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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Ilhan Omar Demands Answers After First Somalia Airstrike of Biden Era

Written by Brett Wilkins on July 26 2021.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22156-ilhan-omar-demands-answers-after-first-somalia-airstrike-of-biden-era)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/39/059e-395075d4.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22151-july-27th-isn-t-just-another-day)Written by Ramsey Liem on July 26 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads).

## [July 27th isn’t just another day](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22151-july-27th-isn-t-just-another-day)

That pause continues to define the state of relations between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea) to…

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 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a5/058z9-a5a55375.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22140-unemployment-claims-a-growing-backlog)### [Unemployment Claims - A Growing Backlog ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22140-unemployment-claims-a-growing-backlog)

Written by Emily Hoeven on July 26 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d7/058n-d7d12c9a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22138-good-for-growers-bad-for-workers)### [Good for Growers, Bad for workers](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22138-good-for-growers-bad-for-workers)

Written by David Bacon on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f1/058b-f155d84e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22137-watching-jeff-bezos-go-to-space-was-more-depressing-than-inspiring)### [Watching Jeff Bezos Go to Space Was More Depressing Than Inspiring](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22137-watching-jeff-bezos-go-to-space-was-more-depressing-than-inspiring)

Written by Caroline Framke on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/1b/058f-1ba0f78c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22134-moral-intelligence-or-nuclear-war)### [Moral intelligence or nuclear war](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22134-moral-intelligence-or-nuclear-war)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/47/058d-47f32e09.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22127-no-one-is-safe-phone-numbers-of-14-world-leaders-on-pegasus-list)### ['No One Is Safe': Phone Numbers of 14 World Leaders on Pegasus List](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22127-no-one-is-safe-phone-numbers-of-14-world-leaders-on-pegasus-list)

Written by Kenny Stancil on July 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a8/057c-a807659d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22102-gross-incompetence-vs-political-sabotage)### [Gross Incompetence vs. Political Sabotage?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22102-gross-incompetence-vs-political-sabotage)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a5/057e-a5d330bb.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22101-we-are-in-deep-deep-sh-t-climate-experts-shocked-at-severity-of-floods-in-germany-and-belgium)### ['We Are in Deep, Deep Sh\*t': Climate Experts Shocked at Severity of Floods in Germany and Belgium](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22101-we-are-in-deep-deep-sh-t-climate-experts-shocked-at-severity-of-floods-in-germany-and-belgium)

Written by Julia Conley on July 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/50/057j-50131757.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22097-dreamers-advocates-call-for-urgent-action-by-congress-after-judge-rules-daca-illegal)### [Dreamers, Advocates Call for Urgent Action by Congress After Judge Rules DACA Illegal](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22097-dreamers-advocates-call-for-urgent-action-by-congress-after-judge-rules-daca-illegal)

Written by Brett Wilkins on July 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/72/057h-727ac30c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22095-migration-is-not-the-crisis)### [Migration Is Not the Crisis](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22095-migration-is-not-the-crisis)

Written by Aviva Chomsky on July 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2c/056c-2c5f59ba.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22089-the-forever-war-in-afghanistan-is-far-from-over)### [The Forever War in Afghanistan is Far From Over](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22089-the-forever-war-in-afghanistan-is-far-from-over)

Written by Patrick Cockburn on July 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/62/056b-621e091a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22087-imagine-a-nation-like-this)### [Imagine a Nation Like This](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22087-imagine-a-nation-like-this)

Written by Paul Street on July 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/61/056h-6151b084.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22083-taliban-promises-to-brutally-execute-gays-if-it-regains-power-in-afghanistan)### [Taliban promises to brutally execute gays if it regains power in Afghanistan](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22083-taliban-promises-to-brutally-execute-gays-if-it-regains-power-in-afghanistan)

Written by Bil Browning on July 15 2021.

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Written by Andrew Moss on July 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a5/056d-a5beca24.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22075-why-are-you-so-desperate-to-seize-the-governorship-san-diego)### [Why Are You So Desperate to Seize the Governorship, San Diego? ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22075-why-are-you-so-desperate-to-seize-the-governorship-san-diego)

Written by Joe Mathews on July 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a2/056w-a2b290dc.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22068-why-is-everyone-slamming-biden-s-decision-to-actually-end-the-20-year-afghan-war)### [Why Is Everyone Slamming Biden’s Decision to Actually End the 20-Year Afghan War?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22068-why-is-everyone-slamming-biden-s-decision-to-actually-end-the-20-year-afghan-war)

Written by Tony Butka on July 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a5/055j-a5300de5.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22060-as-rich-nations-refuse-to-share-vaccines-africa-suffers-most-dire-pandemic-week)### [As Rich Nations Refuse to Share Vaccines, Africa Suffers 'Most Dire Pandemic Week'](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22060-as-rich-nations-refuse-to-share-vaccines-africa-suffers-most-dire-pandemic-week)

Written by Jessica Corbett on July 12 2021.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on July 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3b/055u-3b29ab87.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22056-the-myopic-bigotry-of-wokerism)### [The Myopic Bigotry of Wokerism](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22056-the-myopic-bigotry-of-wokerism)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 12 2021.

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