Joe Manchin Gets Candid With Billionaire Donors in Leaked Audio

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

Rachel M. Cohen

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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European Soccer Stars Refuse to Yield to Racist Fans Who Jeer Them for Taking a Knee

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Young athletes who represent increasingly multiracial European nations insist on taking a knee to protest racism.

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Reality Winner, Whistleblower on Russian Hacking, Is Released From Prison

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Pentagon Audit Found Connection Between Mattis-Era Defense Department and Amazon-Linked British Consultant

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As the Defense Department eyed a $10 billion JEDI contract for tech giants, Mattis adviser Sally Donnelly hid financial ties to André Pienaar, whose firm has done business with Amazon.

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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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Monday’s summit showed how the “North Atlantic” Treaty Organization has decided it has an extremely expansive global mission.

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Tools for Repression in Myanmar Expose Gap Between EU Tech Investment and Regulation

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The Vaccine Divide

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“Why should the knowledge that is required to end the pandemic be kept secret?”

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

Robert Mackey

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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