Newly released government documents from the 1980s outline the devastation that would be wrought on the planet if nuclear superpowers go to war—which should serve as a reminder for policymakers to prioritize peace negotiations as the war in Ukraine rages on, according to Scott Horton, editorial director of Antiwar.com.
‘Nuclear Winter’ Discussed in Newly Released Reagan-Era Documents
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Advocates have pressed the Education Department to eliminate the monitoring period entirely and to provide automatic debt relief to people who the Social Security Administration already identifies as permanently disabled.
Under the new action, both demands will be met. Starting in September, the Education Department will start erasing student debt for 323,000 Americans identified in Social Security records as being permanently disabled.
When Anthrax vaccine became mandatory for the military in 1998 some refused and left the service
Pentagon statements had noted that about 350 troops refused the anthrax shot between 1998 and 2000; at least 36 of them were “court martialed and hundreds left the service to avoid the vaccine,” the outlet reported. Another 149 service members “were forced out” from 2000 to 2004.
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The survey indicated that 85% of troops who received an anthrax shot had an adverse reaction, a rate far higher than the 30% claimed by the manufacturer in 2000, when the survey was conducted. Sixteen percent of the survey respondents had either left the military or changed their status, at least in part because of the vaccination program.
Report Details How Taxpayers Subsidize Cruel Low Wages Paid by Corporate Giants
Upon the study’s release Wednesday, Warren Gunnels, staff director and policy adviser for Sanders, tweeted: “The real looting in America is the Walton family becoming $63 billion richer during a pandemic, while paying wages so low that 14,541 of their workers in 9 states need food stamps — all subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Yes. The Walton family is the real welfare queen in America.”
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