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Charles Pierce | The Early Signs From the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Are Not Promising
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The judge, Bruce Schroeder, has decreed the term 'victim' is loaded, but 'rioters,' 'looters,' and 'arsonists' are not."
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Ryan Grim and Sara Sirota | Biden Administration Urged Senate to Raise Profit Threshold for Minimum Corporate Tax to Billion
Ryan Grim and Sara Sirota, The Intercept
Excerpt: "A new alternative minimum corporate tax is set to hit only companies with more than billion in profits at the insistence of the Biden administration, the bill's Senate co-author said on Wednesday."
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America 'On Fire': Facebook Watched as Trump Ignited Hate
Amanda Seitz, Associated Press
Seitz writes: "The reports of hateful and violent posts on Facebook started pouring in on the night of May 28 last year, soon after then-President Donald Trump sent a warning on social media that looters in Minneapolis would be shot."
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Los Angeles Is Launching the US' Biggest Universal Basic Income Pilot. The Scheme Will Pay $1,000 a Month to 3,000 Families.
Grace Dean, Business Insider
Dean writes: "Los Angeles is launching a universal-basic income (UBI) pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far."
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He Unleashed a Native Massacre. Should This School Be Named for Him?
Thomas Fuller, The New York Times
Fuller writes: "They said they were chasing down horse and cattle thieves, an armed pursuit through fertile valleys and evergreen forests north of San Francisco. But under questioning in 1860 a cattle rancher let slip a more gruesome picture, one of indiscriminate killings of Yuki Indians."
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Israel Labels Palestinian Rights Groups 'Terror Organizations' - and So Turns Reality on Its Head
Jonathan Cook, The Middle East Eye
Cook writes: "Did someone forget to tell Benny Gantz that Donald Trump is no longer the United States president?"
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Indigenous Groups Officially Excluded From COP26, Continue Calling for Action
Climate Nexus
Excerpt: "Indigenous groups from around the world are preparing to travel to Glasgow for COP26 to call for climate action and demand a greater say in negotiations, the Arizona Republic reports."
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Today's Top Stories:

Minnesota Senator backs fundraiser for four of Trump's Capitol insurgents
Republican State Senator Mark Koran is calling for help paying the legal fees of individuals who tried to violently overthrow the government.

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Biden turns to tax credits, regulation, state action to salvage climate agenda
Republicans and a handful of Democrats have turned their backs on our planet's future, but the president isn't giving up.

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Ted Cruz, Tucker Carlson humiliate themselves with vax lies
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Unreal.

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House investigators following the money behind Trump's insurrection
Liz Cheney says it's very likely Trump was involved with the planning of the event.

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Leaked documents show Facebook knew it was dividing America with disinformation
The tech giant seems all too happy to profit off destruction and hate.

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GOP-led states that cut off jobless aid see no increase in employment
They promised jobs and delivered cruelty to those in need. Republicans gonna Republican.

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Harris "confident" as deal on nears on Biden's $2 trillion Build Back Better plan
Democrats are on the cusp of delivering the most transformational economic agenda for working families since the New Deal.

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Rep. Eric Swalwell shares chilling voicemail sent to him by Tucker Carlson fan
No one at Fox is surprised that they are inspiring violent threats against American public servants. That's their job.

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White House delays release of JFK assassination files
As if America's conspiracy theorists didn't have enough to do.

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Vowing loyalty to Trump, "America First" groups try to bring nativism into the mainstream
Oh heil no.

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Obama rallies Virginia Democrats for McAuliffe
The former president is calling on voters not to "sit this one out."

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Pro-tip: Don't try to violently overthrow US govt

Jan 6 Committee subpoenas mother-daughter duo that planned insurrection rally

Trump's executive privilege claim in Capitol riot case gets Nov. 4 hearing

Not a hoax...

Despite higher risk, most pregnant Americans remain unvaccinated

Many COVID patients have memory problems months later

COVID outbreak at Sacramento County jail prompts investigation

Hope...

GoodGoodGood: New housing program gives kids stability after climate disasters

Biden releases first national strategy to promote gender equality

Plant-based jet fuel can reduce emissions by 68%

Hope...

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