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Trump Holds Up a Chart on Fox News That Shows He’s Lying, Then Lies About What It SaysRobert MackeyTrump lied that the U.S. Covid-19 mortality rate was the world’s best; his proof was a chart comparing the U.S. to just six countries in a different category.
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John Lewis and the Dangers of MythmakingGeorge ChidiIt’s easy enough to say that we need John Lewis more than ever. It’s harder, I think, to say that we must be John Lewis.
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What a Difference a Cycle Makes: Pelosi Statement on Jamaal Bowman Compared to AOC Tells a Tale of Two YearsRyan GrimPelosi’s words are carefully chosen and watched closely by her Democratic colleagues in the House as a gauge of the direction of the party’s politics.
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America’s Problem With Policing Doesn’t Stop at the U.S. BorderOmar SuleimanThe national conversation on policing sparked by George Floyd’s murder must extend to the U.S. military’s overseas crimes and the victims of its drone war.
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The Coronavirus Brought Federal Prison Transfers to a Halt. Now People Are Stuck in Limbo.Liliana SeguraPeople in BOP custody who were on their way to minimum-security camps have been stranded for months in holdover facilities with notoriously poor conditions.
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All Statues Are Local: The Great Toppling of 2020 and the Rebirth of Civic ImaginationSiddhartha MitterThe movement is national, but every action within the movement is local.
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Rep. Lacy Clay’s Clash With Obama Administration Over Wall Street Reform Haunts His Reelection FightRyan GrimThe Sunrise Movement and an anti-monopoly organization are making Cori Bush’s rematch against Clay a priority.
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After Pleading for Home Release During Coronavirus Pandemic, NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Tests PositiveTaylor BarnesReality Winner’s lawyers had argued that the NSA whistleblower should serve out her sentence at home because she has preexisting medical conditions.
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The Right Way to Honor John Lewis: Restore and Extend the Voting Rights ActJeanne TheoharisToday’s activists are picking up the baton with the kind of courage, persistence, and belief in disruption Lewis showed. Let’s not settle for a bridge name.
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As Trump Threatens Secret Police Deployment Nationwide, Democrats Debate Expanding Surveillance Powers and New Money for DHSRyan GrimLawmakers are unclear precisely what the intelligence community currently considers legal, given the classified nature of the operations.
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ALEC Is Close to Passing Model Bill That Would Protect Companies From Coronavirus-Related LawsuitsAkela LacyALEC, a conservative Koch-backed group, is discussing a number of coronavirus-related policies at its annual summit this week.
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Brazil’s Coronavirus Catastrophe Is Spreading Into the Country’s Vulnerable InteriorDom PhillipsAfter ravaging Brazilian cities, the coronavirus pandemic is moving into Brazil’s interior, where hospitals are unprepared for the crisis.
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Weak State: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed America’s Dysfunctional DemocracyInterceptedGuest host Murtaza Hussain is joined by military expert David Kilcullen and Indian author Pankaj Mishra.
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