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Bess Levin | Anthony Fauci Tells Anti-Vaxxers to Sit Down and STFU as COVID Cases Surge
Bess Levin, Vanity Fair
Levin writes: "One of the most frustrating aspects of many conservatives' refusal to follow the advice of health experts when it comes to COVID-19 is that they don't want to wear masks or social distance, they're demanding that life go back to normal, and yet they won't do the most important thing when it comes to putting the pandemic behind us, i.e. get the damn vaccine."
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White House Officials Debate Masking Push as Coronavirus Cases Spike
Annie Linskey, Dan Diamond, Tyler Pager and Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Top White House aides and Biden administration officials are debating whether they should urge vaccinated Americans to wear masks in more settings as the delta variant causes spikes in coronavirus infections across the country, according to six people familiar with the discussions."
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Johnson & Johnson to Pay $5 Billion in Landmark $26 Billion US Opioid Settlement
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "A group of US state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26bn settlement with large drug companies for allegedly fueling the deadly nationwide opioid epidemic, but some states were cool on the agreement."
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Alex Kotch | The Democrat Blocking Progressive Change [Manchin] Is Beholden to Big Oil. Surprised?
Alex Kotch, Guardian UK
Kotch writes: "As 'thousand-year' heat waves caused by the climate crisis rock the west coast and biblical floods engulf major cities, Senate Democrats are negotiating a .5tn budget package that could include an attempt to slow the use of fossil fuels over the next decade."
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Striking to End 'Suicide Shifts,' Frito-Lay Workers Ask People to Drop the Doritos
Vanessa Romo, NPR
Romo writes: "Hundreds of Frito-Lay workers in Topeka, Kan., are in their third week of a strike, citing so-called 'suicide shifts' and poor working conditions at the manufacturing and distribution plant at a time when the company's net revenue growth has exceeded all of its targets."
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A Princess Raced to Escape Dubai's Powerful Ruler. Then Her Phone Appeared on the NSO Group List.
Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
Harwell writes: "The princess had been careful, so she left her phone in the cafe's bathroom. She'd seen what her father could do to women who tried to escape."
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How the Presence of Humans Can Disturb Wildlife Up to Half a Mile Away
Jeremy Dertien, Courtney Larson and Sarah Reed, The Conversation
Excerpt: "Millions of Americans are traveling this summer as pandemic restrictions wind down. Rental bookings and crowds in national parks show that many people are headed for the great outdoors."
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