Two generations ago, Richard Nixon was sweating to lose the first presidential debate on television to a young, fit and cool John F. Kennedy. It was the kind of rookie mistake you could attribute to the novelty on television. So how do you explain, 60 years later, the sweat dripping …
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Today is the Strike For Black Lives, and organizers say tens of thousands of people will stop working in more than two dozen cities in the United States to protest against systemic racism and economic inequality. Unions, along with social and racial justice organizations from New York City to Los …
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Good Morning. As Donald Trump continues to downplay or denigrate the advice of scientists from his own administration, more than 1,200 members of the US National Academy of Sciences have signed an open letter urging the President to “restore science-based policy in government”. The letter began in 2016 in response …
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Once again this morning, President Trump attacked CDC and public health experts who should guide our response to Covid-19, saying they “don’t know” what they are talking about. The past six months have proven time and time again that it’s Donald Trump who doesn’t know what he’s talking about when …
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Almost four years after his wild and improbable presidency, Donald Trump managed to shock the world again. An interview with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace included a claim that they don’t care what the military has to say about the name change of their bases, and an argument about whether …
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