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Posted Jul 08, 2020
Netanyahu Rushes Plan to Illegally Annex Palestinian West Bank Land Before U.S. Election
Interview with Ramzy Baroud, editor of Palestine Chronicle, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Jul 08, 2020
U.S. Fossil Fuel Pipeline Opponents Win Three Major Victories
Interview with Lorne Stockman, senior research analyst with Oil Change International, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Posted Jul 08, 2020
Gilead Called Out for Price Gouging Coronavirus Drug Remdesivir
Interview with Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen's Global Access to Medicines Program, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Jul 08, 2020
This Week’s Under-reported News Summary July 8, 2020
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Ethiopian unrest after pop star / activist murdered
- Millions of Americans can't afford rising water bills
- Global pandemic crash ending Alaska's oil boom
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Politics, Not Public Health, Drives Policies Linked to Alarming Increase in COVID-19 Cases
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The Movement Against U.S. Police Violence Must Also End the War on Drugs
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Activists Nationwide Demand Removal of Racist, Colonial-era Statues
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This Week’s Under-reported News Summary July 1, 2020
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Eric Holt-Gimenez, agroecologist, economist and food sovereignty activist, discusses the capitalist nature of the global food system and argues that to change it we...
My rant in the face of Trump’s criminal insanity
Richard Hill goes ballistic on the negligent homicide of the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Florida 'breaking all the wrong records,' says congresswoman
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., weighs in on coronavirus infection rates in her state and on the state's epicenter in Miami-Dade County, which has more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Harvard and M.I.T. Fight Proposed Limit on Foreign Students’ Visas
Amid a push to reopen schools, a Trump administration directive would require in-person classes.
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Donald Trump lies with ease: recurring theme in niece's new book
Rachel Maddow notes that throughout Mary Trump's new book, "Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man," anecdotes about Donald Trump invariably include the depiction of the ease with which Donald Trump lies.
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Here are some of Trump's friends and family who were cleared for millions in small business bailout
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Businesses tied to President Donald Trump’s family and associates stand to receive as much as $21 million in government loans designed to shore up
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Coronavirus resistant to Trump tricks of obfuscation
Chris Hayes points out that all of the tricks and deceptions and manipulations that Donald Trump has used to get by and avoid accountability his whole life do not work on the coronavirus. The virus doesn't care.
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