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Tue, 11/04/2023 - 20:05

A federal watchdog called for ending the practice nearly 50 years ago, but the military pushed back. Now, soldiers leave the Army with a negative discharge, avoiding possible federal conviction and with little record of the allegations against them.

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Tue, 11/04/2023 - 20:01

By Ralph Nader If there was a giant composite lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, for his over forty years of recurring criminal and civil violations, (while a corporate boss and politician) the only recourse for his lawyers would be to plead the insanity defense. Until this week, in a New York State Supreme Court based […]

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Tue, 11/04/2023 - 18:03
CIAR Coalition and BLM Coalition call for action and resistance to protect our rights – and will march on Downing Street later this month Ahmed Hussain of Citizenship is a Right (CIAR) writes: Silence is not an option. Our airwaves are dominated by the opinions of bigots whom we have allowed into power, and who […]
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Tue, 11/04/2023 - 14:35
DETROIT — Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) led Congressmembers Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Cori Bush (MO-01), Greg Casar (TX-35), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on the Department of Justice to uphold the First Amendment’s protections for the freedom of the press by dropping the Trump-era charges against Australian publisher Julian Assange and withdrawing the American extradition request currently pending with the British government.