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April 12, 2023

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Calls for Feinstein's Resignation Grow as Her Absence Stalls Biden Judges <[link removed]>

"This is unacceptable," wrote one commentator. "It is also, like Durbin's continued inexplicable deference to blue slips, easily resolvable. It is time for Feinstein to resign her seat." <[link removed]>

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Reappointed Justin Pearson Vows to Fight on Against Tennessee GOP That Expelled Him <[link removed]>

"The message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You can't expel hope. You can't expel justice. You can't expel our voice. And you sure can't expel our fight," the representative declared. "Let's get back to work." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>

 

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Biden's Colorado River Plans Fail to Address 'Abuse' of Water by Big Ag and Big Oil: Watchdog <[link removed]>

"Any legitimate plan for the Colorado River must directly confront a key driver of the crisis in the first place: the overuse and abuse of limited water resources by big agribusiness and fossil fuel corporations-the very same industries contributing to climate chaos in the first place." <[link removed]>

Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>

 

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'Global LNG Boom Must Be Stopped in Its Tracks,' Climate Coalition Tells Biden <[link removed]>

"Every LNG terminal that comes online risks locking in decades of avoidable climate pollution and environmental injustice." <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>

 

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Green Group Says Widely Praised Biden Auto Pollution Rules 'Fail to Meet' the Climate Emergency <[link removed]>

"This is Biden's chance to take the biggest single step of any nation to confront the climate crisis, but the EPA's proposal stalls out when it comes to new gas-guzzlers," said Dan Becker of the Center for Biological Diversity. <[link removed]>

Jake Johnson <[link removed]>

 

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'It's About Hurting the Poor': GOP Ramps Up Cruel Push for Work Requirements <[link removed]>

"The legislators that want new work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid are the same ones working to eliminate the estate tax so that billionaire heirs never have to work a day in their lives." <[link removed]>

Jake Johnson <[link removed]>





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UN Agency Says EU States 'Must Respond' as Migrant Deaths Soar in Mediterranean <[link removed]>

 

Schumer and Warnock Lead Call for DOJ to Probe Expulsion of Tennessee Democrats <[link removed]>

 

'It Doesn't Have to Be This Way': Major Plastics Fire Triggers Toxic Fears in Indiana <[link removed]>

 

Friends of the Earth Sues PG&E Over Diablo Canyon Nuclear Extension <[link removed]>

 

'Despicable and Dangerous': Missouri Republicans Vote to Defund State's Public Libraries <[link removed]>





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I'll Never Forget That Smiling Face of Ron DeSantis... As I Was Being Tortured at Guantanamo <[link removed]>

Let this be a warning to the American people. He did not torture me, but he sure seemed to take joy from it. <[link removed]>

Mansoor Adayfi <[link removed]>

 

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NPR and the Double Standards of "State-Affiliated Media" <[link removed]>

All are right to impugn the whims of Musk, who, to all appearances, harbors a personal animus against NPR. Still, the outrage against Twitter's policy is highly selective. <[link removed]>

Julianne Tveten <[link removed]>

 

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Tennessee GOP Tried to Stem Tide of Progress-Instead, They Unleashed a Tsunami <[link removed]>

Nothing could be more revealing of the fragility of the Republican Party than the recent expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers. <[link removed]>

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