A letter from current CDC staff recently submitted to Director Robert Redfield demands that the agency address structural racism toward Black employees.
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“The secret stash of sex tapes I believe Ghislaine has squirreled away could end up being her get out of jail card if the authorities are willing to trade,” her former friend said. “She has copies of everything Epstein had. They could implicate some twisted movers and shakers.”
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Police officers disgracefully assault elderly man in Buffalo, NY
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Tamika Mallory and Stephen Jackson speak passionately at rally for Greg Floyd who was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
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President Trump during a ceremony to sign the coronavirus stimulus relief package. In an unprecedented move, his name will printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans.
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Dr. Armen Henderson, was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was … preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. “I want the officer held accountable. There’s no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, detain me, during a pandemic, when you have no mask on, where hundreds of police officers throughout Miami-Dade County have tested positive,” says Dr. Henderson, who is an internal medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami …
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Krystal and Saagar blast the New York Times coverage of Tara Reade's Joe Biden accusation, discuss the bias of how Reade was covered in comparison to Dr. Ford in the Kavanaugh case.
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Investigative reporter Rich McHugh, shares exclusive information on Biden accuser Tara Reade's criminal complaint filed with D.C. police last week.
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An African-American family is suing the city of Phoenix, Arizona, after police held them at gunpoint because their 4-year-old daughter had allegedly taken a doll from a Family Dollar store. In a video that has since gone viral, officers point guns and yell at the family, and one officer even threatens to shoot the 4-year-old girl’s father in the face. The girl’s mother is heard saying she is unable to hold her hands up because she is holding a child and that she is pregnant.
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The coronavirus pandemic has now infected more than 113,000 people worldwide, and killed more than 4,000. We are joined by two epidemiologists to examine the response so far around the world and in the United States.
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Super Tuesday’s voting is completed. California and Maine are still waiting to be called. Even absent those totals, there is but one conclusion to be reached: Joe Biden performed beyond anyone’s wildest expectations. His surprising wins in Texas, Massachusetts and Minnesota, combined with a sweep of the southern states, changed the dynamics of this primary campaign from top to bottom.
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"The contest between Bernie vs Biden is a classic one of center vs left ... But what is “the center” in America? It’s neoliberalism, of the Obama school — which Biden continues to promise.That is, markets for everything, privatization, deregulation — And what’s the “left”? It’s barely social democracy — though Bernie’s painted as a socialist, he’s barely a lightweight social democrat, in truth. What’s the difference? Everything."
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These aging systems reflect a larger problem: A ProPublica investigation found that at least 50 election-related websites in counties and towns voting on Super Tuesday — accounting for nearly 2 million voters — were particularly vulnerable to cyberattack.
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So much for freedom of speech …
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This was a compelling and substantive post-primary discussion!!!
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Fifty-five years ago today, Malcolm X was assassinated ... at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said he was considering reopening the investigation ... after a new documentary series was released on Netflix called “Who Killed Malcolm X?” Ilyasah Shabazz, one of six daughters of Malcolm X, award-winning author Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, & Shayla Harris, a producer for the series, talk to Democracy Now.
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With a billionaire onstage and every candidate but Bernie Sanders open to unelected and unaccountable superdelegates choosing the nominee, last night’s debate showcased clearly the choice facing Democrats: rule by the majority or rule by plutocratic elites.
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A REVIEW OF Michael Bloomberg’s many statements on Social Security over the last 10 years makes two things clear. First, Bloomberg deeply and sincerely believes that the well-being of the United States requires cuts to Social Security benefits. Second, Bloomberg has no idea how Social Security works. Instead, his head is filled with a hodgepodge of right-wing talking points about the program.
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In a new study, Yale scholars have found that Medicare for All will save Americans more than $450 billion and prevent 68,000 deaths every year.
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The World Health Organization holds their daily news conference as the number of coronavirus infections across China continues to rise, although at a slower rate outside the epicenter of Hubei province.
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