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History Will Judge The Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president? By Anne Applebaum | The Atlantic...
Jay Murdock
Jun 4, 202042 min read
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Two Crises Convulse a Nation: A Pandemic and Police Violence
Emotions were already raw over he toll of a pandemic that has killed more than 100,000 people across the country and cost millions of...
Jay Murdock
May 31, 20205 min read
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Trump’s signal is his noise. Stop trying to distinguish between the two.
Trump clearly knows that accurate, meaningful information is his enemy. By E. J. Dionne, Jr. | The Washington Post | May 20, 2020 Stop...
Jay Murdock
May 22, 20203 min read
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The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election By McKay Choppins | The Atlantic Magazine | March...
Jay Murdock
May 14, 202031 min read
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Whistleblower complaint set to lift lid on Trump pressure to push untried drug
Dr Rick Bright says he was removed as head of office working on a Covid-19 vaccine for refusing to boost hydroxychloroquine By Oliver...
Jay Murdock
May 1, 20203 min read
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Right-wing media suggested COVID-19 fatalities were overcounted. New data suggests a significant und
By Bobby Lewis | Media Matters | April 27, 2020 Federal data on excess U.S. deaths since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic...
Jay Murdock
Apr 28, 20202 min read
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The anti-quarantine protesters aren’t Rosa Parks. They’re more like Typhoid Mary.
By Max Bott | The Washington Post | April 20, 2020 One of the dangers of contracting covid-19 is a cytokine storm. That’s when your...
Jay Murdock
Apr 24, 20204 min read
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We Are Living in a Failed State
The coronavirus didn’t break America. It revealed what was already broken. By George Packer | The Atlantic | April 21, 2020 When the...
Jay Murdock
Apr 23, 202011 min read
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‘The last flag bearers of an era’: how coronavirus threatens a generation of black Ameri
Older black people are more likely to die of the virus that their white counterparts – among those lost are prominent black pastors,...
Jay Murdock
Apr 22, 20205 min read
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He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus
An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal divisions, lack of planning and his...
Jay Murdock
Apr 13, 202023 min read
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Trump Reportedly Holds ‘Financial Interest’ In Sanofi, French Drugmaker Of Hydroxychloroquine
Lisette Voytko | Forbes Magazine | April 7, 2020 Topline: The New York Times reported Monday night that President Trump has a “small...
Jay Murdock
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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The Coronavirus Test Is Too Hard for Trump
The president joins Herbert Hoover and James Buchanan as a leader who failed when it mattered most. By: Jamelle Bouie | Opinion...
Jay Murdock
Apr 5, 20204 min read
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Inequality Is Immune to the Coronavirus
Washington’s disaster relief reminds us that not even a pandemic deters the pursuit of plutocracy By Jamil Smith | RollingStone | March...
Jay Murdock
Mar 28, 20205 min read
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The Coronavirus Is Demonstrating the Value of Globalization
We are experiencing a painful introduction to anti-globalism and its consequences. By David Frum | The Atlantic | March 27, 2020 To fight...
Jay Murdock
Mar 27, 202010 min read
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The coronavirus relief bill could turn into a corporate coup if we aren't careful
America will be unrecognizable after this pandemic if big corporations walk away with trillions of dollars and no strings attached By...
Jay Murdock
Mar 23, 20205 min read
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Opinion: Experts come to Trump's rescue
Like Zombies emerging from the mist, leaders of the much-maligned Deep State are shedding their anonymity as coronavirus fear grips the...
Jay Murdock
Mar 21, 20203 min read
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We Can’t Let Coronavirus Postpone Elections
Even in war, America has kept up its democratic traditions. We can’t stop now. By Jon Meacham | The New York Times | March 20, 2020...
Jay Murdock
Mar 20, 20205 min read
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Trump’s attempt to buy a coronavirus vaccine shows why big pharma needs to change
By Diarmaid McDonald |The Guardian | March 16, 2020 The president’s shameless bid highlights the need for a drugs industry that...
Jay Murdock
Mar 16, 20203 min read
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South Carolina: how black Americans’ reverse migration is reshaping next state to vote
Black Americans’ relocation back to the south is changing voting blocs and making Democratic races more competitive By Kenya Evelyn in...
Jay Murdock
Feb 24, 20206 min read
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The Hack Next Time
Why the threats to our elections are more sophisticated and widespread than ever By Andy Kroll | RollingStone Magazine | February 2020...
Jay Murdock
Feb 13, 202019 min read
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