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Jan 11, 2022

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have outperformed the stock market on a ridiculous level, again raising ethical questions about the motivations of our legislators. Politicians have been outperforming the average stock trader and the market since at least the early 90s, making it easy to believe that insider trading runs rampant in Congress.
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The Young Turks: January 11, 2022

Voting rights activists and Biden allies have decided to boycott Biden’s voting rights and filibuster reform speech in Atlanta, Georgia. Activist Cliff Albright voiced his frustrations with the Biden Administration for their inaction on voting rights and did not want to be used as a “prop” by Biden.
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Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have outperformed the stock market on a ridiculous level, again raising ethical questions about the motivations of our legislators. Politicians have been outperforming the average stock trader and the market since at least the early 90s, making it easy to believe that insider trading runs rampant in Congress.
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Former Trump adviser Larry Kudlow cited a Jacobin article during his most recent appearance on Fox News. Kudlow even approved of the reporting, regarding Nancy Pelosi’s massive gains in the stock market.
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Protesters of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline have been slapped with some extreme charges for arrests made at last year’s protests, like felony theft and felony attempted suicide. Prosecutors and Enbridge have been colluding to pursue these harsh charges for compensation.
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North Carolina voters are pushing for state officials to block Madison Cawthorn’s reelection bid for his role in the January 6th Capitol insurrection. Cawthorn spoke just before the Capitol riots took place and is accused of firing up the MAGA crowd, critical details that will surely be considered in the state’s decision.
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President Joe Biden has announced that private insurance companies must cover the cost of eight at-home COVID tests per month. A step in the right direction, the plan raises questions about the logistics of the operation as well as how this policy will impact uninsured citizens.
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A newly filed lawsuit alleges that prominent universities are illegally restricting some students’ access to federal financial aid. The Wall Street Journal reports that 16 U.S. universities are included in the lawsuit, including prestigious institutions like Yale, Georgetown, Columbia, MIT, among others.
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Notorious conspiracy theorist, and apparently very successful supplement and doomsday prep salesman, Alex Jones is under fire for pleading with his audience for financial support as Jones has raked in around $165 million from his online store from 2015-2018.
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57-year-old David Bennett is the first human to successfully receive an animal-to-human heart transplant as doctors at the University of Maryland replaced his heart with a modified pig heart. Bennett was ineligible for a traditional heart transplant and opted for this surgery instead.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has triggered right-wingers in many ways as of late, with the most recent criticism coming from former VP-nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Palin claims that AOC and other liberals deflect from issues of substance by focusing on gender and sex.
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