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the Senate passes the US$ 1.9tn Relief Package - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "the Senate - passes the huge - US$ 1.9tn - relief and stimulus package !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of the Biden-Harris team - after Democrats - take a critical step towards this major legislative victory !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with a party-line vote - in the Senate - Republican opposition - one Republican senator absent !"
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- "to approve the bill - that has broad public appeal - with funds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for the states - federal agencies - workers - and students - and the vaccination programme !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Biden and Harris - hail the Senate passage - after a marathon voting session !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to approve the - stimulus package - and aid package - that can be signed into law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Nancy Pelosi - the House speaker - says this bill - which is a little bit changed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "will be soon approved - in the House - for the second time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the bill - combats Covid - for the real economy - provides direct payments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of up to US$ - 1,400 - to most people - extends unemployment benefits !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "rush money - US$ 350bn - to state - local - and tribal governments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and allots - significant funding - to vaccine distribution - and testing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "students - are forgiven - tax payments on loans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "federal - unemployment payments of - US$ 300 - a week - extended half a year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and there will be - assistance - for those unable - to make mortgage repayments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Kamala Harris - says "the senators - did the right thing - for the people" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it obviously was not easy - but it is so desperately - needed - urgently needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "speaking to reporters - the Senate majority leader - Chuck Schumer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "was asked - if another bill - might be needed ?! - he answers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this bill - is sufficient - it helps - particularly the smaller economy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but it will depend - on circumstances - strain - experts warned !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that many - Republican states - reopened their economies - much too early !"
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- "fully - and abandoned basic - public health measures !"
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- ""part of it - will depend on the economy" - says Schumer - "some underlying weaknesses" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that need bolstering - but it is a strong bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and if people - need more help ?! - they will do - another bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Bernie Sanders - hails the stimulus bill - as "progressive" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it shows the people - that their government - not only reacts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "on Twitter - X - but that politicians - can work for them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "every public opinion poll - shows that people - want this - the majority believes - it is needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Megan Rapinoe endorses Elizabeth Warren - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Megan Rapinoe - was a key player - in the women’s soccer - World Cup - in France !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "making headlines - on the pitch - and off it - as she clashed publicly with - Donald Trump !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Rapinoe announces - her support - for the Democratic presidential candidate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Elizabeth Warren - Rapinoe says she endorses - Warren !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Elizabeth Warren - is bold !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is real - for listening to us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"and for being prepared - to navigate - the unique challenges !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we face today - as a country - in an interview on - CNN Tonight - with Don Lemon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Rapinoe says - "Warren’s platform - brings a different - vision" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Trump - office - personally himself - his family - and people around him !"
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- "Rapinoe explains - that it is more important - however !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to show people - that there is a better way - forward !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "addressing challenges with - healthcare - and climate - for instance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
special Intention when Trump lied - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "there was a - special intention - when Trump - lied !"
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- "Donald Trump - wanted to reach - something !"
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- "the Democratic senator - Bernie Sanders - unmasks Donald Trump !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Trump - had a fragile relationship - with the truth !"
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- "Trump - often lied - and this was not an - accident !"
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- "he believed - that this would be - an advantage - for him !"
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- "strategy - lies of Trump - key public institutions !"
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- "Bernie Sanders - says "from the - mainstream media - to judges" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and even the - electoral process - itself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we all - have to protect - against authoritarian tendencies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Bernie Sanders finds comfort - in the evidence - that the resistance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is in - full swing - we are seeing - a very active - progressive movement !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a massive - grassroots movement - right now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a common willingness - of the people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to protect - our democracy - and to improve it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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US Foreign Policy:_________________________________________
- "in Egypt - and in Libya - after 2010 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the US - foreign policy - did not act - out of self interest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but looked - what could be good - for a state ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "would you please - consider - that you could do this - more often ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this is not only - the best - for a state - but also for the - worldwide community !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and at the end - also for the US foreign policy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Trump Tax Documents - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "the publication - of tax documents of - Donald Trump !"
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- "described and suggested escaped - paying income tax - for nearly - two decades !"
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- "Donald Trump - had refused to publish - his tax returns !"
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- "the failure - of several businesses of - Donald Trump !"
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- "claimed a - loss of - US$ 916m - in his 1995 personal filing !"
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- "( aggressive accounting tactics ! ) - ( reactionary economic program - tax breaks billionaires ! )"
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- "the filing - in a manila envelope - had been sent from inside - his tower !"
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- "the documents were also confirmed - by his former accountant - Jack Mitnick !"
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- "several of Trump's - business ventures !"
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- "defaulted on creditors - by declaring bankruptcy !"
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50 former Security Officials against Trump - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN_________________________________________
- "50 - national security officials - issued their most vociferous - repudiation !"
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- "of Donald Trump - in an open letter - they reject !"
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- "Trump’s - "alarming ignorance" - of basic international affairs !"
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- "and his competence - at understanding - US national interests !"
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- "Donald Trump - showed no interest - in educating himself !"
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- "he had an alarming ignorance - of basic facts of - contemporary international politics !"
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- "most fundamentally - Trump lacked the character - values - and experience !"
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- "Donald Trump - weakened - US authority !"
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- "the original paper stated - "moral authority" - but they did not had high moral standards - as the cables had shown !"
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- "reports - leak millions documents - from Panama-based law firm - Mossack Fonseca !"
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- "tax avoidance scams - should be reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Tax Justice Network - ranked the US - third !"
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- "in its negative - annual index - tax facilities for non-residents !"
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- "în Nevada - Wyoming - and South Dakota - markets avoided tax - and stashed cash !"
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- "the US - and Panama - should not resist - international disclosure reforms !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but participate - in the new - global - OECD rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Mossack Fonseca - operations in Nevada - employees attempted to - "obscure" documents !"
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- "and "clean" - computer logs - after it was issued - a subpoena - by a federal court !"
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- "internal emails - a Mossack Fonseca employee - from Panama - to the Nevada office !"
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- "when Andrés - came to Nevada - he cleaned up everything - and brought all documents !"
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- ""to Panama" - read an email - another email - any links between the company’s computers - in Panama !"
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- "and Nevada - obscure to investigators - the destruction of documents - with the intent to impede - or obstruct !"
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- "an investigation - was a crime - punishable by up to 20 years - in jail !"
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- "Eric LeCompte - executive director of the - Jubilee USA Network - a faith advocacy group !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "said these actions - demonstrated how important - this leak was !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "financial secrecy - should be reduced - in the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the US - should pass legislation - that shines a light - on these secretive shell companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Donald Trump on Women - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Megyn Kelly - TV journalist - was known for her - searching questions !"
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- "in the TV debate - Kelly provoked - Donald Trump !"
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- "by challenging him - on his attitude - to women !"
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- "noted that Trump - had claimed before - that women !"
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- "would be - "fat pigs" - "dogs" - and "disgusting animals" !"
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- "Donald Trump - was furious - and replied later !"
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- "that blood - would had been coming out - of her eyes - her wherever !"
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- "Kelly - had acknowledged - that this - was built into - that TV business - where she worked !"
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- "it was not easy for women - there - because assumption that maybe reasons - other than your mind !"
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- "working for a - TV station - Fox TV - with a reputation !"
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- "for taking partisan - conservative - positions !"
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- "Fox News - was not independent !"
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- "and Fox - was failing to add - younger viewers - Kelly was brought in - precisely because of that !"
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Hillary Clinton criticises the Uber Business Model - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Hillary Clinton - criticised the - Uber Business Model !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and slammed the - "on-demand economy" !"
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- "bosses - of workers - "misclassifying them as - contractors" !"
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- "Uber’s employment model - its workers - independent contractors - and not employees !"
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- "the sharing economy - technology startups - Uber - Airbnb - and Lyft !"
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- "Uber should be responsible - for a host of expenses - like payroll taxes - car - insurance - and sick pay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "there must be - workplace protection - and a good job - looks into the future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we have - to build a - fairness economy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with - equal pay - for women - and raising the - minimum wage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "leadership - is planting trees !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "under whose shade - you will not sit !"
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Jeb Bush's Iraq Fumble - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "Jeb Bush - shared fourth opinion - in as many days !"
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- "on the wisdom - of his brother’s extremely - unpopular decision - Iraq in 2003 !"
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- "after a week’s - worth of - stumbling statements !"
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- "Jeb Bush said - "he would had not - gone into Iraq" !"
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- "the firm - "no" - on the question came after days - in which Bush issued !"
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- "contradictory statements - on Monday he told an interviewer !"
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- "he would had - gone into Iraq - even "knowing - what we know now" !"
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- "on Tuesday he said - he had "interpreted the question - wrong" !"
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- "and also said - he would not answer a - "hypothetical" !"
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- "on Thursday Bush grudgingly - offered a new take !"
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- "he would had not engaged - he would had not gone - into Iraq !"
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- "Jeb Bush had defended it - despite broad and sustained - public opposition - to it !"
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Social Democracy - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN
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- "fans - of the Democratic senator - Bernie Sanders - flock in the hundreds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of thousands - to support - putting people - first !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "what can - social democracy - the standard society model - in Europe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "mean in the US ?! - Bernie Sanders answers - "capitalism will go on" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but with more stringent - regulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "higher taxes - will be introduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and greater - responsiveness - to democratically elected - governments !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "will be sought - his 12-point plan envisions - building infrastructure !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "ensuring equal pay - for women - making it easier to create !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "worker cooperatives - a higher carbon tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "reducing the cost - of college - and lifting up the middle class - and the poor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "for a range of - policies - that are simply - humane !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "reduce the wealth gap - is a very important thing - that shapes politics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "social democracy - is a way - to introduce !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "a simple modicum - of humanity - into our economic system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Bernie Sanders draws Record Crowds - Democracy Now: LINK ¤ DEMOCRACY NOW
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- "the Democratic senator - Bernie Sanders - draws record crowds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the country - has not seen this kind of crowds - before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Bernie Sanders - says - "we can" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we can provide - healthcare - to every man - and woman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we can make certain - that every person - in this country - can get !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "all of the education - she - or he - needs - regardless of the income !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we can create - millions of - decent-paying jobs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we can make a - redistribution - of wealth - from the top one-tenth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of 1 percent - our job is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to redistribute - wealth - into the hands of - working families !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "Richard Wolff - emeritus professor of economics - at University of Massachusetts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "talks about how - Bernie Sanders - fits into the bigger picture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "as some countries - now show - there is the potential !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "of a mass - popular resistance - at first mainly against injustices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "against a - system - divided people - tiny number - wealthy - mass !"
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- "this system - bad outcomes - was not just !"
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- "more - and more people - are critical of - and want !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to change - but conventional politics - often did not see it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "did not act on it - did not even speak - about it !"
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- "so it becomes - a kind of a vacuum - where there is - no political expression !"
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- "of what a - growing mass - of people - feel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and so it is - a solution - into which you drop - that last !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "little bit of - material - and everything crystallizes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"