Millions of dollars in college financial aid will soon be available to prisoners. Aventiv has taken note.
— Read on www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/aventiv-securus-lantern-college-pell-grants-prisoners/
Category Archives: National
Noam Chomsky slams the GOP’s Trump-led “radical insurgency” and efforts to “overthrow democracy”
Trump and his followers have “basically taken over the Republican Party,” Chomsky told Al Jazeera’s “UpFront”
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/02/08/noam-chomsky-slams-the-gops-led-radical-insurgency-and-efforts-to-overthrow-democracy_partner/
America Is Not on the Brink of Civil War
The idea that such a catastrophe is unavoidable in America is inflammatory and corrosive.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/america-civil-war-prophecies/620850/
Vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – it’s no coincidence
As the US nears 900,000 Covid deaths, much of the blame has fallen on individuals despite vast income inequality and vaccine accessibility issues
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/06/us-covid-death-rate-vaccines
[WATCH] India Arie Shares Clips Of Joe Rogan Calling Black People Apes, Using N-Word
[WATCH] India Arie Shares Clips Of Joe Rogan Calling Black People Apes, Using N-Word India Arie Shares Clips Of Joe Rogan Calling Black N-word
— Read on thesource.com/2022/02/04/watch-india-arie-shares-clips-of-joe-rogan-calling-black-people-apes-using-n-word/
Fury as Louis DeJoy defies Biden Administration on electrifying Postal Service truck fleet
At least one congressman called for the Postmaster General’s ouster following the incident
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/02/04/fury-as-louis-dejoy-defies-biden-administration-on-electrifying-postal-truck-fleet_partner/
Only Illegal When Other People Do It — January 6 committee member says Trump ‘absolutely’ tampering with witnesses
A member of the House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol on Wednesday accused former President Donald Trump of tampering with witnesses by vowing to pardon those involved in the riots if reelected in 2024.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2022/02/02/politics/pete-aguilar-trump-january-6-pardons-cnntv/index.html
Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon offer is ‘very important evidence’ that violence was ‘part of the plan’: Adam Schiff
Former president Donald Trump’s offer to pardon Capitol insurrectionists is “very important evidence” that speaks to his intent on Jan. 6, according to Rep. Adam Schiff (R-CA). Appearing on on MSNBC on Wednesday night, Schiff — a member of the House Select Committee investigating the insurrection — …
— Read on www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2656539393/
Or Just Stop It — Rex Huppke: Chicago synagogue vandalism, Florida Nazis, Black college bomb threats: Hate is rising. We need to start overreacting to stop it.
We should be looking at these recent acts of hate in total and doing everything possible to cut off the oxygen that animates them.
— Read on www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-chicago-synagogue-hate-crime-nazis-florida-bomb-threat-hbcu-huppke-20220203-lempffe3tvdapd4henafgd2tl4-story.html
The First World’s Third-World Country — U.S. Has Far Higher Covid Death Rate Than Other Wealthy Countries
Despite having one of the world’s most powerful arsenals of vaccines, the United States has failed to inoculate as much of its population as other wealthy nations.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/01/science/covid-deaths-united-states.html
Because The Supreme Court Isn’t Political… Media Barred From Justice Gorsuch Talk to Federalist Society
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Neil Gorsuch is speaking this weekend to the conservative legal group that boosted his Supreme Court candidacy, in a session at a Florida resort that is closed to news coverage.
— Read on www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-01/media-barred-from-justice-gorsuch-talk-to-federalist-society
Did He Blame TFG’s Son? — Pittsburgh bridge collapses ahead of Biden’s visit to talk about infrastructure
A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed Friday morning ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled visit to the area to talk about infrastructure.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pittsburgh-bridge-collapses-ahead-bidens-visit-talk-infrastructure-rcna13934
Third Way think tank: “Big Lie” could become “Big Coup”
Third Way urging is Democrats to respond to the Capitol riot with the seriousness of a presidential campaign.
— Read on www.axios.com/third-way-big-lie-election-integrity-jan-6-1bc16030-8b2a-4b14-a8b3-a6369c0ee6a5.html
Time To Join The Great Resignation — Alabama coalminers on strike for 10 months vow not to be ‘starved out’
State troopers escort strikebreakers to the mines and local courts grant injunctions to limit pickets
— Read on www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/25/alabama-coalminers-warrior-met-coal-strike-10-months
Farm Workers Were Trafficked and Threatened With a Gun in South Carolina, Feds Say
Two people in South Carolina are accused of conspiring to traffic seasonal agricultural workers and confiscating their passports.
— Read on www.vice.com/en/article/m7v38x/south-carolina-balcazar-human-trafficking-farm-workers
Toxic America Is Toxic — Organized on Facebook, a ‘who’s who’ of anti-vaccine activists head to D.C.
Thousands of protesters are expected to descend on Washington this weekend for a rally against Covid-19 vaccine mandates,.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/organized-facebook-s-anti-vaccine-activists-head-dc-rcna12806
YouTube deactivates two Oath Keepers channels after seditious conspiracy charges
Two YouTube channels linked to the far-right extremist group Oath Keepers have been deactivated by the website, the Google subsidiary told Axios..
— Read on www.engadget.com/youtube-deactivates-oath-keepers-channels-130509458.html
These New Details About the ‘Peaceful Tourists’ Who Visited the Capitol Are Incredibly Dark
A drone, a weapons cache, 30 days of supplies, and a Quick Reaction Force.
— Read on www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a38817339/oath-keepers-january-6-drone-quick-reaction-force/
Joe Manchin finally makes it plain on the filibuster and voting rights: He favors minority rule
A year of debate over the filibuster ends with the dropping of a truth bomb.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/19/joe-manchin-filibuster-voting-rights-minority-rule/
New York’s bail reform law didn’t increase crime in Kentucky by 61%
New York’s bail reform law didn’t increase crime in Kentucky by 61%
New York’s bail reform law didn’t increase crime in Delaware by 62%
New York’s bail reform law didn’t increase crime in South Dakota by 81%
New York’s bail reform law didn’t increase crime in Montana by 84%
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