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America in 2021: From the end of empire to the prospect of a new civil war
Anis Shivani
Democrats had a supposed majority — and revealed their fatal weakness. History, and the pandemic, kept on going
“Bulls—“: Colleagues blast Joe Manchin for killing Biden’s Build Back Better agenda
Common Dreams staff
"He doesn’t have the courage to stand up to powerful special interests," Sen. Bernie Sanders said
White House officials stunned as Manchin ends Build Back Better talks with little warning
Brett Bachman
“We tried to head him off,” one official told POLITICO, but Manchin “refused to take a call from White House staff"
Kamala Harris: Most powerful vice president since Richard Nixon. Yes, really
Matthew Rozsa
Harris has already cast a record number of tie-breaking votes — can she turn the pointless job to her advantage?
Why the students on a hunger strike for voting rights remain hopeful about Kyrsten Sinema
Brett Bachman
"Without action [on voting rights], I'm willing to say there's almost no future, no better future ahead for us"
Most damning Mark Meadows text was sent from Rick Perry’s phone: report
Brad Reed
The message was sent from Perry's phone — though a spokesperson denied he had anything to do with it
What Republicans know that Democrats don’t: Power matters more than policy
Amanda Marcotte
Democrats are more popular than Republicans — but that doesn't matter if Republicans defeat democracy
Kanye West’s “independent” 2020 campaign described as “GOP plant,” may have broken law
Igor Derysh
Kanye's 2020 bid "was clearly seen as a way to steal potential votes from Biden," says government watchdog group
Dems face 2022 nightmare if student debt payments restart and child tax credit ends, critics say
Julia Conley
"These are policy choices," said one economic justice group. "All of this is 100% unnecessary and avoidable."
West Virginia Sen. Manchin takes the teeth out of Democrats’ plan for seniors’ dental care
Phil Galewitz
While demand for dental services would go up with the benefit, dentists' most lucrative patients would be gone
Ron DeSantis escalates his authoritarian purge: GOP bounty hunters are the next frontier
Amanda Marcotte
His Stasi-style bill adds bounty hunting to national efforts to purge school officials for insufficient bigotry
Feds open investigation into Amazon warehouse practices following deadly tornadoes
Jon Skolnik
An Amazon warehouse worker was reportedly prohibited from leaving the facility during the deadly tornado
Aloof, silent and disengaged: Why the Biden White House is in crisis
Brian Karem
Does anybody know what's going on in the Biden White House? Do they have a strategy? It doesn't seem like it
Jan. 6 committee heats up as Liz Cheney takes center stage: Is it Watergate yet?
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Cheney bids for stardom as House Jan. 6 committee begins to show its case for conspiracy — and public hearings
A sociologist explains the biggest mistakes the media is making about our political moment
John Stoehr
The rise of Fox News "has coincided with technology change that allows people to self-isolate in their media use"
“Are they trying to lose?” Watchdog groups fume after Pelosi defends stock trading by lawmakers
Julia Conley
"It's getting harder and harder to convince me the Democrats want to win," one activist said
“Reckless misuse of resources”: Congress passes $778 billion military budget
Jake Johnson
"There was no CBO score needed. No concern about the deficit. No mention of inflation," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman
Joe Manchin cites “fake” GOP numbers to demand last-minute cuts to Biden’s Build Back Better
Igor Derysh
Lindsey Graham's 11th-hour stunt appears to have worked on Manchin — which may doom Biden's legacy legislation
Mark Meadows reveals he doesn’t even understand Trump’s election lawsuits
Sarah Burris
Meadows said Trump's election lawsuits were "credible accusations of voter fraud." That's not possible
The execution of Julian Assange: He exposed the crimes of empire — and that can’t be tolerated
Chris Hedges
The WikiLeaks founder's unforgivable sin was to expose the U.S. empire's war crimes. For that, he faces death
This man lives in the paranoid alternate universe of Fox News — so you don’t have to
Chauncey DeVega
Researcher Andrew Lawrence marinates daily in the racist terror and apocalypse porn of Tucker Carlson and friends
Does Israel want war? It’s determined to sabotage a new nuclear deal with Iran
Ariel Gold, Medea Benjamin
At least the U.S. and its allies are negotiating with Iran again — but Israel seems to be ramping up for war
It’s time for Democrats to reclaim FDR’s brand as the “Freedom Party”
Thom Hartmann
Roosevelt told his party it could never compromise with "economic royalists." Democrats should heed his words now
Little-known Trump donor who helped fund Capitol riots is now facing federal probe
Meaghan Ellis
Julie Fancelli reportedly became radicalized after watching and sharing content by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
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