Drone King Obama Enjoys Life in $11 Million Mansion, While Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Goes to Jail for Exposing War Crimes
by Jeremy Kuzmarov, Covert Action Magazine
on April 11, 2021
In our upside-down world, good guys often go to jail, and bad guys get promoted and live luxuriously.
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Biden's Announcement That Trump Got Military Spending Just Right Is Dead Wrong
by David Swanson
on April 09, 2021
President Joe Biden is proposing a level of Pentagon spending so close to that of Trump’s last year in office that . . .
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Need a Quote From an Official Enemy Denouncing Democracy? Do Like the New York Times and Make It Up
by Jim Naureckas, FAIR
on April 08, 2021
You know you’re in for a hard sell when the New York Times (3/29/21) publishes an article under the headline “An Alliance of Autocracies? China Wants to Lead a New World Order.”
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Advocates and Celebrities Call for Immediate End to Saudi Blockade of Yemen
by FCNL
on April 08, 2021
The Saudi blockade is a leading driver of starvation in Yemen.
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Rep. Johnson Urges President Biden to Issue EO on Police Militarization
by Rep. Hank Johnson
on April 08, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. urging him to issue an executive order to de-militarize law enforcement agencies across the country.
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The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year
by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
on April 01, 2021
The anniversary of his assassination always brings a flood of tributes to Martin Luther King Jr., and this Sunday will surely be no exception. But those tributes -- including from countless organizations calling themselves progressive -- are routinely evasive about the anti-militarist ideals that King passionately expressed during the final year of his life.
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Selective Service Registration Deserves a Full Hearing in Congress
by Edward Hasbrouck, Peace Voice
on March 31, 2021
A Supreme Court case challenging the requirement for men, but not women, to register with the SelectiveService System for a possible military draft is forcing Congress to make a choice it has been avoiding for decades: End draft registration, or expand it to young women as well as young men.
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Sanders Pushing to Expand Medicare by Lowering Eligibility Age in Next Relief Package
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
on March 31, 2021
"It's the right thing to do. It's massively impactful. It's popular."
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Minimum Wage Would Be $44 Today If It Had Increased at Same Rate as Wall St. Bonuses: Analysis
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
on March 31, 2021
"Since 1985, the average Wall Street bonus has increased 1,217%, from $13,970 to $184,000 in 2020."
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Urging Biden to Halt Use of ‘Reckless’ Rhetoric About Putin, National Organizations Call for ‘Constructive Bilateral Talks’
by RootsAction.org
on March 30, 2021
Twenty-seven national organizations issued a joint statement Tuesday decrying the recent negative salvoes between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin and urging the Biden administration to “stop participating in such reckless rhetorical exchanges.”
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