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Noam Chomsky

• Republican strategist can’t believe GOP Senate is going along with Trump unilaterally raising taxes: ‘We’re really going to do that?’
  In discussion with MSNBC, two Republican strategists, Steve Schmidt and Stuart Stevens, Schmidt explained that after having to deal with the likes of Sarah Palin on Sen. John McCain’s bid…
  Sarah K. Burris
• College football players pressured by the NCAA and schools to play despite COVID-19 pandemic
  The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some ugly aspects about the inherent social disparities that many Americans simply tolerated—until the intrusion of a deadly, equal-opportunity virus seeped into virtually every corner of American…
  Dartagnan
• Nancy Pelosi owns Fox News’ Chris Wallace: ‘Clearly you don’t have an understanding of what is happening here’
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) faced off against Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday over the failure to negotiate a COVID-19 financial relief bill. In an interview on Fox News…
  David Edwards
• America has no welfare state — but we sure have a warfare state
  The animating force of American government is war. Every year, the United States bombs multiple countries, conducts special forces raids across several continents and spends hundreds of billions of dollars…
  David Masciotra
• Trump walks off in a huff after reporter confronts him over lie he’s told more than 150 times
  I don’t know why this hasn’t been happening for five years now, but thank you, thank you, thank you Paula Reid. I’m sure you’ve heard the one about Donald Trump…
  Aldous Pennyfarthing
• ‘Cognitive decline and dementia’: A neuroscientist breaks down COVID-19’s insidious impact on the brain
  Natalie C. Tronson, University of Michigan Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect of COVID-19 on the brain.…
  The Conversation
• Biden says he won’t stand in the way of a possible Trump prosecution
  Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told NPR on Thursday that while he was unsure if it was “good for democracy,” if elected he would not stand in the way of a…
  Eoin Higgins
• Dog handler mocking Colin Kaepernick at museum event attracts Navy probe
  The U.S. Navy is investigating the circumstances around year-old video footage showing a dog handler mocking free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick. In the video, the handler could be seen wearing a Kaepernick…
  Lauren Floyd
• Mnuchin suggests taxpayers will have to pay back COVID money unless Trump is reelected
  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin suggested on Sunday that Americans will have to pay the government back for any payroll tax reduction unless President Donald Trump is reelected. In an interview…
  David Edwards
• Reformers submit signatures to put a measure to end gerrymandering on Arkansas’ ballot this fall
  Backers of putting an initiative on Arkansas’ November ballot to create an independent redistricting commission have announced that they have filed 50,000 more signatures following a 30-day deadline extension by Arkansas’ Supreme Court while it reviews…
  Stephen Wolf