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The 2020 Song - A Year In Review We Didn't Start The Fire Parody

January 1, 2021

It's been an extremely rough year. We deserve a review in song that doesn't bring us down.

Bernie Sanders Slams Mitch McConnell On $2,000 Stimulus Checks

January 1, 2021

Bernie Sanders says "socialism for the rich" is Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos, the richest man on Earth, paying no taxes and getting millions of dollars in rebates.

What $1.7 Trillion in Student Debt Looks Like

January 1, 2021

More than other mind-blowing sums. More than $1 million per day since the birth of Jesus.

Do You Love Me?

January 1, 2021

They may not have soul, but they've definitely got moves. The Boston Dynamics menagerie lightens up the New Year.

January 1, 2021

Nuclear Weapons Are Out of Control. But Biden Can Make the World Safer.

Joseph Cirincione The American Prospect

Six ways that Biden can make the world safer in 2021.

January 1, 2021

The Worst Idea of 2020

Brian Resnick Vox

Let “natural herd immunity” as a pandemic relief strategy be extinguished with the end of 2020.

January 1, 2021

The Israeli Nation-State Law Had Its Day in Court

Orly Noy +972 Magazine

During the hearing, the High Court justices saw no problem with demoting the status of Arabic and claimed that 'equality' is something best left for the future.

January 1, 2021

Trump’s Vilest Legacy

Rober Robert Reich

The acceptance of Trump’s behavior by millions of his supporters will be his vilest legacy.

January 1, 2021

The Iranian Ode to Joy

Majid Naficy

The Persian American poet Majid Naficy warns of celebrating a change of regimes too soon.