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Chomsky: Build Back Better Fiasco Exposes How Both Parties Serve Corporate Power
Failure of Biden’s efforts to reshape federal priorities will have a terrible human cost and hand the GOP a weapon.
Trial of Rudy Giuliani Associate Exposes Methods and Networks of Secret Donors
Lev Parnas's case shows how foreign donors secretly funnel money through straw donors, shell companies and “dark money.”
Capitol Police Wrongly Worried About Leftist Counterprotesters on January 6
Police sought to provide safe passage for Trump loyalists to the Capitol while “excluding access” to counterprotesters.
As Pharma Cash Rained Down, Sinema Killed Democrats’ Prescription Drug Plan
How will Sen. Kyrsten Sinema be rewarded for killing off popular drug pricing proposals?
The Centerpiece of the Build Back Better Climate Plan Has Been Stripped Out
The Democrats’ compromises are better than nothing but far less than what is needed to meet the climate crisis.
Meadows’s Delay to Comply With Jan. 6 Subpoena May Lead to Contempt Charges
“Anyone who tries to stonewall our effort will face the consequences,” an anonymous source on the commission said.
Progressive Dems Balk at “Trust Manchin” After Frantic Push by Biden and Pelosi
Manchin and Sinema have sown enough chaos to bring us to this moment, which I suspect is what they wanted all along.
With Reconciliation Hacked in Half, Sanders Warns US Democracy Is “in Danger”
While progressives have had to cut trillions from their proposals, Manchin only has to give up $25 billion a year.
Reporters Blast Wall Street Journal for Publishing Misleading Trump Op-Ed
The move was seen as an insult to journalists within the publication, who have fact-checked Trump numerous times.
Ilhan Omar Says “Follow the Money” in Rebuke to Conservative Democrats
The Minnesota Democrat detailed a variety of ways lobbyists mobilized to kill overwhelmingly popular proposals.