Another one bites the dust! Colin Powell is dead - and yes, it's not only OK to speak ill of the dead in this case, it's necessary.

In other Imperial news, the Mercenaries who assassinated the President of Haiti had also planned to kill the President of Bolivia.

Let's please stop saying we need to "be more like Sweden." Here are several reasons why.

PLUS from the crowns to the underground: forever chemicals, forest defense and more!

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In this week's livestream hang, Lee and Eleanor dive into actions around Indigenous People's Day and take NY Times to task over their pro-cop reporting that links defunding police to a rise in crime rates. (spoiler alert - there is no link bc there's been no defunding).

PLUS a new military weapon that has perfect implications for combating free speech, the dumbshittery and overt corruption of political agencies and more!

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You may have heard that the so-called Build Back Better Bill would cost trillions...over 10 years. Per year, it'd cost much less than the Pentagon budget. And this is why it matters how we talk about spending.

Speaking of which, Build Back Better would be worse for the environment. Here's why.

Our water woes might be behind us - if we can overcome these obstacles.

PLUS the fight against Line 3 is NOT over, the bullshittiest headline of the week & more!

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A bit more banter with no less of the censored news!

New evidence shows new and nefarious ways in which the Empire has had it out for Assange for years.

As climate chaos batters societies from California to Istanbul, Biden opens up 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil drilling - saying that the most recent IPCC report doesn't show strong enough evidence to cancel oil leases...no, really.

PLUS updates from Line 3, dumbshittery from AOC and more!

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In the wake of continued US-backed destabilization efforts in Haiti, Border Patrol are engaged in a caricature of imperialist cruelty against Haitian refugees. This new cruelty follows in the footsteps of the old cruelty - punishment for demanding freedom from slavery and colonialist rule.

Medical personnel are supposedly our heroes. Apparently not enough to change the conditions of their lives so as to avert burnout, hopelessness and suicide.

PLUS LA can now add "sweatshop capital" to its resume of nicknames.

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In the span of a week, both the 9/11 attacks and the Occupy movement have big anniversaries, 20 and 10 respectively.

So, in this special episode, Lee and Eleanor discuss the context surrounding 9/11, what Occupy made possible and more!

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The latest ban on reproductive rights in Texas is atrocious - but it certainly doesn't stand alone. Still, neither do those seeking access to basic healthcare. And beware of Dems using this as a threat for votes. They could've avoided these disasters at any point in the past 40 years.

Meanwhile, the family behind the opioid crisis walks free, and will forever be untouchable.

PLUS the economy is doing great because you're not, new Gulf Coast oil drilling, the Pentagon gets more cash and more!

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Hurricane Ida has wreaked havoc on Louisiana - very predictably. We highlight the intersections of catastrophe that set the stage for this literal and figurative shitstorm, and where to turn in the aftermath.

Also, please stop thanking Biden - for anything really but especially for "leaving" Afghanistan.

PLUS fires in the west and strikes in Minneapolis

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It's not about women's rights in Afghanistan - it's about mineral rights. On a dime, media shifted from "omg, the women!" to "omg the lithium!" Also, Russia and China are evil.

Pipelines leak even before they're built. In this case, they leak into the headwaters of the Mississippi as massive law enforcement gangs protect the right to environmental destruction over the right to water, to air, to life.

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Phew, the sudden interest in the plight of women in Afghanistan is nothing short of dizzying. Here's why you should stop calling for U.S. intervention if you care at all about the people (including the women) of Afghanistan.

Millions go hungry in the U.S. everyday - SF has a solution - not for hunger, but rather a solution to make people hungrier, the chic way.

Meanwhile across the country, the NY Times is proudly and quietly union busting.

PLUS the battle for liberation and justice inside prison walls.

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