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Listening to Mike Pence’s history, you might think it wasn’t Soviets but Americans who liberated Auschwitz

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US Vice President Mike Pence’s speech on the Holocaust left the impression it was American soldiers who liberated Auschwitz, erased the Soviet Union’s well-documented act, and even used the solemn occasion to lash out at Iran. … Read More >Listening to Mike Pence’s history, you might think it wasn’t Soviets but Americans who liberated Auschwitz

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The United States: a Record-Holder in Political Assassinations

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The crowing by Donald Trump that he “terminated” the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, Major General Qaseem Soleimani, simply because Trump believed, mobster-style, that he had it coming, should remind the world that the United States government stands as the world’s record-holder in either directly carrying out or coordinating with other parties the assassination of political leaders, American and foreign. … Read More >The United States: a Record-Holder in Political Assassinations

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What are toxic ‘forever chemicals’ & should Americans be worried there are more of them in the water supply than we thought?

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American drinking water is far more contaminated than previously estimated — by carcinogenic ‘forever chemicals’ that linger in the blood and cause a range of health problems. … Read More >What are toxic ‘forever chemicals’ & should Americans be worried there are more of them in the water supply than we thought?

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How We #ShutDownDC In September, And How We Can Do Something Even Bigger This Spring

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Last September, when young people called for global climate strikes, organizers in DC answered that call in a big way. On September 23rd, 2019 hundreds of people organized into 22 different affinity groups to blockade 17 intersections across Washington, DC, effectively shutting down business as usual in the nation’s capital. … Read More >How We #ShutDownDC In September, And How We Can Do Something Even Bigger This Spring