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  • April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

55 US Corporate Giants Paid $0 in Federal Taxes in 2020 Thanks to ‘Gaping’ Loopholes

“If you paid $120 for a pair of Nike Air Force 1 shoes, you paid more to Nike than it paid in federal income taxes over the past 3 years,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. by Kenny Stancil, staff

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https://youtu.be/fQhFX2QqQrY?si=Qy7wEg0dV_7o2xFu

NY Times

  • ‘I Can’t Imagine Who Is Tuning Into ‘Baywatch’ After That’: 3 Writers Assess the Emmys
  • Jimmy Fallon Doesn’t Trust Trump to Handle A.I. Concerns
  • Bob Mackie, Cher and the Ultimate Revenge Dress
  • Europe Doesn’t Know What It Is
  • Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In Ballots
https://youtu.be/rDZ_gaUQab4?si=a6n8K1_lMElicuaI

NPR

  • Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants
  • New Carlo Rovelli book challenges science's understanding of reality and the universe
  • Pennsylvania says an unvaccinated woman has died from measles-related complications
  • Actor Tatyana Ali is advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal health
  • This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records
https://youtu.be/XbnUHYxtYgI?si=2jfd6S2d_MdVaqlC

The Progressive

  • The Return of the Enslavers’ Republic
  • Trump’s Fraudulent War on Fraud
  • Embroidering to Survive
  • The 9/11 I Lived in Gaza
  • Does Soccer Still Explain the World?
https://youtu.be/uD8jZQYslik?si=Kz8C1rm1giykowiP

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Day Two of the GOP Midterm Convention
  • FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech
  • Ohio Democratic Ads Connect Husted to Bribery Scandal, Despite No Charges of Wrongdoing
  • Ad Attacking N.C. Republican Senate Candidate Uses His Own (Dated) Words Against Him
  • Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context

Snopes.com

  • Does video show Mamdani and AOC smiling, laughing at 9/11 ceremony? Claim omits key context
  • Did Trump say Republicans are 'dumbest group of voters' in 1998?
  • Posts claim Dolly Parton became abandoned baby's legal guardian. Don't be fooled
  • Did Trump write these requests for 'simple' funeral if he dies in office?
  • Face the music: Eric Clapton didn't bring deaf teen onstage in 1992
https://youtu.be/m0RArRK7wEA?si=xFo4EarSDzEbpLLe

Tradeoffs

  • As SNAP Shrinks, What's the Future of Food Aid in America?
  • Beyond Finger Pointing: The Fight to Lower Health Care Costs
  • The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet HHS Chaos Heads to the Senate
  • ‘I Feel Unsafe Almost Everywhere’: How Trump Has Changed Life for One Transgender Teen
https://youtu.be/lY5V4hSLWY8?si=r3Oa5jmsQLTBq_2Q

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