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  • Liberation News
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  • slacktivist
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  • Project Censored
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  • In The Loop (Mustafa Tameez)
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  • Ian Welsh
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  • Idavox
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  • Shadowproof
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  • The Grayzone
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  • Bud Kennedy
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  • BillMoyers.com
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  • Texas Moratorium Network
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  • Save Buffalo Bayou
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  • Chicken Fried Politics
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  • Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
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  • The Metaphor Project
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  • Consent Factory, Inc.
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  • One People's Project
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