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Feb 1, 2022

Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Vyera Pharmaceuticals, has been ordered by a court to return almost $65 million in profits that he and his company made from monopolizing the market for the lifesaving drug Daraprim. The anti-parasite drug is used to prevent and treat parasitic infections from the Toxoplasma gondii parasite as well as malaria, and Shkreli played a pivotal role in leading the company's fight against generic competitors while he was in prison.
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The Young Turks: February 1, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the U.S.' accusations that Russia is planning to invade Ukraine as well as Ukraine's reported interest in joining the NATO alliance. NATO has doubled in size since the collapse of the Soviet Union, which Russia sees as a provocative action.
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International organization Amnesty International is allegedly joining Human Rights Watch and Israeli rights organization B'Tselem in accusing the Israeli State of engaging in apartheid based on its decades-long occupation of Palestinian lands and the treatment of its ethnic Arab minority. Israel is pushing back on these claims by imploring Amnesty International to not publish their most recent report on the state's actions, calling their conclusions "false, biased and antisemitic”.
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South Carolina District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs has emerged as the frontrunner for President Biden's SCOUTS Justice pick and has garnered support from Rep. Jim Clyburn and Senator Lindsey Graham. Childs work history includes representing employers accused by employees of violating civil rights, racial discrimination cases, and unionization efforts.
ClipMoney in Politics
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With the start of Black History Month, many historically Black colleges and universities have had to lock down class or postpone classes altogether due to an influx of bomb threats. Since Monday, a reported 14 HBCU's have received a least one bomb threat.
ClipSocial Justice
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Martin Shkreli, former CEO of Vyera Pharmaceuticals, has been ordered by a court to return almost $65 million in profits that he and his company made from monopolizing the market for the lifesaving drug Daraprim. The anti-parasite drug is used to prevent and treat parasitic infections from the Toxoplasma gondii parasite as well as malaria, and Shkreli played a pivotal role in leading the company's fight against generic competitors while he was in prison.
ClipWall Street Reform
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Former President Donald Trump is back to his ranting and rambling ways as he called on the January 6th select committee to investigate former VP Mike Pence for not joining the plan to overthrow the government and keep Trump in power. Trump also went on to falsely claim that Pence had the authority to not register Electoral Votes in an attempt to discredit the work of Senate Democrats who are working to clarify the Vice President's role in counting Electoral Votes and certifying presidential elections.
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19-year-old Jack Sweeney has been tracking and documenting Elon Musk's private jet flights on Twitter has been offered a measly $5,000 sum by Musk to take down the account. Musk is worried that this account and others that track his whereabouts are security risks, however he is the world's richest man with unlimited resources available to him, so I think he'll be alright.
ClipIncome Inequality
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A huge melee broke out inside a Golden Corral restaurant outside of Philadelphia in Bensalem, Philadelphia allegedly over customers being unhappy about a shortage of steak.
ClipSocial Justice
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North Carolina man Chad Carswell is in dire need of a kidney transplant but is refusing his right to the transplant because he is will not receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Hospitals are requiring all transplant patients to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and is literally dying for his choice not to get vaccinated.
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