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AOC Leads 110 Representatives Demanding a Living Wage for Congressional Staff
“Generational wealth shouldn’t be a requirement to work in Washington,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs
The Drug Policy Reform Act offers a path toward ending the hugely unpopular war on drugs.
Trump White House Pressured DOJ to Investigate Baseless Claims of Election Fraud
“Michigan cannot certify” its election results, demanded one email from the Trump White House to the Justice Department.
Lara Trump Says People Living on Southern Border Should “Get Guns and Be Ready”
The comments came from Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and were widely rebuked as an incitement to violence.
Reality Winner’s Release From Federal Prison Met With Calls for Full Pardon
The digital rights group Fight for the Future called on Biden to pardon the former NSA contractor “immediately.”
McConnell Says He’ll Block SCOTUS Nominations If GOP Regains the Senate in 2022
The senator said blocking Obama’s nominee in 2016 was the “most consequential thing” he did as Senate majority leader.
Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Reveals US Weighed 1958 Nuclear Strike on China
The U.S. military pushed for a nuclear first strike during the Taiwan Strait crisis, says whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
In His Wild Bid to Stop Leaks to the Press, Trump Even Spied on His Own Lawyer
Reports of the Trump administration running its own version of Nixon’s “White House Plumbers” landed with a boom.
Debt Union Crafts Executive Order for Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt
Progressive organizations and activists have grown increasingly frustrated over Biden's inaction on student debt.
CEO Pay Has Risen to Unprecedented Levels During the Pandemic, Report Finds
A majority of the companies surveyed widened their CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio last year as CEO pay skyrocketed.