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In NBC interview, Putin calls Trump 'colorful' but says he can work with Biden

Trump 'colorful', Biden 'not impulse driven', says Putin. And 'I am not a killer...'

Republicans are out to create the rigged voting system they claim to be victims of | Lawrence Douglas

A spate of new laws aims to suppress voters – especially Black voters – and seemingly prevent free and fair elections

Political System Unites to Condemn Ilhan Omar for Telling the Truth

The frenzied attacks by Republicans and Democrats on the Minnesota representative are about maintaining absolute impunity for the U.S. and Israel.

The Intercept

Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo | Rebecca Solnit

The notion of a neutral and moderate middle is a prejudice of people for whom the system is working, against those for whom it’s not

U.S. Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen have joined in the introduction of a bill that would protect Granite Staters who are working from home for out-of-state companies from future income taxes imposed by the companies’ home states.

Hassan, Shaheen join in introducing bill to stop Massachusetts from taxing NH home workers

WMUR

MAGA throwdown: Roger Stone wants to "debate" Steve Bannon as traitor to Trump movement

Will lumbering MAGAsaurs do battle? Stone throws down "gauntlet" to "sloppy Steve" in Infowars appearance

Salon

Religion^

The Origins of Satan

Dr. Andrew M. Henry describes the origins of the concept of Satan as a fallen angel and ruler of demons.

This was recorded in 1988. He also explains why some people who think that we should abandon science are wrong and how scientific worldview is the best.

Isaac Asimov talks about superstition, religion and why he teaches rationality

News regarding atheism and religion.

Atheist News 6/5/21- Mass grave found at Catholic school, gun worshipping Christians expand, +more!

Here, we discuss the wild story of the concepts of orthodoxy and heresy.

Christianity's Most Toxic Idea [and Its Ancient Origins]

CAESAR'S MESSIAH: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus - OFFICIAL VERSION

Was Christianity invented by Roman Emperor Titus Flavius?

Christopher Hitchens explains how Islam derives from Judaism and Christianity.

Hitchens explains Islam

Before Christianity, Judaism and Islam, There Was Zoroastrianism

They invented God, Devil, Heaven, Hell, the Final Judgement, and passed those on to Judaism.

HowStuffWorks

Systemic Racism^

What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru

She was a star engineer who warned that messy AI can spread racism. Google brought her in. Then it forced her out. Can Big Tech take criticism from within?

Wired

DA rescinds policy barring plea deals to clients of Black lawyer who accused his office of racial bias

DA defends against claims of discrimination by discriminating more!

US ignores its own crimes while condemning other nations.

A report called for a crimes against humanity probe into the United States. Why was it ignored?

Datasets consistently show racial disparities.

Tim Scott says ‘America is not a racist country’ – the data says otherwise | Mona Chalabi

Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project

Nikole Hannah-Jones denied tenure by university's conservative big-money donors.

The Atlantic

Income Inequality^

In space, nobody can hear Jeff Bezos. So can Richard Branson go too? | Marina Hyde

News that the Amazon overlord is about to jet off has got the Virgin boss clamouring to get there first, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

America’s richest men pay $0 in income tax. This is wealth supremacy | Robert Reich

The super-rich have bought armies of lobbyists to keep their taxes minuscule and to create tax loopholes large enough to drive their Lamborghinis through

Richest Americans pay almost no income taxes, report finds

The poor can't afford taxes and the rich refuse to pay them, so middle class - it's up to you!

Amazon’s mental health kiosk mocked on social media as a ‘Despair Closet’

Amazen: In the kiosk no one can hear you scream...

Drought is here to stay in the Western U.S. How will states adapt?

Climate Crisis^

Drought "is not a temporary condition we can expect to go away, but rather something we have to deal with," one expert said.

Biden budget aims to raise $35B from cutting fossil fuel tax benefits

President Biden’s budget proposal released Friday takes aim at specific tax provisions that benefit the fossil fuel industry and projects that eliminating these measures will generate $35 billion over the course of

TheHill

The Electric Vehicle Charging Problem

It's mathematically impossible for the US to switch to electric vehicles until the government funds infrastructure to support it.

Climate emissions shrinking the stratosphere, scientists reveal

Exclusive: Thinning indicates profound impact of humans and could affect satellites and GPS

The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever - Grist

As the world warms, these Earth systems are changing. Could further warming make them spiral out of control?

Grist

Covid-19^

Virtually all hospitalized Covid patients have one thing in common: They're unvaccinated

"I haven't had anyone that's been fully vaccinated become critically ill," one doctor said.

Now proven against coronavirus, mRNA can do so much more

The messenger RNA technology used to make Moderna's and Pfizer/BioNTech's wildly successful coronavirus vaccines is being tested not only in other vaccines, but as a cancer treatment, gene therapy and more.

CNN

Even if the coronavirus did leak from a Wuhan lab, that wouldn't necessarily mean it was engineered

Researchers in Wuhan collected samples of bat viruses closely related to the coronavirus prior to the pandemic.

Business Insider

There's A Stark Red-Blue Divide When It Comes To States' Vaccination Rates

All of the states with the highest adult vaccination rates went to President Biden in the 2020 election. But the vaccine divide is not just about politics.

NPR.org

Diversity, LGBTQ^

DeSantis orders Jacksonville Bridge stripped of LGBTQ Pride Month rainbow lights one day after turned on

Bridge normally lit for holidays but Gay Pride 'out of compliance'...

Senate Republicans use filibuster to kill bill that would ensure women are paid as much as men

McConnell kills Paycheck Fairness Act in blow for women's rights.

Pakistan’s 1st trans lawyer went from begging on the street to fighting in court

Nisha Rao, who funded her education by begging on the streets of Karachi, is now on the front lines of the fight for transgender rights in Pakistan.

A Texas bakery that said it lost business and Facebook followers after it posted a photo of rainbow-frosted, heart-shaped cookies in celebration of Pride Month has amassed many new fans.

Texas bakery 'overwhelmed' with business after backlash over rainbow Pride cookies

Fox News admits in court that Tucker Carlson isn't truthful.

Disinformation^

Fox News was forced to make a damning admission in a Tucker Carlson lawsuit

...and no evidence confirming they weren't.

US intelligence officials have no evidence confirming Navy pilot UFO encounters were alien spacecraft

CNN

House Republican Leader McCarthy: No one ‘questioning the legitimacy’ of 2020 election

Hours earlier Rep. Liz Cheney was pushed out of her leadership position for rebuking Trump's recent claims that the election was "stolen."

Opinion: Bill Barr's despicable conduct is now on full display

Justice Injustice^

Elie Honig writes that the latest revelation that former Attorney General Bill Barr revived an investigation into purported leaks by House Democrats even after the investigative trail had gone cold is further proof of his despicable conduct in office.

CNN

Trump officials seized Democrat's Apple data

At least two Democrats and their families had Apple data seized under President Trump, US media say.

BBC News

Italy’s collaborator law questioned after release of mafia’s most notorious killer

Magistrates and jurists agree that without the now controversial law Giovanni Brusca wouldn’t have spent a day in prison

Christopher Wray faces grilling from Democratic lawmakers over lead-up to 6 January insurrection

Domestic Terrorism^

FBI chief calls Capitol attack domestic terrorism and rejects Trump’s fraud claims