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Max Blumenthal: US is Arming Neo-Nazis in Ukraine

Max Blumenthal reports that the US has provided military assistance to the Azov Battalion, known as a bastion of neo-Nazism within the Ukrainian armed forces. He also discusses US and…

February 5, 2018
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Marcy Wheeler on Showdown over Nunes Memo, Mueller Probe & Reauthorization of Mass Surveillance

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A showdown is brewing in Washington as the White House prepares to release a controversial Republican memo despite opposition from the FBI, the Justice Department and Democratic lawmakers. The four-page

February 1, 2018
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A Booming Stock Market Does Not Mean a Strong US Economy

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During his State of the Union speech, Trump touted the recent stock market boom as proof of how well the U.S. is doing. However, as economist Bill Black explains, the…

February 1, 2018
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FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union

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President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was filled with several repeat claims about the economy, tax cuts and immigration that we’ve fact-checked before, as well as new…

January 31, 2018
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Puerto Rico's New Power Struggle: Privatization

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Four months after Hurricane Maria and with close to half of its residents still without power, Puerto Rico has announced it will privatize its debt-ridden public electric utility, PREPA. We…

January 25, 2018
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Newly Defanged, Top Consumer Protection Agency Drops Investigation of High-Cost Lender

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In 2013, ProPublica published an investigation of the subprime lender World Finance. World was charging annual interest rates that could exceed 200 percent, often trapping customers in cycles of debt

January 24, 2018
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