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Western Greed Fuels China’s Domination

WEST VERSUS EAST - There is a hypocrisy at the heart of the West’s attitude to China: although we’re constantly warned about the threat from Beijing, our political and corporate elites seem intent on making this century a Chinese one.

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Corporate Donations Poured Into Manchin's PAC Ahead of Final 'No' on Build Back Better

THE DC DANCE - New federal disclosures reveal that major corporations poured donations into West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's political action committee in the weeks leading up to his pivotal announcement Sunday that he would oppose the Build Back Better Act, a stance that progressives argue is motivated by the senator's deference to special interests.

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Defenseless

DC DIVIDED - Come on, Senators. First you haggle endlessly over a “human infrastructure” bill (Build Back Better Act) that would fund actual needs of real people—too expensive, not enough money for those “Democrats’ wish list” items.

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A Critique of Obscene Wealth

TWO PERCENT FACTOR - Wherever and whenever obscenely rich people existed, they always protected their wealth and the privileges that come with it from the majority of non-wealthy people working for them and around them.

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Which Side Is Manchin On?

POLITICAL WATCH - I work hard to make ends meet for my family. But as an educator in West Virginia, that’s hard sometimes — especially with child care to pay for.

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OMG WTF

TRUMPLICANS - I grew up in canoe country, becoming a guide in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness as a young man.

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Joe Manchin Is NOT a Moderate Democrat!

THE EASTSIDER - I would not care about Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) except for the fact that he’s personally basking in the glory of screwing the entire United States as he plays around selling his vote.  Two recent articles explain what he really is, and it ain’t pretty. 

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