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America vs. China's Rare Earth Monopoly - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report)
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'Beneath The Dignity Of His Office': Schumer Demands Mike Lee Delete X Posts About Minnesota Suspect - Forbes News
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Civil Liberties
Officers who cover their faces could be charged with a misdemeanor under California proposal
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Education
Judge dismisses Columbia University faculty lawsuit over Trump funding cuts, demands
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Omaha Steve's Labor Group
Labor News & Commentary June 13 Supreme Court adds a case about forced labor at privately run immigration detention
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Environment & Energy
Australia Launches First Hydrogen Refueling Station for Trucks in Geelong, Powered by Green Hydrogen
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Veterans
Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA
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Israel/Palestine
GHF says it's opened 4 aid centers in Gaza, distributing record number of meals
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Public Transportation and Smart Growth
Chicago-area public transit agencies begin planning for 'doomsday' funding scenario
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Health
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
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National Security & Defense
Pentagon's secret "pizza meter" accurately predicted 21 global crises since 1983
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Single Payer Health Systems
Medical bills are too arbitrary to be a part of credit reports. Oregon lawmakers pass bill to keep medical debt off
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Religion
Southern Baptists target porn, sports betting, same-sex marriage and 'willful childlessness'
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Gun Control & RKBA
Maryland Supreme Court upholds gun possession ban in some non-felony cases
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Congress
Senate Republicans revise ban on state AI regulations in bid to preserve controversial provision
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Race & Ethnicity
Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism (Aporia)
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Drug Policy
New bill aims to allow research to catch up with US's increasing cannabis consumption
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