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Legal Trouble Trump Could Face Once He Leaves Office

November 13, 2020

Tax evasion, defamation, and misuse of funds — here’s a rundown of the legal trouble Trump could find himself in once he leaves office.

What Are mRNA Vaccines?

November 13, 2020

The first Covid-19 vaccines employ a biotechnology never before used. Find out how mRNA vaccines work.

Election Results 2020 | John Oliver

November 13, 2020

John Oliver discusses the long week of US presidential election results, including Donald Trump’s various attempts to make the election appear illegitimate, and a historic win for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

November 13, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | November 13, 2020

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Election Results 2020 | John Oliver. What Are mRNA Vaccines? Legal Trouble Trump Could Face Once He Leaves Office. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Movie. I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP!

November 12, 2020

Justice for Scotland's Miners and the Great Strike's Legacy Today

Morning Star

With confidence in capitalism at a low ebb and millions challenging Thatcher’s legacy, small wonder her heirs refuse to shed light on the savagery used against those who first resisted neoliberalism. The truth of the miners’ strike must be exposed.

November 12, 2020

Tidbits - Nov. 12, 2020 - Reader Comments: 2020 elections and What Next; Organizing Rural Manufacturing Workers; Honoring Veterans - Ending War; Bolivia; Yiddish Immigrant Left from Popular Front to Cold War; Announcements; more....

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Reader Comments: 2020 elections and What Next; Organizing Rural Manufacturing Workers; Honoring Veterans - Ending War; Bolivia; the Yiddish Immigrant Left from Popular Front to Cold War; Resources; Announcements; more....

November 12, 2020

Trump Defeated - Four Takes: Black People Defeated Trump; We Win when we Follow Black Women; 10 Takeaways From the 2020 Election and the Future of Healthcare; California's Prop 15

The Movement for Black Lives; Showing Up for Racial Justice; Labor Campaign for Single-Payer, California Calls Portside

The defeat of Donald Trump and the building of grass roots political independent. Reports from The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL); Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ); Labor Campaign for Single-Payer, California Calls

November 12, 2020

Green New Deal Champion Chloe Maxmin Unseats Powerful GOP Incumbent in Rural Maine

Julia Conley Common Dreams

The victory of Democratic state Rep. Chloe Maxmin, a progressive champion who ran on the promise of a Green New Deal and offering a "politics as public service" in a strong GOP district, tells a different story than the re-election of Susan Collins.

November 12, 2020

Georgia Voters Can Put an End to Mitch McConnell’s Grim Reaping

John Nichols The Nation

January runoff races could flip the Senate and prevent the majority leader from obstructing another Democratic presidency. This is a richly deserved nightmare scenario for <itch McConnell who has given Americans so many nightmares for so many years.

November 12, 2020

The Left Must Hit the Streets Again—Right Now

Osita Nwanevu The New Republic

The Biden presidency must be greeted with a historic amount of organizing and agitation. Otherwise, we’re done for. Politics should never be practiced with the expectation of ideal conditions.