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Biden administration blocking UN ceasefire statement as Israeli regime bombards Gaza
May 16, 2021 21:39The Biden administration is reportedly blocking the release of a United Nations Security Council statement calling for an immediate cease-fire as the Israeli regime continues its devastating assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, martyring dozens of Palestinians and injuring hundreds more.
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Sanders slams Pentagon for “waste, fraud & abuse,” vows more stringent oversight
May 16, 2021 21:37US Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) sharply criticized the country’s abnormally large defense budget and the “fraud” and “misconduct” of defense contractors in a hearing on Pentagon spending.
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Facebook, social media giants admit to silencing Palestinian voices online
May 16, 2021 20:27Social media companies including Facebook have admitted to MintPress that pro-Palestinian posts were removed, blaming “technical bugs” and “spam filters.”
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Liz Cheney says McCarthy should testify about Trump’s views on Capitol attack
May 16, 2021 09:25US Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney has said that several GOP members of Congress had voted against impeaching former US President Donald Trump out of fear for their own lives.
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Israeli regime isn’t entitled to “self-defense” against the people under its occupation
May 16, 2021 09:18As the Zionist regime continues to pummel the Palestinian people with bombs and artillery shot into Gaza from troops amassed along its borders in preparation for a ground invasion, the Biden administration has reaffirmed its unwavering support for Israeli regime’s war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians.
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Biden budget would send $1.3 billion more to Israeli regime military than to global climate programs: Analysis
May 14, 2021 21:02A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change."
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After hoarding, West bickers on sharing patents as virus kills in droves
May 13, 2021 15:26South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned of “vaccine apartheid” as millions of people in poor countries are dying of the coronavirus with no access to vaccines and wealthy countries are hogging shots.
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Support for new malaria vaccine may be lacking in rich world
May 13, 2021 15:17The first efforts to eradicate malaria began in the 1950s under the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Eradication Program (one that decided to leave sub-Saharan Africa out of the “global” campaign), making use of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine and spraying large areas with the insecticide DDT.
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Biden isn’t ending Afghanistan war, he’s privatizing it: Special forces, Pentagon contractors, intelligence operatives will remain
May 13, 2021 09:25Over 18,000 Pentagon contractors remain in Afghanistan, while official troops number 2,500. Joe Biden will withdraw this smaller group of soldiers while leaving behind US Special Forces, mercenaries, and intelligence operatives — privatizing and downscaling the war, but not ending it.
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US fiscal profligacy and the impending crisis
May 12, 2021 16:32It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Joe Biden administration’s fiscal irresponsibility arises from a cynical political calculation. It evidently proposes to employ the federal budget as a slush fund to distribute benefits to various political constituencies, gambling that the avalanche of new debt will not cause a financial crisis before the 2022 Congressional elections.