Nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California could be fired immediately for wearing their own face masks, according to unions representing nurses at … Firing Nurses Treating Covid-19 Patients for Wearing Their Own MasksRead more
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Why No Retired Generals Oppose America’s Forever Wars
Where Have You Gone, Smedley Butler? A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to (Someone Like) You… There once lived an odd little man — five … Why No Retired Generals Oppose America’s Forever WarsRead more
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Media or Cult? CNN Buries a Massive Russiagate Gaffe
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Mike Bloomberg Is Hacking Your Attention
Shamelessness and conflict equal attention. Attention equals power. Mike Bloomberg and his presidential campaign respect the fundamental equation governing the modern internet: Shamelessness and conflict … Mike Bloomberg Is Hacking Your AttentionRead more
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The New Rules of the Game
The quadrennial political game of least worst, or how to scare the public to vote for presidential candidates who serve corporate power, comes this season … The New Rules of the GameRead more
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Wisconsin Appeals Court Rejects Voter Purge Targeting More Than 200,000 People
Voting rights advocates applauded a Wisconsin appeals court ruling Friday which is set to stop a voter purge from going forward—sparing more than 200,000 people … Wisconsin Appeals Court Rejects Voter Purge Targeting More Than 200,000 PeopleRead more
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Buying the Presidency
Bad enough that a tyrant is destroying American democracy. Now an oligarch is trying to buy the presidency. Michael Bloomberg’s net worth is over $60 … Buying the PresidencyRead more
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U.S. Military Rarely Visits Bomb Sites or Talks to Survivors When Investigating Civilian Deaths
It was the midpoint of a 10-month battle to dislodge the Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul. Two ISIS snipers were holed up … U.S. Military Rarely Visits Bomb Sites or Talks to Survivors When Investigating Civilian DeathsRead more
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The Kind of Neoliberal Democrats Who Prefer Trump to Sanders
Twenty-four years ago, I published an essay titled “Liberals, I Do Despise” in the Village Voice, which Common Dreams reprinted as an enduring oldie in … The Kind of Neoliberal Democrats Who Prefer Trump to SandersRead more