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Sharyl Attkisson

• The Age Discrimination Case Against IBM (PODCAST)

  IBM faces a massive group of age discrimination claims. The company says it never made hiring or firing

• (READ) Public trust in CDC declines across all demographics

  Public trust in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) declined from May 2020 to October 2020, during

• Texas says "no" to vaccine passports

  Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed an executive order banning "vaccine passports". The

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BlackListed News

• Escobar: Ukraine Redux - War, Russophobia, & Pipelineistan

  The deep state/NATO combo's using Kiev to start a war to bury Nord Stream 2 and German-Russian

• Government's Global Response To COVID Has Absolutely Decimated The

  Very few, if any, financial outlets have been more outspoken over the last decade about the harm that

• Multiple Governors Signal They Won’t Put Up With Biden’s Second Amendment

  Multiple governors signaled that they will be taking action against Democrat President Joe Biden after

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naked capitalism

• Links 4/10/2021

• Michael Hudson Asks Our Readers: If Democracy Winds Up Creating Financial

  Michael Hudson seeks reader input on what to call modern governments not run by traditional nobles or

• Prince Philip Was the Godfather of Anglo-British Nationalism

  Prince Philip pulled together TV, tabloids and monarchy. But that won’t work for younger generations – as

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NEPC - Blog Post of the Day

• Janresseger: New Report Exposes Rip-Off of Tax Dollars by For-Profit

  Janresseger: New Report Exposes Rip-Off of Tax Dollars by For-Profit Charter Management Companies

• Code Acts in Education: Edtech Sci-Fi

  Code Acts in Education: Edtech Sci-Fi Before making a career out of studying education

• Answer Sheet: A Look at Whether Charter Schools Are Fiscal Threats to Local

  Answer Sheet: A Look at Whether Charter Schools Are Fiscal Threats to Local School Districts

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Energy

• Texas power company seeks bankruptcy protection after storm

  The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing

• Oil powers ahead as critical OPEC+ meeting looms

  Oil rebounded from its biggest slump since November ahead of a key OPEC+ meeting.

• Vistra expects a hit of up to $1.3 billion to its earnings due to winter

  Vistra, which posted a $625 million profit, said it spent more than $10 million to prepare its power plants

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

• Democrats and Republicans find common ground — on Mars

  How a rare area of bipartisan agreement could help NASA's bottom line

• How Lil Nas X Flipped Conservatives’ Culture-War Playbook

  Never mind “owning the libs.” The meme rapper pushed one button and the right did his publicity for him.

• Trump faces a narrow path to victory against Facebook suspension

  The board reviewing his case has overturned Facebook’s content takedowns in almost every decision so far

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Navajo Times

• Former Borrego Pass school board president pleads guilty to embezzlement

  The questionable purchases were originally brought to the attention of the Department of Diné Education

• Coronavirus variants keep Navajo Nation roads closed

  Navajo Nation Council might have thought it was safe to open Navajo Nation roads to tourists and visitors,

• Police investigating rash of car thefts

  The targets of these thefts are construction companies working in the area, tribal vehicles, vehicles that

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Ancient Code

• Massive Lava Tubes on Mars and the Moon Could Shelter Astronauts

  Lava tubes on Mars could provide shelter for astronauts, according to a new study. Earlier studies have

• The Waubonsie Stone in Chicago: An Ancient Altar for Sacrificing Babies?

  Chicago is home to a 3000-pound red granite boulder with a strange face carved on it. It’s called the

• German Cave Reveals Clues About the First Domesticated Wolves

  Scientists have found new important clues about the first domesticated wolves and dogs. A small cave in

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DutchNews.nl

• Coronavirus infection rate shows steady decline, as IC beds are increased

  The public health institute RIVM received 7,716 reports of new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours to Friday

• Dutch royals express deepest sympathy at death of ‘lively’ prince Philip

  The Dutch royal family have expressed their deep sadness at the news of the death of Britain’s prince

• Rotterdam, The Hague aim to host Tour de France Grand Départ

  Rotterdam and The Hague are submitting a joint proposal to host the start of the Tour de France cycle race.

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BleepingComputer

• Hands-on with Windows 10's new Google Discover-like news feature

  Later this year, Windows 10 is getting a new feature that will enable a Google Discover-like newsfeed on

• Android malware found embedded in APKPure store application

  Security researchers found malware embedded within the official application of APKPure, a popular third

• Windows 10 will soon let you tell Microsoft how you use your PC

  Windows 10 will soon let you select pre-configured categories, such as Gaming and Business, that tell the

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Accuracy In Academia

• West Virginia scores major victory over teachers’ unions

  Over the weekend, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed the Hope Scholarship program into law marking a

• Florda, DeSantis lead the way with ‘Get There Faster’ initiative

  This week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled the “Get There Faster” initiative, which aims to address

• The Left targets children to ‘dismantle bias’

  Social justice indoctrination is running rampant in America’s schools, and so-called learning experts are

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AllThingsD » Walt Mossberg

• Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

  Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of

• Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

  New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.

• Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

  Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

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altahrir, news of Islam, Muslims, Arab Spring and special Palestine

• Soldiers Injure Many Palestinians In Kufur Qaddoum Weekly Procession

  Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West

• Army Detains Two Shepherds Near Bethlehem

  Israeli soldiers detained, Friday, two Palestinian shepherds for several hours, in Kisan village, east of

• Palestinian Child Loses Eye After Israeli Soldiers Shot Him In Hebron

  Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a child lost his right eye, Friday, after an Israeli

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BBC News - Home

• UK PM to miss Philip's funeral due to Covid limits

  Boris Johnson wants to allow "as many family members as possible" to attend amid the 30-guest

• St Vincent volcano: Ash rains down on Caribbean island

  Thousands of people in Saint Vincent have been evacuated after the La Soufrière volcano erupted.

• Myanmar coup: 'Dozens killed' in military crackdown in Bago

  Activists say more than 80 people were killed in the city of Bago in protests against the military coup.

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Bartholomew's Notes

• Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

  From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who

• Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

  From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a

• BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

  This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

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CBPP Comprehensive Reports and Blog Posts

• In Case You Missed It...

  This week at CBPP, we focused on health, the federal budget and taxes, food assistance, poverty and

• Parrott: President Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Addresses Crucial

  This budget request marks an important break from more than a decade of underinvestment across a range of

• Hardship Rates Dropped in March, But Many Still Borrow to Get By

  Hardship rates fell sharply in late March, according to Census Bureau data released this week. But millions

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Coyote Blog

• Free Speech: Congress Shall Make No Law.... But Does That Include Threats

  From Glenn Greenwald, whose email blast is well worth the money: Over the course of five-plus hours on

• SCAM ALERT: Web Site Owners, Do NOT Open These Messages

  We have gotten scores of variations on this message in the last 2 weeks from our public contact form

• No One In Power Has The Guts To Declare The Pandemic Over, So I Will: It&#

  Half our politicians don't want to declare the pandemic over because they are wallowing in all their

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Dandelion Salad

• Chris Hedges and Richard D. Wolff: American Economic Illusions

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Apr 10, 2021 On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses

• How the Pandemic Laid Bare the Cruelty of Capitalism, by Kenn Orphan

  by Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad Halifax, Nova Scotia April 9, 2021 One thing this pandemic has

• The “Innocence” Of Early Capitalism Is Another Fantastical Myth, by Pete

  by Pete Dolack Writer, Dandelion Salad Systemic Disorder, Apr. 7, 2021 April 8, 2021 It is not unusual for

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Inter Press Service

• Palestinians are Suffering from Hunger, Poverty, Conflict & a Global

  The Trump administration’s decision to cut off assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

• Rohingya Children Find Refuge in Education

  Cox’s Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp had one of highest rates of primary and secondary age children out of

• In the Secretive World of Government-to-Government Lending, 100 Chinese

  Is Chinese financing good for developing countries? This has become a provocative question, freighted with

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• Venezuela Has a Strategy: Bolivarian Shield

  Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Civilians practice combat tactics for the defense of their homeland, Feb. 15,

• Crisis, Sanctions & Environment: A Conversation with Liliana Buitrago

  cira Pascual Marquina Researchers from the Political Ecology Observatory talk about the environmental

• Plan Condor: Conversation with Stella Calloni

  UNLP /OLCCP The Faculty of Journalism and Social Communication of the UNLP and the Latin American

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New Content on CO2 Science

• Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

  It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

• Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

  Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

• Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

  Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

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MercoPress

• Falklands, A 21-gun salute and parade to commemorate HRH The Prince Philip,

  Today, the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was

• Brazil's Anvisa to check Russian Sputnik V manufacturing plant as need

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) will be sending a

• Argentine inflation forecast at 46% for year 2021, 3.9% for March alone

  Argentina's Central Bank Friday announced the yearly inflation for 2021 was

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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News

• Windfarm company issued ‘misleading’ leaflets locally #IRL

  A company behind a possible windfarm project in South Westmeath distributed “misleading”

• Some Jack County residents to oppose wind turbine vote #TX

  Some residents across Jack County have this upcoming Monday circled on their calendars. The county’s

• Ige withdraws land board nominee Sam Gon #HI

  Gon’s position on the BLNR was at the center of a challenge to the Kahuku wind farm’s permit to kill bats.

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www.thenewfederalist.eu

• Digital Green Certificate, a tool to facilitate safe free movement across

  The European Commission has communicated a plan for a common path to safe and sustained re-opening to

• International students in Denmark and their struggles with debt

  Lockdowns are stressful. We're isolated from friends and family. We're worried about our future and

• The Bulletin, Vol.1 Issue 18

  - Newsletter

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Big Picture News, Informed Analysis

• This Blog Will Return May 12th

  Currently busy with other assignments.

• Reckless Journalism & the Uphill Battle to Correct the Record

  Rather than behaving responsibly during a moment of crisis, the New York Times printed inflammatory

• US Senator to Facebook: Kill Free Speech Now

  Intelligence Committee chairman targets private companies.

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Online Cancer Blog

• The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

  We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and

• Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

  How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good

• Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

  Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

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Signs of the Times

• Watch a monkey equipped with Elon Musk's Neuralink device play Pong

  Elon Musk's Neuralink, one of his many companies and the only one currently focused on mind control

• Shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea - 3rd major

  An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted 195 km N of Madang, Papua New Guinea, at 1138 GMT on Saturday,

• Heavy snowstorm in spring forces cancellation of opening stage of the Tour

  Hilly stage from Nevşehir to Ürgüp covered in spring snow The opening stage of the Tour of Turkey has been

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• 41-gun salute for Prince Philip in Wellington

  Wellington is marking the death of Prince Philip with a 41-gun salute lasting 40 minutes at midday on

• Staff injured, cash stolen in aggravated rob of Wellington restaurant

  The staff member of a restaurant in Miramar, Wellington, was left in a serious condition.

• 'There’s a lot of shame around loneliness, but we’re all lonely

  New research into loneliness by The Helen Clark Foundation showed many people bounced back following the

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Freethought Blogs

• Understanding the Correct Use of “Literally”

    “Wait, I don’t think you know exactly what ‘literally’ means.” :dead

• Grounded

  I’ve always liked this one… Grounded Ivory giggles and pink powder secrets power an endless

• Link Roundup: April 2021

  How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation | MIT Technology Review – Since Cambridge

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