backers for decades?
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Why Did FTX Spend So Much on Politicians?
“Money in politics today is a Category 5 hurricane. Just when you think you have finally absorbed the worst punch the storm has to offer, some other eddy comes blasting down. We have tried to pull together the many streams of political money from SBF, his senior associates, and all other employees of FTX, together with the executives of Alameda Research, the crypto hedge fund that SBF had co-founded.”
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Howard Zinn