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Posted Feb 03, 2021
Republicans Who Refuse to Hold Trump Accountable for Insurrection Must Answer to History
Interview with John Bonifaz, co-founder and president of the group Free Speech For People, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Feb 03, 2021
COVID Vaccination Equity in U.S. and World Critical to Controlling Pandemic
Interview with Dr. Robert Hecht, professor of clinical epidemiology at Yale University's School of Public Health, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline: Target of Renewed International Opposition
Interview wtih Moneen Nasmith, a staff attorney with the environmental law firm Earthjustice, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Posted Feb 03, 2021
This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Feb. 3, 2021
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Hundreds in Haiti protest to demand Moise's resignation
- After two months of war, starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region
- Hunts Point food workers' strike is just the beginning
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Biden’s Immigration Reform Proposals Will Test Prospects for Bipartisanship
On the first day of his presidency, Joe Biden signed a stack of executive orders reversing many of Donald Trump’s most controversial and cruel...
After Deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection, Pro-Trump Militias Ponder Their Future
In the aftermath of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that attempted to block congressional certification of the winner of the...
Statehood Campaign Demands Political Representation for 700,000 Washington, D.C. Residents
Residents of Washington, D.C. have long protested the fact that they lack representation in the federal government beyond the non-voting delegate to the House...
This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Jan. 27, 2021
• Days before Uganda’s disputed Jan. 15 election, the government shut down the internet, which hindered the ability of the opposition party to challenge...
Special Feature
The Fascist Attack on the US Capitol and the Future of Democracy
The Resistance Panel interviews Prof. Michael McKeon about the new and long-term effects of the terrorist attack on the US Capitol.
Panel: Scott Harris, Richard Hill and Ruthanne Baumgartner
#Trump and #GOP governors, including #KristiNoem and #RonDeSantis are mass murderers for their sabotage of both the federal and state #coronavirus response. Mass murderers with blood on their hands! Outlaw the #GOPDeathCult https://t.co/rKkJuXmTLX
Howie Klein
@downwithtyranny
1 in 3,436 Vermonters has died from COVID. Kristi Noem has personally made sure COVID would kill off 1 in every 489 South Dakotans. Her policies have also been responsible for thousands of deaths around the country. She's considered a serious GOP candidate for national office. https://t.co/NWA8AlMrK4
1 in 3,436 Vermonters has died from COVID. Kristi Noem has personally made sure COVID would kill off 1 in every 489 South Dakotans. Her policies have also been responsible for thousands of deaths around the country. She's considered a serious GOP candidate for national office. https://t.co/NWA8AlMrK4
The impeachment trial that begins today reasserts the Senate’s oversight role. But impeachment is just a starting point. The Senate must formally investigate every aspect of the Jan. 6 insurrection with an eye toward holding ALL guilty parties to account.
https://t.co/qaEOsoAlLK
Here's Marjorie Taylor Greene saying anyone who objected to certification after the Capitol attack was "brave." This video is from just 3 days after the riot. Expel immediately. https://t.co/6y6JE6dgOP
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America Has a Fascism Problem
Collectively, our nation has witnessed Donald Trump's more than two-month effort to overturn the outcome of a democratic presidential election, aided and abetted by...
Capitol Security Failure: An Inside Job?
The failure of law enforcement preparations to secure the Capitol building in advance of the Jan. 6th Trump-inspired insurrection to stop the presidential vote...
2020 Gandhi Peace Award Honors Syrian Humanitarian Aid Workers
Stanley Heller talks about the Gandhi Peace Award ceremony on Saturday, November 21st which this year will be given jointly to Syrian-American Dr. Zaher...
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Louis DeJoy is plotting more moves to destroy the Postal Service — he must be stopped
The U.S. Postal Service, still reeling from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's sabotage to help the Trump campaign; the spread of COVID-19; and the huge increase in mail because of the pandemic, was able to deliver just 71% of first class mail on time by the end of last year, as opposed to 92% in Janu...
alternet.org
Columnist warns Democrats of a big misstep in their impeachment strategy
The New York Times has reported that according to its sources, the Democratic managers of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are reluctant to criticize GOP lawmakers who promoted his debunked claims of widespread election fraud — and that they want to point the finger at Trump alone...
alternet.org
Republicans Who Refuse to Hold Trump Accountable for Insurrection Must Answer to History
Free Speech For People's John Bonifaz discusses what’s at stake for accountability & rule of law in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that begins in the U.S. Senate on Feb. 9
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Arizona Republicans still waging Trump's war on democracy
Rachel Maddow reports on Arizona Republican senators failing in another bid to upend the 2020 election results in their state and subsequently calling on the public to step in in a way very reminiscent of Donald Trump's seditious calls for his followers to go to the Capitol and stop the counting of....
msnbc.com
Georgia opens investigation into Trump phone call seeking to overturn election results
NBC News is reporting that the Georgia Secretary of State's office has launched an investigation into Trump's phone call to Brad Raffensperger, attempting to overturn the results of the election.
msnbc.com