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LA laments the lack of slave labor available to fight forest fires. Looks like they're actually gonna have to pay some folks...

In the past 3 months, the Pentagon has gifted $18.1 million in military gear to police - which actually pales in comparison to the first quarter of 2021 (more than under Trump in the 3rd quarter of 2020). Building back better with Biden!

Meanwhile, the Gulf of Mexico is quite literally on fire. 

PLUS a big win for black residents in Memphis as they kill a racist pipeline project.

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Sooo, Build Back Better Biden continues his pedestaling of U.S. fascism by bombing Syria and Iraq for no other reason than perpetuating war and weapons sales.

Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner's latest report shows that reparations aren't a fringe idea - nor are they just about slavery.

PLUS: old folks block a pipeline, indigenous folks block the White House and PayPal blocks Panquake.

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The new infrastructure bill is about to pass, which sounds like great news. But there's a lot missing from this corporate media darling...

Warning: anarchists, socialists and other anti-capitalists are now, according to Biden n friends, terrorists.

Meanwhile, the justice system buddies up to far-right extremists and fascist policies.

PLUS ecocide could be the latest international crime - just in time for record high temps in the Arctic.

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Pride is a celebration - it is also a demand and a fight. Human rights can't by definition be for sale. So when corporations wave those rainbow flags, be very wary.

Deona Knajdek was murdered by a terrorist this past weekend as she took action for racial justice.

KXL is finally dead (don't thank Biden), and the call to kill other dirty energy projects echoes across Turtle Island. 

PLUS Hoover Dam reservoir hits record low - how can we fix these water woes...

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The 1033 Program funnels military weapons to police departments across the U.S. Biden could end it with the flick of his wrist. Instead, he's given it a boost.

Speaking of boosting fascism, ICE got a nice raise thanks to Uncle Joe as well.

PLUS lithium gets a greenwashed glow but is it really as sustainable as it claims to be?

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It's been one year since the murder of George Floyd. How have cities around the country responded to demands to defund and hold police accountable?

Meanwhile, here in DC, everyone's favorite squad watches a $1.9bn police budget increase go thru without so much as an objection.

The Fight for 15 has hit McDonald's - kinda, sorta, well not really. And while the movement deserves much props for its gains, it's been years since $15/hr was enough to survive on.

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In a move that shocks absolutely no one who knows them, Dems abandon the suggestion to maybe kinda push Biden to rethink his nearly $800 million weapons sale to Israel.

The Supreme Court has announced that they'll hear a case that could devastate an already anemic access to reproductive rights.

The PRO Act is a stop-gap measure that'd make a huge difference to millions - the first serious labor rights legislation in nearly 100 years.

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In the midst of mass propaganda about "not having enough workers," many are posting signs on the windows of their workplaces to set the record straight.

The problem with the death penalty is the death penalty - less so the various flavors.

Across the world, voices are raised in solidarity with Palestine.

PLUS pipelines hacked, National Guard taking over care facilities and more!

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Eleanor's new EP is out! Get an inside scoop on the new project and where to find it.

At the cross-streets of systemic racism, public health and climate chaos, black landowners battle a crude oil pipeline in Tennessee and the entire state of California is sucked dry by corporate greed.

But hey, at least we can say that Bill Gates made more than $50 billion over the course of the pandemic...

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A quick and dirty episode this week - a look to the past so we understand the present so we may clearly build the future.

May 1st, May Day, Labor Day. #NeverForget