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Charles Davis

Charles Davis is a journalist in Los Angeles who has covered Congress for public radio and been published by outlets such as The American Prospect, The Guardian and The New Republic.

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LET ME TAKE A SELFIE

Syria Faces a New Foreign Invasion: Travel Bloggers

They’re not there to do politics. But is it possible not to?

Charles Davis

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COLD-BLOODED

Assad’s Forces Targeting Civilians, Kids in Strikes: Report

Amnesty International says it’s documented at least six attacks on hospitals, blood banks, and schools.

Charles Davis

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NEVER CHANGED

Tucker Carlson Defended Statutory Rape in 2015

The Fox News star dismissed his past defense of statutory rape as being ‘more than a decade ago.’ But more video shows he’s done it more recently.

Charles Davis

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SWEET REASON

Socialists Should Take a Stand on Venezuela: Maduro Must Go

Trump's policy is not just to recognize an “interim” president, but to threaten military action against Maduro and impose sanctions that will leave the U.S. owning the starvation.

Charles Davis

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‘HQ IN DAMASCUS?’

Assad’s Favorite Congresswoman Runs For President

The 37-year-old rising star’s politics don’t track neatly with those of either party.

Charles Davis

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AT THE POINT OF A GUN

Where Torture Is Used to Feed ‘Fake News’

A student under fire, thinking she was about to die, apologized to her mother on video. It went viral. She was arrested, tortured, made to recant. Ortega boosters loved that.

Charles Davis

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CASH CROP

The Need for Public Banks to Protect Legal Weed

Getting high is increasingly legal, but legitimate businesses continue to face a black-market problem: Where to stash the money?

Charles Davis

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NOT SORRY

Jill Stein’s Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense

Former Green Party nominee Jill Stein promised her donors they would have a say where the leftover money they gave to fund the 2016 recount was spent. They didn’t.

Charles Davis

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PAY DAY

Jill Stein Reveals How She’s Been Spending Her Recount Money

The 2016 vote may be final. But the Green Party candidate continues to dole out thousands to staff and lawyers.

Charles Davis

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SHOW ME THE MONEY

What Happened to Jill Stein’s Recount Millions?

The Green Party candidate last filed a form with the FEC since September 2017. And it looks likely that there won’t be a vote on how to use the unspent recount funds.

Charles Davis

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