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<p>President Biden made an <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/business/biden-tax-increases-wealthy.html'>unvarnished case for taxing the rich</a> on Wednesday, facing reporters steeped in decades of anti-tax dogma.</p> <p>In another surprise move, Biden came out in favor of <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/biden-covid-vaccine-patents.html'>suspending patents for vaccine makers</a> in order to make the vaccine more readily available to the world. However, <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/06/us-germany-rift-covid-vaccine-patent-waivers'>Germany is pushing back </a>against waivers, which will lead to a global showdown over access to the life-saving shots. </p> <p><a href='https://apnews.com/article/india-middle-east-coronavirus-pandemic-health-4b830485ce09b3e7eeea40c5522d4d21'>India’s COVID cases continued to climb </a>this week to more than 412,000 cases in one day. Only about 2% of Indians have been vaccinated and hospitals continue to face oxygen shortages as the Modi government faces charges of fumbling or actively worsening conditions. </p> <p>More than<a href='https://thehill.com/policy/international/552063-25-dead-after-eight-days-of-protests-in-columbia'> 25 people are dead in Colombia</a> after more than a week of protests over a tax plan put forward to cover costs of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Colombia is has also been hit by mass unemployment due to lockdowns. </p> <p><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/politics/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik.html'>Right-wing Republican Liz Cheyney</a> is on the verge of losing her House leadership position because she won’t tow the party line that Trump actually won the election. New York’s morphing power-Trumpista, <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stefanik-cheney-trump/2021/05/06/eee70eb8-ae94-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html'>Elise Stefanik</a> looks like she may take over Cheyney’s leadership position. </p> <p>Texas Republican’s pass more <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.c