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February 18, 2023

Senate GOP Offers D.C. ‘Adult Supervision,’ Pushes To Overturn Criminal Code Bill

Martin Austermuhle DCist

Congressional interference in local affairs is not about an earnest desire to improve public safety or democracy in D.C. It’s political theater: hyperpartisan combatants in our divisive, national discourse seeking to score points for their next hometown election cycle.

February 18, 2023

Is the Life of a Poor Person Worth Less Than a Rich Human?

Hannah Story Brown and Emma Marsano Common Dreams

Why on earth are people's lives being valued differently depending on the country they live in?

February 18, 2023

Eddie Conway (1946–2023)

TRNN The Real News

Even in the darkest of times, in the most hopeless of places, Eddie’s commitment to organizing for liberation was unwavering. And, despite the unimaginable toll that 44 years of incarceration had taken on him, Eddie’s organizing did not stop when he walked out of prison.

February 17, 2023

Friday Nite Videos | February 17, 2023

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Jordan Klepper Hits Nikki Haley's Rally. I Shall Be Released. How These Buildings Made Turkey-Syria’s Earthquake So Deadly. Revealed: the Hacking and Disinformation Team Meddling in Elections. Inside Disney World's Worker Uprising.

Jordan Klepper Hits Nikki Haley's Rally

February 17, 2023

Jordan Klepper heads to Charleston, South Carolina, to see if Republicans are really ready to turn the page on Donald Trump with new presidential candidate Nikki Haley. #DailyShow #Comedy

I Shall Be Released | Clarence Bekker & Roberto Luti

February 17, 2023

A special Live Outside feature with vocalist Clarence Bekker and guitarist Roberto Luti performing Bob Dylan's “I Shall Be Released” on the streets of Barcelona, Spain.

How These Buildings Made Turkey-Syria’s Earthquake So Deadly

February 17, 2023

And can the buildings be fixed?

Revealed: the Hacking and Disinformation Team Meddling in Elections

February 17, 2023

A covert team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world using hacking, sabotage and automated disinformation on social media have been exposed in a new Guardian investigation.

Inside Disney World's Worker Uprising

February 17, 2023

Cast members at Disney World in Orlando are living out of their cars while Disney made $28 billion from theme parks and gave its ex-CEO a $20 million golden parachute.

February 17, 2023

Trump Claims ‘Total Exoneration’ As Georgia Grand Jury Hints at Future Prosecutions

Liz Dye Above the Law

The excerpt released hints at “recommendations on indictments and relevant statutes.” In fact, the jurors offer an explicit endorsement of any further crimes the District Attorney might wish to charge.