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Noam Chomsky

• Trump speaks out from Florida for the first time since departing the White House
  Former President Donald Trump may no longer be in the White House but many are not sure he is completely done with politics. However, when asked about his stance on Friday, Jan. 22, he gave away no indications of what he may do next. While seated at his usual table at the Grill Room inside […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Universities are being urged to vet pro-Trump appointees before hiring them
  Political appointees have a long history of moving into higher education after leaving White House administrations. However, universities are being urged to take extra steps to thoroughly vet former Trump administration officials before offering them future employment.According to The Washington Post, faculty members and students at a number of universities across the United States believe […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Palm Beach County rejects Donald Trump's dream of having an airport named after him
  Former President Donald Trump has long dreamed of having his name attached to one of the United States' most prominent international airports. His suggestion: Trump International.However, Palm Beach County has confirmed that the former president's dream will not be coming to fruition at its airport. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the idea of renaming the airport […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Trump focus group voters agree: Trump should never serve as an elected official again
  One swing-voter focus group insists former President Donald Trump should not be allowed to hold public office ever again. According to Axios, the first Engagious/Schlesinger focus group, which consisted of voters who do not directly align with either the Democratic or the Republican Party, shared details about their stance on different aspects of the presidential […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Kevin McCarthy admits to pushback against QAnon lawmaker's wild impeachment stunt
  QAnon Congresswoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) caused quite an uproar when she revealed her plan to file articles of impeachment against newly-elected President Joe Biden just one day after his inauguration. Many of Biden's Democratic supporters have pushed back against Greene's efforts, but they are not the only ones who disapprove. According to The […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• Tom Cotton has claimed he was an 'Army Ranger.' That's just not true
  Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas has accrued a resume tailor-made for a Republican politician: He leapt from a small-town Arkansas cattle farm to Harvard University and then Harvard Law School; he left a leading New York firm to join the military after George W. Bush's re-election; he was discharged after nearly eight years and two […]
  Roger Sollenberger
• Dr. Birx finally shares her real take on working in the Trump administration
  Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Deborah Birx faced intense pressure and scrutiny from both President Donald Trump and the scientific community. Now, she is revealing how she mulled over dealing with the pressures of her job. According to The Washington Post, the infectious disease expert has admitted that she "always" considered leaving her post. A clip […]
  Meaghan Ellis
• As economic suffering grips regular Americans, Wall Street behemoths get ready to feast
  For millions of regular Americans, the end of 2020 was marked by economic distress, with millions suffering pandemic-triggered job losses—and thus the loss of their employer-tied health insurance—still waiting on robust economic relief from federal lawmakers, and facing a weak social safety net.For the nation's biggest banks, however, the year closed out with reason for […]
  Common Dreams
• White supremacists are building international networks to spread their violent ideology
  During the past two years, U.S. counterterrorism officials held meetings with their European counterparts to discuss an emerging threat: right-wing terror groups becoming increasingly global in their reach.American neo-Nazis were traveling to train and fight with militias in the Ukraine. There were suspected links between U.S. extremists and the Russian Imperial Movement, a white supremacist […]
  ProPublica
• The unfinished business of Flint's water crisis
  When I first heard E. Yvonne Lewis tell the story, it was a hot July day in downtown Flint, Michigan. We and about 70 others had gathered in the high-ceilinged ballroom of the Northbank Center, just west of the river, where the Michigan Civil Rights Commission was conducting its 2016 hearings on how this Great […]
  Pro Publica