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The West Virginia senator urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.

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Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster and January 6 Commission

Lee Fang, Ryan Grim

Manchin urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.

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School Privatization Lobby Places Fake News on Local Stations

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With Ed Newsfeed, the Betsy DeVos-funded American Federation for Children distributes syndicated content to TV stations. They run it as news.

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As Salvadoran Leaders Tout a Safer Country, More People Are Going Missing

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Meet NATO, the Dangerous “Defensive” Alliance Trying to Run the World

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The Vaccine Divide

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Israel’s New Leaders Won’t Stop “Death to Arabs” Chants, But They Will Feel Bad About Them

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Israel’s “change coalition” facilitated, then criticized, a Jewish supremacist rally in East Jerusalem, where Palestinians were threatened by racists and assaulted by the police.

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