https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/economy-rigged-against-workers *The American economic system is no longer failing by accident; it is succeeding at its new design: concentrating wealth and power for the few while dismantling the foundations of a dignified life for the many.*

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the Guardian

‘Alarming but not unexpected’: NYT lawsuit just latest example of Trump’s presidential lawfare

Intimidation strategy said to be part of broader campaign to quash and bypass independent and critical publications

The bully has filed a frivolous lawsuit against the New York Times demanding 16 billion dollars damages for publishing things he did not like. I say "frivolous" because lawyers say he has no valid grounds and can't win in a fair trial. The point, however, is to ensure it can't be fair.

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the Guardian

Is Tylenol the same as paracetamol, and should you take it in pregnancy? Here’s why experts say Trump should be ignored

The US president claims the painkiller also known as acetaminophen is linked to autism. Here’s what the science says

Explaining why evidence argues that acetaminophen (tylenol) does not cause asperger's syndrome, but that rather genes that make women more likely to need a painkiller during pregnancy also make asperger's syndrome a little bit more likely - whether they use acetaminophen or not. In any case, the effect is so small mdash; 0.2% of the babies they have - that one

The sleeping giant is awakening

After a week of authoritarian excess, the nation is turning on Trump

Robert Reich: A massive boycott of Disney (owner of ABC) and its subsidiary HULU made Disney decide to put Jimmy Kimmel back on TV.

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Grassroots Dissent! Tell the Supreme Court Racial Profiling is Unconstitutional.

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage j...

US citizens: call on Grassroots Dissent! Tell the Supreme Court Racial Profiling is Unconstitutional. Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. (See

The JavaScript Trap - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

for why that issue matters.) First, make sure you have deactivated JavaScript in your browser or are using the