Anti-vaxx Chronicles: COVID disinformation creates yet another orphan
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Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, an
U.S. launches private group sponsorship program for Afghan refugees. Will it help?
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by Natasha Ishak
This story was originally published at Prism.
In late October, the U.S. State Department announced a new sponsorship program for incoming refugees from Afghanistan. Modeled after a similar community sponsorship program in Canada, the&nb
Border Patrol 'shadow police unit' has helped cover up abuses for years, human rights groups say
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A network of organizations along the southern borderlands is calling on Congressional leaders to open an investigation into what they describe as possibly “the largest and longest-standing shadow police unit that is operating today in the federal gover
'You people want everything for free': Black McDonald's worker allegedly told—and company fires her
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A former McDonald's employee has filed a federal complaint alleging she was fired for reporting a racist comment another worker said to her, according to Business Insider. Shanece Tailo filed the complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission afte
Eighth-grader recorded teacher's seven-minute rant about vaccines and Joe Biden
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An absolutely shocking story out of a middle school in Ventura, California, has me thinking back to my own days as a preteen. I attended a public school and while we were assigned debates on pre-selected issues, we weren’t really supposed to talk abou
Study: Marginalized communities in food deserts also live with risk of dangerous chemicals in food
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Aside from communities of color existing in what are often called “food deserts,” now we’re learning that much of the food available to Black and brown people is more akin to a “food apartheid” where fast food restaurants line the streets and margin
It's about time: Set those clocks back, and enjoy an extra hour of Black music
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I’m elated that I get an extra hour of sleep today, now that we are no longer on Daylight Saving Time here in New York. I keep saying “fall back, spring forward” to remember to set a few of the windup clocks I have in the house. Thankfully, m
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: An infrastructure week to remember
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Let’s dive right in!
Li Zhou of Vox writes about Friday night’s passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package,and the concerns of the progressive wing of the Democratic caucus about the eventual fate of Build Back Better bill.
The result wa
Community Spotlight: Making the political personal is more effective than you may think
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Everyone is a storyteller. Every day, we relate different stories to different audiences with different objectives. How we frame the story, the voice we use, and what details we include all contribute greatly to how audiences respond. Commiserating with a nei
I grew up in northeast Wisconsin, about 40 miles outside of Green Bay. So, naturally, I’m a Packers fan.
You might say Packers fandom is part of my DNA. So, in a way, anti-vaxxers are right. The vaccine—or at least one gormless Green Bay goober’s
Louie Gohmert hints that climate action would force us all to brush our teeth with bark
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How the hell did Republican Louie Gohmert of Texas ever become a member of the House of Representatives? Did he collect the most Froot Loops box tops in his district? Did our reptilian alien overlords take a sudden liking to him halfway through eating hi
Students of color in junior colleges are set up for inequities
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by Juliana Clark
This story was originally published at Prism.
From an early age, Joel Velasquez knew that Texas A&M University was his dream school, drawn by the university’s sizable student population, traditions, and leadership opportun
Striking health care workers in Buffalo have a tentative deal, this week in the war on workers
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Around 2,000 health care workers at South Buffalo Mercy Hospital have been on strike since Oct. 1. Now, they have a tentative agreement and picket lines are suspended while the workers vote whether to ratify the contract. The continuing John De
Connect! Unite! Act! 42 million Americans face food insecurity
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Connect! Unite! Act! is a weekly series that seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups meet regularly to socialize, get out the vote, support candidates, and engage in other local political actions that help our progressive
Parler Chronicles: Good luck to Virginia's Republican governor-elect dealing with his party's nuts
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Anti-vaxx Chronicles aren’t going anywhere, but it gets to be a grind sometimes. So I will occasionally mix it up with Parler Chronicles, exploring the right-wing Twitter-wannabe social media outlet. Reddit’s r/ParlerWatch subreddit tracks the ridicu
Jewish residents in an Austin neighborhood were sent antisemitic letters blaming them for COVID
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A string of antisemitic attacks has taken place over the last few days across Texas and in Austin. In the latest incident, several people in an Austin neighborhood received hateful letters at their homes. The letters received by Jewish residents in
Multilevel marketing firms have a favorite Democratic senator, and it makes so much sense who it is
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has emerged as the favored candidate of multilevel marketing companies, and it’s not because of her statement handbags and dresses, as easy as it would be to imagine her recruiting a group of coworkers or friendquaintances to aggres
Making sense of what Virginia means and doesn't mean for Democrats in 2022
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Tuesday and the handwringing that followed has undoubtedly been unpleasant. As Democrats on Wednesday tried to assess the magnitude of the post-election fallout, one astute observer chimed in with some good news.
«The 2022 election is not, in fact, bei
Powerful union joins call for Supreme Court expansion
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This week’s U.S. Supreme Court rocket docket hearing on Texas’s abortion ban demonstrated that the court might not be ready to turn citizens into vigilantes when it comes to enforcing their political wishes. That was an argument worthy of s
U.S. retail operations got lean by making CEOs fat, and now everyone is paying the price
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There was a moment in the spring of 2021 when the steady growth of e-commerce actually reversed. For three months, Americans actually put down their laptops, mice, and smartphones and, like bears emerging from a very long hibernation, went out to en
Small town in California declares itself free of federal, state rule as a ‘constitutional republic’
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Far-right “constitutionalists” have been around for decades now, particularly in rural America, where they have a history of recruiting vulnerable marks into their grift, which convinces the gullible that they can declare themselves “sovereign” peopl
Man injured during 'Unite the Right' rally takes witness stand and is cross-examined by Nazis
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A man who sustained life-altering injuries in 2017 from being violently struck by a car driven by the man who ultimately murdered Heather Heyer took the witness stand in Charlottesville on Thursday as part of an ongoing trial against “Unite the Ri
Voting Rights Roundup: Election wins give Virginia Republicans a chance to roll back voting rights
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Leading Off
● Virginia: In a major setback for voting rights, Republican Glenn Youngkin narrowly defeated former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe in the race to become Virginia's next governor, giving Youngkin the power to discontinue a practice begun by Mc
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The day that mattered most this week was Friday
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Greg Sargent/WaPo:
A dangerous myth about those big Democratic losses is threatening Biden’s agenda
Did Democrats take a big drubbing on Tuesday because they are trying to accomplish too much on behalf of our country?
To some centrist De
News Roundup: Biden's DOJ sues Texas; Florida's DeSantis is a coward; Biden's infrastructure plan
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It is Friday. It has been another week filled with names like Manchin and Sinema, along with words like “conservative” and “blame.” But we are on the precipice of having our government accomplishing something! It has been a tough week for progressive
White mom hires attorney after Southwest Airlines crew said she was trafficking biracial daughter
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When will people learn that families come in all different colors? Well, someone needs to start by teaching Southwest Airlines employees before a major misstep evolves into a major lawsuit.
The most recent gaffe by the airline took place a month a
After weeks of striking and 15 days without food, New York City’s taxi drivers were served a crucial victory as Mayor Bill de Blasio finally agreed to a debt restructuring plan building off an initial program that already eliminated $21.4 million
Immigrants go through hell trying to access legal help while in ICE detention—and it's on purpose
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When detained immigrants are able to access legal help and gain representation, they are up to 10 times more likely to be able to stay in the U.S., the Vera Institute of Justice said earlier this year. “Lawyers make a big difference.” Maybe that
Trans teen sues Tennessee over discriminatory anti-trans sports bill that's keeping him on sidelines
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As Daily Kos has continued to cover, Republicans have been more than happy to jump into anti-trans hate as a way to distract people from their failures in office. While some state-level legislation has died in committee, some has made its way through both th
Black Stanford professor harassed in Facebook promoted ad, while CRT continues to be weaponized
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How far will white parents go to fight against educators teaching race and racism in America—or as people of color and anyone with a shred of common sense calls it, American history?
A Facebook ad paid for by (this is not a joke) the&
Project Veritas 'journalists' reportedly caught up in stolen Ashley Biden diary investigation
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The scumbag crew over at right-wing private dirt machine Project Veritas is in the news again. The New York Times has an explosive report tying the Justice Department’s investigation into a burglary of President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley’s&
The October jobs report was a burst of good economic news. Not only did job creation exceed expectations in October with 531,000 new jobs added, but the previously disappointing jobs reports from August and September were revised upward by a combined 235
Trump sank GOP trust in U.S. elections by more than 40 points
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It's now standard practice for Donald Trump and his henchmen to declare a «stolen» election in advance of every big contest with national implications. And a recent NBC News poll shows that Trump's incessant and baseless lying about 2020 has prime
Job creation rebounds in October, with good signs (finally) for women
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The October jobs report was a burst of good economic news. Not only did job creation exceed expectations in October with 531,000 new jobs added, but the previously disappointing jobs reports from August and September were revised upward by a combined 235
Election official says voter fraud lies caused two heart attacks in suit against Trump and Giuliani
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Days after it became clear that President Joe Biden had wiped the floor with Donald Trump in the 2020 elections, the Trump campaign began suing everybody—or at least trying to. With the Trump campaign saying, “The election is not over!” in Pennsylv
Death threats, heart attacks cited as fallout from Trump’s Big Lie in lawsuit from election official
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Days after it became clear that President Joe Biden had wiped the floor with Donald Trump in the 2020 elections, the Trump campaign began suing everybody—or at least trying to. With the Trump campaign saying, “The election is not over!” in Pennsylv
Stocks soaring, record job growth, pandemic receding—Biden is succeeding as Democrats falter
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As Republicans scrambled to pass a tax giveaway to the wealthy in late 2017, Donald Trump developed a slogan: «How's your 401(k) doing?»
Trump floated the inquiry at fundraisers, campaign rallies, and White House events. While less than half of p
Biden's accomplishments are many. Democrats should start selling them
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As Republicans scrambled to pass a tax giveaway to the wealthy in late 2017, Donald Trump developed a slogan: «How's your 401(k) doing?»
Trump floated the inquiry at fundraisers, campaign rallies, and White House events. While less than half of p
