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**The Week in Review**

 

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April 16, 2023 <[link removed]>

Abortion Rights Supporters Protest at US Supreme Court, Nationwide <[link removed]>

From Florida and Texas to California and Illinois, demonstrators marched with chants like, "Red state, blue state, you can't hide, the war on abortion is nationwide," and "Fascist judges make me ill, hands off the abortion pill." <[link removed]>

 

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April 15, 2023 <[link removed]>

'He Needs to Be Investigated': Abortion Case Judge Potentially Hid Law Review Article From Senate <[link removed]>

"A functioning Senate Judiciary Committee could investigate this," said one critic of Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. <[link removed]>

 

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April 13, 2023 <[link removed]>

In Dead of Night, Ron DeSantis Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban Into Law <[link removed]>

"Women have been stripped of their rights and access to lifesaving healthcare," warned one Democratic lawmaker. "Women will undoubtedly die. This is not freedom." <[link removed]>

 

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April 13, 2023 <[link removed]>

'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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April 13, 2023 <[link removed]>

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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April 12, 2023 <[link removed]>

Federal Judge Throws 'Science Under the Bus' With Decision Against EPA Clean Water Rule <[link removed]>

"This ruling readily bows to the forces in this country that have been trying for years to gut the Clean Water Act." <[link removed]>

 

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April 12, 2023 <[link removed]>

'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]>





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Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo's Torture Machine <[link removed]>

The Florida governor and White House hopeful reminds us of how the prisoners at the offshore prison became defenseless victims of state vengeance run amok and how the perpetrators of torture and abuse-and their masters-have eluded any form of accountability. <[link removed]>

Roy Eidelson <[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]>

Lewis M. Steel <[link removed]>

 

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The United States Now Has a Fascist Political Party <[link removed]>

It goes go by the name: Republican Party. <[link removed]>

Robert Reich <[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]>

Huck Gutman <[link removed]>





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