Tag: USA
Texas Lt. Guv Spews Racist ‘Great Replacement’ Theory on Fox: ‘A Revolution Has Begun’
“So this is trying to take over our country without firing a…
Aukus: China denounces US-UK-Australia pact as irresponsible
The alliance will allow Australia to build and deploy nuclear-powered submarines for…
Marijuana use rises for college students, who are drinking less – The Washington Post
Researchers tell The Washington Post that the coronavirus pandemic could be affecting…
States are sounding the alarm on Covid-19 outbreaks among school-age children – CNN
As school districts across the country reopen, some state officials are voicing…
Pentagon Has Spent $14 Trillion Since 2001: Costs of War Project
A new report from Brown University’s Costs of War project is a reminder that…
US defends strike that killed kids
The United States is continuing to back a devastating drone strike on…
Biden’s proposed tenfold increase in solar power would remake the U.S. electricity system
A decade ago, solar power was a tiny sliver of the US…
Opinion | Let’s stop pretending Biden’s proposed tax increases on the rich are radical – The Washington Post
It’s not a revolution, it’s a recalibration. Source: Opinion | Let’s stop…
Surgeon general: New vaccine policies neither illegal nor unusual
“We have to put this in context,” Vivek Murthy said. Source: Surgeon…
Data shows the U.S. is the world’s largest Covid vaccine donor — way ahead of China
The U.S. has donated and delivered more than 114 million doses of…
8 Tennessee public school employees dead from COVID in first month of school – Tennessee Lookout
At least seven Tennessee public school employees have died from COVID-19 since…
‘Tax These Moochers’: Top 1% Dodge $163 Billion in Taxes Each Year
Source: ‘Tax These Moochers’: Top 1% Dodge $163 Billion in Taxes Each…
Global Vaccine Tracking
Survey insights into which countries are most and least opposed to vaccinations,…
The Satanists are right: Texas’ abortion ban is a direct attack on freedom of religion
The anti-abortion movement can’t be separated from the theocratic movement of white evangelicals…
What the Sturgis rally shows us about the delta variant – The Washington Post
South Dakota has high population immunity — and still saw a huge…
The Housing Shortage Is Significant. It’s Acute For Small, Entry-Level Homes
The American dream of owning a small home with a backyard is…
Chinese hackers behind July 2021 SolarWinds zero-day attacks
In mid-July this year, Texas-based software provider SolarWinds released an emergency security…
No, Canadians do not flee en masse for US health care
Researchers have called this idea a “persistent myth.” Source: No, Canadians do…
A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care
The delta variant is pummeling America’s hospitals, taxing an already-depleted health care…
COVID-19 Cases Surge After Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
COVID-19 cases have spiked in South Dakota since the annual Sturgis motorcycle…
The Kabul Airlift Flew 124,334 People in 778 Flights as the War’s Final Act
The Kabul airlift evacuated 124,334 people — an exodus roughly equivalent to…
Dogs at Kabul airport did not belong to U.S. military, Pentagon says – The Washington Post
The Pentagon denied reports Tuesday that it abandoned animals in the service…
Analysis | No, the Taliban did not seize $83 billion of U.S. weapons
Former president Donald Trump and right-leaning social media accounts keep wrongly claiming…
Taliban offered Kabul to US, but Americans said no: report
Taliban fighters took the Afghan capital city of Kabul faster than anyone…
U.S. intelligence agencies split on Covid-19 origins, offer no high-confidence conclusions in new report
In May, Biden ordered a closer intelligence review of what he described…
Bodies of Paiute children believed to be buried at site of former Utah Indigenous boarding school
The bodies of several Paiute children are likely buried below the summer…
Taliban Has $85 Billion Worth Of Taxpayer-Funded US Military Equipment
The Taliban now has access to more than $85 billion worth of…
Opinion | Despite Trillions Spent, the US Military Hasn’t Won a Real War Since 1945
And if the American people don’t benefit from these endless losing wars,…
Here are two sentences of truth about the US and Afghanistan | The Kansas City Star
This veteran and Missouri U.S. Senate candidate saw what the Afghan National…
We Fact-Checked Fox News’ Racist Lie. It Turns Out, the Pandemic Is Worse in Republican States
People who live in MAGA states are infected, hospitalized and killed by…
Resistance fighters drive Taliban from 3 districts in the mountains north of Kabul.
The Taliban faced the first armed challenge from former Afghan soldiers and…
A former Pence adviser said Trump had 4 years to help Afghan allies leave the country but Stephen Miller’s ‘racist hysteria’ blocked it from happening
She claimed the allies of Trump and Miller across the administration actively…
Fact check: Straightaways weren’t required as airstrips on interstates
A decades-old claim that the Eisenhower Interstate system has straightaway requirements to…
Alabama has ‘negative’ ICU beds available
“We’ve never been here before. We are in truly now in uncharted…
A tale of two armies: why Afghan forces proved no match for the Taliban
Poorly led and riddled with corruption, the Afghan army was overrun in…
Don’t Be a Schmuck. Put on a Mask.
Generations of Americans made incredible sacrifices, and we’re going to throw fits…
How America Failed in Afghanistan
The New Yorker staff writer Steve Coll on the humanitarian catastrophe that…
Man Shot 6 Times Waits 1 Week For Surgery at Hospital Overwhelmed by COVID
Joel Valdez advised people to do their best to “maintain your health”…
Wealth Tax and IRS Funding Could Pay for Entire $3.5T Bill, Warren Writes
The senator writes that her tax plans could pay for the reconciliation…
‘It may never happen’: The $88 billion gamble on the Afghan army that’s going up in smoke
The Pentagon hasn’t given up on its trainees but it can no…
Opinion | China traps Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in a kangaroo court to serve the CCP – The Washington Post
To serve the Communist Party, China has trapped a business consultant and…
Opinion: I taught critical race theory at a conservative Houston high school
“Those opposing critical race theory in schools are like my weakest students,…
U.S. intelligence assessment: Afghan capital of Kabul could collapse sooner than expected – The Washington Post
The worsening outlook comes as Taliban fighters, emboldened by the American military…
How the west supported the Khmer Rouge
The late travel documentarian and TV chef Anthony Bourdain once said that…
The US military is a bigger polluter than more than 100 countries combined
If the US military were a country, its fuel usage alone would…
National mile-driven tax pilot program tucked into $1.2 trillion infra
The White House’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package includes a pilot program for…
Average pay for grocery store and restaurant workers is now over $15 an hour – The Washington Post
$15 an hour is suddenly the rule, not the exception, for U.S….
Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science
Clear legal pathways exist to move the U.S. closer to herd immunity…
Pair of travellers from U.S. fined $20K each for fake vaccination documents | CBC News
Two travellers who arrived in Toronto from the United States have been…
