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The House speaker’s change of heart came after megadonors Steven and Mary Swig circulated a memo against cancellation via executive order.

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Nancy Pelosi’s Surprise Flip on Student Debt Cancellation Came After Urging From Billionaire Power Couple

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The House speaker’s change of heart came after Steven and Mary Swig circulated a memo against cancellation via executive order.

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Secret Donors to Nonprofit Pushing Trump’s “Big Lie” Election Conspiracy Revealed

Murtaza Hussain

Tax documents reveal the would-be anonymous donors to a nonprofit linked to a major funder of efforts to nullify the 2020 election.

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The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week

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Reagan’s firing of striking air traffic controllers was the first huge offensive in corporate America’s war on everyone else.

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Major Tea Party Group Was Backed by Salsa Billionaire and Other Wealthy Donors, Hacked Documents Reveal

Micah Lee

Tea Party Patriots’ web database contained only a small fraction of the “3 million patriots” it heralds on its site.

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Infrastructure Bill Could Enable Government to Track Drivers’ Travel Data

Sara Sirota

The government would keep track of drivers’ travel in a test program to charge per-mile fees to raise revenue for the Highway Trust Fund.

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Minnesota Law Enforcement Agency Blocks Release of Public Records About Surveilling Pipeline Opponents

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The state’s fusion center, which coordinates police intelligence-sharing, enacted the policy after critical stories in the news media.

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Advocates Challenge Mysterious Justice Department Statement That Undercuts Forensic Science Reform

Jordan Smith

Democracy Forward and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the Trump-era statement is biased, inaccurate, and runs afoul of federal law.

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In Senate Bid Launch, Conor Lamb Appears to Misremember His Own Record

Akela Lacy

The Pennsylvania representative cast himself as an advocate for Democrats and an anathema to Trump. His voting record says otherwise.

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Senate Infrastructure Bill Would Invest $500 Million in “Smart City” Surveillance Technology

Sara Sirota

Privacy advocates caution against giving the government another tool to monitor its citizens.

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Pentagon Wrongly Admitted Killing 21 Civilians in Iraq and Syria

Joe Dyke

Allied nations almost certainly killed them. So why did the Defense Department tell Congress that the U.S. was responsible?

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