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April 10, 2023
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'What a 15-Week Abortion Ban Looks Like in Real Life': Nearly Death <[link removed]>
"They are playing with people's lives with this law," said one Florida woman who suffered a pregnancy complication and was denied care. <[link removed]>
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Dick Durbin Under Fire for Letting GOP Senate Minority Veto Biden Judges <[link removed]>
The Senate GOP only has effective veto power over Biden judges "because Durbin refuses to revoke the blue-slip tradition that willingly grants Republicans the ability to obstruct," said one observer. <[link removed]>
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1,300+ Scientists Urge JPMorgan Shareholders to Vote for End to New Fossil Fuel Financing <[link removed]>
"It's time for big banks to listen to the science and stop funding climate destruction," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
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'This Is America': At Least 4 Killed, 8 Injured in Louisville Shooting <[link removed]>
"We're horrified and sickened," said March for Our Lives. "Power and peace to those that lost their lives. We'll fight like hell in their memory. This makes 146 mass shootings this year." <[link removed]>
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Wall Street 'Overjoyed' as Biden Lets Medicare Advantage Insurers Off Easy <[link removed]>
One healthcare stock analyst called the Biden administration's weakened reforms a "sigh of relief" for the insurance industry. <[link removed]>
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Expelled Tennessee Democrat Says GOP Is Threatening to Cut Local Funding If He's Reinstated <[link removed]>
"This is what folks really have to realize," said former state Rep. Justin Pearson. "The power structure in the state of Tennessee is always wielding against the minority party and people." <[link removed]>
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Insurance Giant Chubb Praised for Ban on Underwriting Arctic Refuge Drilling <[link removed]>
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'Abnormal' Sea Level Rise in US South Making Hurricanes More Devastating, Study Shows <[link removed]>
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AOC Warns of 'National Abortion Ban' if Supreme Court Upholds Mifepristone Ruling <[link removed]>
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'Absolutely Insane': Greg Abbott Seeks Pardon for Man Convicted of Murdering BLM Protester <[link removed]>
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'It Is Your Duty': Dem Lawmakers Urge Chief Justice to Probe Clarence Thomas Secret Trips <[link removed]>
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Children Cried, Racism Thrived, Democracy Died - 10 Terrible Days in Tennessee <[link removed]>
Republicans cherish the right to life, but only until the moment of birth. They value democracy, but only when it suits them. They defend dissent, but only when they are the dissenters. <[link removed]>
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TikTok-ing at the Doomsday Clock <[link removed]>
I'm too old to be hip on social media, but I understand growing up while thinking daily about the threat of nuclear armageddon. <[link removed]>
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A Change in Values to Reverse a Nation in Perilous Decline <[link removed]>
We need a value to replace greed as our highest goal. Compassion? Justice? Love of truth? We do not know how to name it precisely, but that does not mean we cannot strive for something that can guide us, other than concerns with money. <[link removed]>
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