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Left & Right Unify At Anti-Mandate Rally

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Sunday, January 23, 2022 witnessed a gathering consisting of people from all political stripes coming together in the nation's capital to stand up to vaccine mandates and the creeping authoritarianism that Americans have experienced since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Jimmy and The Greyzone publisher Max Blumenthal discuss the importance of the event and Max delivers the speech he would have given in DC if authorities hadn't cut the power and forced the crowd to disperse.
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President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to immediately enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and formally protect women's rights nearly a century after lawmakers first raised them.

Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vetoed a GOP-backed congressional map for the state, saying that it "failed the test of fundamental fairness."

Lawmakers and regional representatives failed for a fourth day Thursday to find consensus on a new Italian president, even after the threshold for victory passed to a simple majority for the first time.

Joe Rogan talks to Dr. Jordan Peterson on the generalization of being a white male and what it means: JOE ROGAN: I think people are going after comedy for a different thing today. Because they are going after comedy for a literal representation of what the words mean if you put them in print. And that's nonsense, that's not what a comedian is doing. ... JORDAN PETERSON: Yes, they are doing that because there are some things that they believe cannot be made fun of. ROGAN: Yes, but what they really are doing is looking for targets. They are playing a game, the rules of the game have been established, comedy violates the rules of the game. PETERSON: What are the rules? ROGAN: A lot things you can't joke about. PETERSON: Sacred things. ROGAN: There's protected classes now, we know who they are, we don't have to bring them up. Whether it is trans people, gay people, people of color, Asian people, whatever those things are. One thing you can mock relentlessly is white people, specifically white males. PETERSON: Well they are pretty funny. You know? ROGAN: Sure, we are ridiculous. There is a funny pejorative about a group of folks that is primarily white males. That's pejorative. PETERSON: That's my audience. That's what everyone says 'oh you are talking to those angry young males.' ROGAN: But isn't that funny, that it means something negative? PETERSON: It's not funny, its horrible. ROGAN: It's a horrible generalization.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned Biden on Thursday not to “outsource” his Supreme Court nominee to the “radical left” following the retirement announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer.

Republicans were eager to stir hostility right out of the gate to the as-yet unknown figure whom Biden will chose as nominee to the Supreme Court.

Pop superstar Rihanna and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey are teaming up through their foundations to fund groups that support defunding the police.

Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation announced its partnership with Dorsey’s Start Small LLC to give "climate justice" grants to a dozen and a half groups.
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"We are proud to commit $15 million to 18 organizations working intersectionality on climate justice across the U.S. and Caribbean in collaboration with [Jack’s] [Start Small]," the foundation tweeted Tuesday morning, sharing a list of partnered organizations.

The Center for Popular Democracy, one of the organizational partners, published a blog post calling for the defunding of police in July 2020 during the riots following George Floyd’s murder.

Another partner, the Movement for Black Lives, wants to abolish the police and prisons entirely and fellow new partner Black Visions said the group envisions a "Minneapolis without policing" and has also called for the abolition of police and prisons.
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People should become parents only if they're sure they'll never need help, the Wisconsin Republican suggested.

It's been 8 months since the Education Department wrote a memo on Biden's legal ability to cancel student debt. Democrats say it's time to release it.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has come under fire for a perceived lack of leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic as other healthcare authorities have taken prominence in the Biden administration, The Hill reported.

"Of all the HHS secretaries we've had, at least in the last multiple administrations, we've never had one that was a ghost when it came to a public health crisis," according to Eric Topol, the director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, a nonprofit medical research center. "That's what we have now: an invisible HHS secretary. Just when we need that person the most."
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"I think HHS needs to step up more," added Dr. Celine Gounder, a specialist in infectious disease and epidemiology at New York University and Bellevue Hospital.

"I think there is a need for perhaps better coordination because it can be confusing to the public if there seems to be different messages coming out as different agencies," Gounder said. "How do you reconcile that and make sense of that? I think that is one of the things the HHS secretary should be doing."

Tom Frieden, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Obama administration, said HHS must do more to defend the CDC from criticism.
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For Holocaust Remembrance Day, survivors of Hitler's genocide told Insider that they want anti-vaxxers to stop exploiting their suffering.

In a vague threat Tuesday State Department spokesperson Ned Price assured that Nord Stream 2, the pipeline from Russia to Germany which President Biden controversially lifted sanctions on, would not be moving forward if Putin invades.

'I want to be very clear: if Russia invades Ukraine one way or another, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward,' he told NPR.
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He did not elaborate on whether Germany, which is reliant on Russia for 50 percent of its gas, had agreed it would cancel the project.

The US is strongly opposed to the pipeline being opened, fearing it will increase Europe's reliance on Russia still-further and give Vladimir Putin an outsized influence over the region's politics.

But Biden lifted the sanctions in deference to Germany, and noted that the pipeline was already 98 percent complete when he did so.

The Biden administration Tuesday said it is preparing to source gas from other countries in case Russia cuts off energy supplies - a scenario European allies fear will come to pass if Moscow invades the Ukraine.
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A 29th House Democrat is not running for re-election this year as Nancy Pelosi announced she will be on the ballot again, ending months of speculation the powerful speaker will retire.

Pelosi, a prolific fundraiser, will be on hand to help rally Democrats in November's election as polls show Republicans have an advantage heading into the midterm.
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But her job is growing more difficult with the lost list of her lawmakers retiring, citing the exhaustion with bipartisanship in Washington, acknowledging the possiblity of being the minority party next year and frustration with the state of their 2022 race after the mandatory redistricting process.

Tennessee Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper announced Tuesday he will not seek another term and blasted Republicans' in his state's General Assembly for 'dismembering Nashville' in the once-a-decade redistricting process.
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Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko has branded Germany's latest offer of 5,000 helmets to Ukraine a 'joke' in the latest swipe at Olaf Scholz's lack of support for the threatened country.

The former boxer said he was left 'speechless' by Germany over their refusal to give substantial military aid and drop their support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline while Russian troops continue to amass on Ukraine's border.
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He told Bild: 'The behaviour of the German government leaves me speechless.

'The defence ministry apparently hasn't realised that we are confronted with perfectly equipped Russian forces that can start another invasion of Ukraine at any time.

'What kind of support will Germany send next. Pillows?'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany supports Ukraine and is aligned with other NATO countries over its condemnation of perceived Russian aggression.
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The Iranian president touted a closer alliance with Russia in an interview Tuesday, describing how they were trying to 'neutralize' U.S. sanctions with talks about generating up to $10 billion in trade.

It comes after President Ebrahim Raisi met with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin last week.
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His comments shed fresh light on reports that Russia opened a separate channel of nuclear negotiations, suggesting it would offer sanctions relief in return for reimposing some restrictions on Tehran's atomic program - with broader talks in Vienna are stalled.

But analysts said his words served a clear purpose, protecting his own position as a hardliner while preparing for Iran to return to direct negotiations with the U.S.

Besides trying to have the sanctions lifted, the government is also trying to 'neutralize the sanctions,' said Raisi during an interview with state TV.
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President Joe Biden will keep his campaign promise to name a black woman to the Supreme Court, the White House said amid reports Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at end of court term.

Vice President Kamala Harris is attending the inauguration Thursday of new socialist Honduran President Xiomara Castro, whose inner circle has made problematic statements about Jewish people and Israel.

Honduras is one of the three 'northern triangle' countries that account for the flood of migrants coming over the U.S.-Mexico border.
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President Joe Biden charged Harris with running point with leaders of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador so they could address the root causes of migration, but that quickly opened the vice president up to political attacks from conservatives as border crossings surged.

Officials said on Wednesday that the visit was a chance to deepen the relationship with Honduras and make progress in tackling the factors behind migration.

But hopes that Castro would help deliver a fresh start - replacing Juan Orlando Hernandez who was accused of taking drug money - could be overshadow by old comments made by her husband, running mate and running mate's wife.
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Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee is withholding $110,000 of funding from the Madison County Library System, demanding a purge of LGBTQ+ materials.

The Fox News host argued that there’s no reason to do so, since both countries “don’t care” about the U.S.