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April 13, 2023
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'He Must Be Impeached': Clarence Thomas Made Undisclosed Property Deal With Billionaire Megadonor <[link removed]>
"Harlan Crow is not, as Thomas claims, his 'dearest friend' so much as his corrupt benefactor," said one critic. "Thomas is unfit to serve on any court, let alone our nation's highest court." <[link removed]>
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French Pension Defenders Rally on Eve of High Court Ruling <[link removed]>
"As long as this reform isn't withdrawn, the mobilization will continue in one form or another," said one union leader. <[link removed]>
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'A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing': Experts Sound Alarm Over 5th Circuit Abortion Pill Ruling <[link removed]>
"The court rightly found that some claims were filed too late," said one reproductive rights campaigner, "but that should not distract from the radical assault on the FDA's decisionmaking authority." <[link removed]>
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World's 60 Largest Banks Have Dumped $5.5 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Accord <[link removed]>
"Fossil fuel companies are the ones dousing the planet in oil, gas, and coal, but big banks hold the matches," said one advocate. "Without financing, fossil fuels won't burn." <[link removed]>
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Alleged Pentagon Leaker Jack "OG" Teixeira Arrested by FBI <[link removed]>
"I would definitely not call him a whistleblower," said a teenage member who frequented the Discord gaming platform where Teixeira allegedly shared classified Pentagon documents. <[link removed]>
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Oxfam Report Highlights Deep Harms of IMF 'Austerity Drive' in Poor Nations <[link removed]>
"For every $1 the IMF encouraged a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut four times more through austerity measures," the humanitarian group estimated. <[link removed]>
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Climate Activists Targeted by Fossil Fuel Industry Spies at Standing Rock <[link removed]>
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Jayapal Applauds Biden for DACA Healthcare Expansion <[link removed]>
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Over 500 Creative Agencies Have Now Pledged Not to Work for Fossil Fuel Industry <[link removed]>
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Facing Pressure to Resign, Feinstein Asks Senate to Replace Her on Judiciary Panel <[link removed]>
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Trump-Appointed Appeals Court Judges Allow Abortion Pill Limits to Take Effect <[link removed]>
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Why I Keep Working at Starbucks Despite Its Union-Busting <[link removed]>
I stay because that's exactly what the company fears, they want us to feel disposable, weak, and worthless. We refuse. <[link removed]>
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Teach History. Democracy Requires It. <[link removed]>
Learning history is partly about understanding injustices past and present. But it's also about understanding how people came together to fight back. <[link removed]>
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Clarence Thomas Proves Why Supreme Court Needs Binding Code of Ethics and Term Limits <[link removed]>
Few government jobs anywhere in the world are quite like that of U.S. Supreme Court justices: nine unelected people who dictate wide swaths of national policy. <[link removed]>
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