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Breaking: The Senate approved a budget plan to advance President Biden’s $1.9T trillion stimulus package early this morning (Friday). VP Kamala Harris was the tie-breaking vote.

Muslim Uyghur women have been subjected to systemic rape in China’s “re-education” camps according to Tursunay Ziawudun, a Uyghur woman who fled to the U.S. after nine months in the camps (BBC). She describes men in masks bringing women down to the “black room,” handcuffing, and raping them. The U.S., UK, and Australian governments have condemned the reports and have promised consequences.

Context: More than one million Uyghur Muslims and other minorities have been placed in Chinese ‘re-education’ camps in the western province of Xinjiang (video).

Alexei Navalny, an opposition leader to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was sentenced to 2.8 years in prison on Tuesday for allegedly violating the terms of his probation. From his jail cell, Nalvan…