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Wednesday’s insurrection in the US Capitol wasn’t just broadcast by journalists and bystanders with smartphones; it was broadcast by its own perpetrators.
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WIRED
Members of Congress will be able to get vaccinated for covid-19 in the first round of inoculations currently being rolled out by Pfizer and BioNTech, according to the physician to Congress and a new report from Reuters.
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Gizmodo
The slow migration of the elite wing of the Republican Party into the Democratic fold saw its most pronounced movement earlier this month when the U.S.
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The Intercept
Saagar Enjeti reacts to the latest reports surrounding the Chamber of Commerce and how this impacts Republican politics.
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Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss reports that Donald Trump wants to start a digital media company to “clobber Fox News.”
About Rising:
Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never b
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Steve Bannon has been outed for his involvement in running a network of misinformation pages on Facebook. Who could have possibly seen this coming.
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Oregon voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.The state also legalized the therapeutic use and sale of psilocybin mushrooms.As the laws go into effect, other U.S.
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Big Think
Twitter permanently suspended Bannon’s account on Thursday, making him one of the most high-profile political figures banned from the platform.
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The Washington Post
BANGKOK — Late on Monday night, President Joko Widodo of Indonesia quietly signed into law a divisive stimulus bill that has sent hundreds of thousands of Indonesians to the streets in protest.
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The New York Times
This week hackers mounted an unprecedented ransomware attack on hospitals in the United States. Dozens have already been hit, while the total targets may number well into the hundreds.
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When Tram Nguyen, a Democratic state representative from Massachusetts, posted a Facebook video declaring support for the Black Lives Matter movement, she thought the message to her constituents was relatively uncontroversial.
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Vox