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Robert Reich | Psst: Want to Know Why Americans Are Gloomy About the "Best" Economy Since 1984?
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Substack
Reich writes: "How can it be that the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace since 1984 last year (according to yesterday's report from the Commerce Department) but most Americans remain gloomy about the economy, and blame Biden and the Democrats?"
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The January 6 Panel Subpoenas 14 People in Fake Electors Scheme Tied to Trump
Claudia Grisales, NPR
Grisales writes: "The Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed 14 people tied to an effort to put forth false electors as President Donald Trump sought to stay in office after losing the 2020 election."
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The Supreme Court's New Death Penalty Order Should Make Your Skin Crawl
Ian Millhiser, Vox
Millhiser writes: "Hamm v. Reeves, a death penalty order that the Supreme Court handed down Thursday night, is an epilogue to a longstanding tension between drug companies that do not wish their products to be used to kill people, and states that are willing to use unreliable drugs to conduct executions if effective sedatives are not available."
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The CIA Lied to Justify Torturing One Prisoner After 9/11. 20 Years Later, His Story Is Still Shrouded in Secrecy
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "On the morning of 6 October the nine justices of the US supreme court filed into their wood-paneled courtroom in Washington to hear arguments in a dispute between the US government and Abu Zubaydah, a Guantánamo prisoner who has been held incommunicado and without charge for the past 20 years."
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How Kroger Is Using DC Spin Doctors to Fight Their Unionized Workers
Andrew Perez, Jacobin
Perez writes: "Workers at the Kroger-owned supermarket chain King Soopers were recently on strike - a public relations nightmare. The solution? Enlist Beltway spin doctors to talk about how wonderfully the company treats its employees, actually."
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Migrants Detained in Texas Border Operation Are Fighting Back - and It's Not Going Well for Gov. Greg Abbott
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept
Devereaux writes: "A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper taking part in Operation Lone Star patrols the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, on March 23, 2021."
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Wildlife Experts Work to Save Starving Manatees as Dangerous Cold Snap Looms
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "As Florida braces for a cold snap, wildlife experts are concerned about the state's struggling manatees."
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