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‘President’ Musk gets his lapdog Trump to push for government shutdown
December 19, 2024Musk, who purchased the president-elect for half a trillion dollars in campaign contributions, also threatens GOP reps with primaries if they don’t go along with lifting the debt ceiling now.
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General Motors’ 1991 Christmas Massacre: 21 plants, 74,000 jobs gone
December 19, 2024At Christmastime in 1991, GM boss Robert Stempel became the new Ebenezer Scrooge.
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1951: Truman launches propaganda campaign to distract from ‘We Charge Genocide’ petition
December 18, 2024As William L. Patterson and Paul Robeson were about to expose the crimes of the U.S. government against Black Americans, the Truman administration lied, telling the world that Black life was great in America.
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Annexing the West Bank: Why Israel might pounce once Trump is back
December 18, 2024Israel is “so tiny” on the map, Trump recently said, to the joy of Israel’s rulers. “Is there any way of getting more?”
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Lawmakers ready stopgap spending bill: No cuts now, but watch out later
December 18, 2024With just days to go lawmakers plan vote to extend budget for now, avoiding a holiday shutdown of the government but with no promises for a cut-free future.
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