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Sharyl Attkisson

• (WATCH) More French protests over Covid-19 restrictions

  Some observers say the numbers are up to the millions in people who are taking to the streets in French

• (FORUM) Sports team names: insult or honor?

  For many years, when polled, the vast majority of Americans, including most Native Americans or Indians

• Republicans challenge redactions of information by federal agencies on

  Republican senators have sent a letter asking their Democrat counterparts to subpoena Covid-19-related

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BlackListed News

• Why Don't Billionaires Pay the Same High Tax Rates the Rest of Us Pay?

  As with everything else in polarized America, billionaires proclaiming space tourism is the next big thing

• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs order banning COVID vaccine, mask mandates

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed an executive order prohibiting mask mandates or COVID-19 vaccine

• Google's Jigsaw proposes real-time, cross-platform monitoring of "

  As Big Tech platforms have increased their censorship of so-called “hate speech” and “COVID-19

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naked capitalism

• Links 7/31/2021

• Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 2/2

  Bob Smith got the Watergate break-in leak before the Washington Post. But the New York Times, then as now,

• Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers

  Congress has roused itself from its stupor over our undeclared, or more accurately, unapproved wars. But

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NEPC - Blog Post of the Day

• Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in

  Answer Sheet: No Systemic Racism? Look at Student Achievement Gaps in Reading. Juneteenth,

• Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Rubik’s Cube and

  Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Rubik’s Cube and School Reform When the

• Our Schools/BuzzFlash: Jeff Bryant: Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to "

  Our Schools/BuzzFlash: Jeff Bryant: Why Are Federal Funds Flowing to "White Flight" Privatized

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Energy

• NRG Energy is placing its headquarters solely in Houston

  The NRG brand is committing to Houston long-term.

• 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.

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Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories

• Biden’s model pre-K system becomes ‘a crisis’ in New Jersey

  New Jersey’s nationally acclaimed preschool program has an accountability problem.

• Opinion | What I Learned Talking to Fourth-Graders About How to Design

  A grade-school lesson on elections quickly became a referendum on deep issues about fairness in America

• Trump political groups raised $82M in first half of 2021

  Led by Save America PAC, the former president's new political outfit, the three groups have over $100

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Navajo Times

• Jessy Larios in Bearsun suit making his way toward Navajo Nation

  A 33-year-old California man in a giant teddy bear suit of his own creation is walking through southern

• Applications open for phase 2 of CARES Act payments

  The application process for the second and final phase of the CARES Act program opens Aug. 1, the

• In numbers: Tracking COVID-19 Across the Navajo Nation

  View the latest charts and a map showing the extent of the coronavirus on the Navajo Nation. The post In

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Ancient Code

• Woolly Mammoth ‘Proxy’ Could One Day Roam the North American Tundra

  The woolly mammoth may have gone extinct as recently as 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island near

• NASA’s Bill Nelson Pushes for Scientific UFO Research 1 Month into Office

  Bill Nelson, 78, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, became the NASA Administrator on 

• Harry Reid: We May Be Close to Finding Out Truth About UFOs

  Former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid continues to call for leading with science when studying UFOs

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DutchNews.nl

• Kiran Badloe takes windsurfing gold, taking Dutch total to four

  Windsurfer Kiran Badloe has delivered the Netherlands’ fourth Olympic gold after leading for most of

• Heartbreak as Dutch women’s football team lose to the USA

  The Dutch women’s football team is out of the running for a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after losing

• Power cut did contribute to Maastricht patients’ deaths

  Officials at Maastricht University’s teaching hospital have confirmed that a power cut was probably

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BleepingComputer

• DarkSide ransomware gang returns as new BlackMatter operation

  Encryption algorithms found in a decryptor show that the notorious DarkSide ransomware gang has rebranded

• Remote print server gives anyone Windows admin privileges on a PC

  A researcher has created a remote print server allowing any Windows user with limited privileges to gain

• BlackMatter ransomware gang rises from the ashes of DarkSide, REvil

  ​A new ransomware gang named BlackMatter is purchasing access to corporate networks while claiming to

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Accuracy In Academia

• Hillsdale University counters controversial 1619 Project with ‘1776

  It appears that there is at least one college or university which is actively countering Critical Race

• 1619 Project founder praised Cuban socialism

  Nikole Hannah-Jones is far from an accomplished journalist, according to what she says in public and as her

• States, academics push for mask mandates for children

  Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new COVID-19 guidelines for the upcoming school year.

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

• Israel holds 1,000 cars for Gaza merchants in its ports

  GAZA, (PIC) – Israel is holding 1,000 cars for Gazan auto dealers and the value of which is estimated

• Watch thousands of Palestinians took part in Shawkat Awad funeral

  Gaza post – Thousands of Palestinians took part on Friday in the funeral of mar.tyr Shawkat Awad ,(20

• UN: Israel killed 4 Palestinians, injured 1,090 in last 20 days

  Israeli occupation forces have killed four Palestinians, including two children, and wounded 1,090 others,

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BBC News - Home

• Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities

  Fears rise of a humanitarian crisis as Islamist militants seek to capture major Afghan urban areas.

• Simone Biles withdraws from floor final at Tokyo Olympics

  American Simone Biles withdraws from the floor final but is yet to make a decision on whether to compete on

• Anti-eviction lawmaker camps overnight on US Capitol steps

  Cori Bush fears millions of US tenants could be at risk if an eviction freeze is allowed to expire.

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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, federal tax, state budgets and taxes, poverty and inequality, and

• State and Local Child Tax Credit Outreach Needed to Help Lift Hardest-to

  Government officials and agencies, community-based organizations, and advocates across the country can help

• Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment

  Millions report that their households did not get enough to eat or are not caught up on rent payments.

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Coyote Blog

• Your Defense Against Panic

  The media and politicians are going to try to panic you over case counts.  Relax.  We have tamed COVID down

• Apparently the Old HydroInfra Scam is Back With a New Name

  Years ago I wrote about a scammy company that claimed to be making HydroAtomic Nano Gas (HNG) that they

• This is the Kind of Billionaire v. Billionaire Competition We Need More Of

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Dandelion Salad

• Chris Hedges and Jesselyn Radack: Whistleblower Daniel Hale

  Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on Jul 29, 2021 On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks with

• Turning Up The Heat, by Rivera Sun

  by Rivera Sun Writer, Dandelion Salad July 30, 2021 Winds of Change is the third novel in the Dandelion

• Why the Ruins of a Little Village Called Lifta Still Matter, by Kenn Orphan

  by Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad Halifax, Nova Scotia July 29, 2021 In the Middle East stand the

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Inter Press Service

• When Branded as a Born Criminal: The Plight of India’s De-Notified Tribes

  Branded as being born ‘criminal’ 150 years ago under British colonial rule, De-Notified Tribes (DNTs

• Civil Society Leading Covid-19 Mask Campaign in South Asia – Podcast

  Footage of flames engulfing bodies at makeshift funeral pyres and stories of people dying in cars as

• Muslim Women in India’s Workforce: Where Are They?

  Muslims are the largest minority community in India, and yet, they are highly underrepresented both in

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INTERNATIONALIST 360°

• US Empire: Get Out of Cuba’s Way

  Obi Egbuna Remarks by Obi Egbuna Jr External Relations Officer to the Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship  Association

• Unreading Colonial Food Systems

  Maya Burke Like many people who went through U.S. public school systems, I am intimately familiar with

• Guatemala and the Challenge of a Plurinational Constituent Assembly Process

  Ollantay Itzamná Citizen protester in Guatemala. Internet Urban and rural sectors of Guatemala, once again

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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

• Gasoline goes up yet again in Uruguay

  The Government of Uruguay Friday announced an increase in the price of fuel as of

• “Only a miracle can save Argentina's economy,” says Brazilian President

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said in his social media broadcast that “only

• Former Haiti First Lady considers running for president

  Martine Moïse, the widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, is considering

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www.thenewfederalist.eu

• The Bulletin, Vol.1 Issue 28

  - Newsletter

• The challenges faced by transgender asylum seekers in Europe

  Within modern day Europe, it is assumed and believed by many that our society is one that can be classified

• Belarus: is death the only way to freedom?

  Two months ago, in Belarus, a political prisoner Vitold Ashurak died in the colony at the age of 50 from a

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Big Picture News, Informed Analysis

• Unity or Division? Individual Choice or State Coercion?

  Prominent artist promotes brave, big-hearted petition addressed to Singapore's Prime Minister.

• COVID News You May Have Missed

  Lockdowns and vaccine coercion were protested around the world this weekend, as doctors sang the praises of

• How Big Tech Erases History: My New Paper

  Censorship by corporations is shutting down debate and obliterating parts of the historical record.

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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

• New Jeffrey Epstein book 'Perversion of Justice' hints at plenty of

  The death of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein denied his victims justice and left Ghislaine Maxwell as keeper of

• 'Superbug' Candida auris fungus spreads in two US cities

  U.S. health officials said Thursday they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spreading in two

• Trump blamed Justice officials for "inaction" over election fraud

  President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the results of the 2020

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Stuff.co.nz - Stuff

• Sir Roger Hall play 'Winding Up' is a poignant lesson in undying

  Sir Roger Hall's latest comedy revisits beloved characters Barry and Gen who are well into retirement

• Covid-19: How would Aotearoa cope with a Delta outbreak?

  Aotearoa's best bet if Delta were to emerge in the community would be a rapid shift to "alert

• Coming Home in the Dark: New Kiwi movie set to shock and awe audiences

  The new Kiwi movie, Coming Home in the Dark, is set to shock and awe audiences around the world.

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Freethought Blogs

• Oh my god, I’m Chidi.

  So I had never seen a single episode (or even outtake) from the TV show “The Good Place”. I

• Reddit Asked: What you believe happens after you die?

  Updoot Everything is a youtube channel that collects responses to questions on reddit, and creates videos

• Slavic Saturday

  Today again a little crossover with the Behind the Iron Curtain series. Jan Hus and Jan Žižka are to this

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