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![NBC reporter Vaughn Hillyard, MSNBC producer Jesse Rodriguez, Kory Apton, MSNBC President Phil Griffin, Josh Lederman, and MSNBC producer Betsy Korona pose at the NBC News, MSNBC, and Comcast NBCUniversal 2019 White House Correspondents' Dinner After Party at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1140047653-400x300.jpg)
MSNBC’s 25-Year History Is News in Service of Corporate Power
Left voices on MSNBC seldom go beyond standard mainstream positions, particularly when it comes to foreign policy.
![Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) looks on during press a press conference at a memorial site for Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 20, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/2021_0826-ilhan-omar-at-press-conference-400x300.jpg)
Ilhan Omar Urges Pardon for Daniel Hale, Who Leaked Air Force’s Drone Program
Omar says that, while the legality of his actions has been decided, it is up to Biden to rule on the moral question.
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Trump Attempt to Block Records Request by Jan 6 Committee Will Fail, Experts Say
The matter of Trump's communications records from that day will likely be dragged out in the courts by Trump's lawyers.
![Erik Prince holds up a picture showing the affect of a car bomb while testifying during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/2021_0825-erik-prince-in-hearing-400x300.jpg)
Trump Ally Erik Prince Is Charging People $6,500 to Fly Out of Kabul
Prince’s company, Blackwater, is perhaps best known for a 2007 massacre in Baghdad in which 17 people were killed.
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Parenting Amid Delta Is the Heartbreak That Didn’t Need to Happen
I am so worried about my young daughter that she has begun to worry about me, as COVID's fourth wave rises.
![House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California), left, speaks as Representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jim Banks (R-Indiana), listen during McCarthy's news conference on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/2021_0824-mccarthy-points-at-jordan-400x300.jpg)
Committee Seeks Jan. 6 Phone Records of Lawmakers With Possible Ties to Attack
The probe could have major implications for members of Congress with ties to the attack.
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Mo Brooks Criticized for Sympathizing With DC Bomb Threat Suspect’s “Anger”
Brooks's statement seemed to align with the false conspiracy theories the bomb threat suspect had expressed.
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DC Bomb Threat Suspect Expressed Belief in Trump Reinstatement Conspiracy Theory
The man, who claimed to have an explosive device in his vehicle near the Capitol, livestreamed portions of the incident.
![Supporters of then-President Donald Trump watch a video featuring Fox host Sean Hannity ahead of Trump's arrival to a campaign rally at Oakland County International Airport on October 30, 2020, in Waterford, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1283101957-400x300.jpg)
Sean Hannity Uses Afghanistan Crisis to Advertise MyPillow Products
As Fox News rails against refugees, Sean Hannity is advertising right-wing pillows.
![Former President Donald Trump prepares to speak during a conference on July 24, 2021, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1330461509-400x300.jpg)
Executives Cut Their Own Salaries to Save Even More on Taxes Under Trump Law
Some business owners used a loophole in the Trump tax cut to reclassify their wages as profit, reducing their tax bill.