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Philippines Foreign Ministry: Will meet with Iranian officials to discuss safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets
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Israel/Palestine
After uprooting Palestinian hamlets, extremist settlers set sights on purge of entire West Bank
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Environment & Energy
Japan's Inland Sea Oyster Farmers Reporting Mortality Rates Of Up To 90%; Heat, Oxygen Deprivation Wiping Out Shellfish
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Public Transportation and Smart Growth
Urban spaces in North America are mostly awful, and traditional 19th/early 20th century spaces were torn down or ...
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Activist Headquarters
Indivisible updates + actions: The largest single day of protest in US history and what comes next (regular weekly mail)
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Congressional candidate and current mayor of Scranton, Paige Cognetti, consistently calls out corruption
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Veterans
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check.
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Occupy Underground
Ghost Job Economy: Assembly Labor Committee Passes Bill to Crack Down on "Ghost Job" Listings
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Single Payer Health Systems
All lives matter more than healthcare profits: A dystopian milestone, 1 million medical debt lawsuits in Virginia
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Civil Liberties
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship
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Omaha Steve's Labor Group
Navy shipyard workers approve a contract deal with Bath Iron Works, ending weeklong strike
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Pro-Choice
The GOP's Plan to Shut Down Abortion Pill Websites - Jessica Valenti and Kylie Cheung
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Gun Control & RKBA
Philadelphia sues Glock, says gunmaker's firearms are too easy to make fully automatic
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Social Security & Medicare
Social security sent a text saying I have a new message. Can't log in. Suggestions?
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