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'We Need a Green New Deal': AOC, Markey Re-Up Visionary Climate Resolution <[link removed]>
"Across this country, millions of young people still dream of a Green New Deal," said the Sunrise Movement's leader. "Together, we will take over, classroom by classroom, school by school, city by city until we win." <[link removed]>
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Critics Say New Revelations in Judicial Record Bolster Case for Thomas Impeachment <[link removed]>
"The lack of options for real accountability highlights why we so desperately need robust judicial ethics reform-now," said one ethics watchdog. <[link removed]>
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Sanders Blasts Corporations 'Spending Millions' to Defeat Worker Champion Julie Su <[link removed]>
"This debate has everything to do with the fact that Julie Su is a champion of the working class who will stand up against the forces of corporate greed," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. <[link removed]>
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'Vile and Cowardly': House GOP Votes to Ban Trans, Intersex Girls From School Sports <[link removed]>
"I guess whether in the school cafeteria or on the House floor, bullies will always be bullies," said Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. <[link removed]>
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'Relentless' GOP Push Leads to Nearly 1,500 Book Bans in First Half of School Year: Report <[link removed]>
"The heavy-handed tactics of state legislators are mandating book bans, plain and simple." <[link removed]>
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Here Are the Members of Congress Who Dumped Bank Stocks Amid Fears of Financial Crisis <[link removed]>
"We need to ban trading in individual stocks by members of Congress to begin to restore the public's faith in elected officials," said one critic. <[link removed]>
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Senate Finance Chief: Nothing Unites GOP More Than 'Helping Rich People Cheat on Their Taxes' <[link removed]>
"It's a centerpiece of the ransom Speaker McCarthy has cobbled together as he threatens to trigger a catastrophic default," said Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. <[link removed]>
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GOP State Rep Who Voted to Expel 'Tennessee Three' Resigns Over Sexual Harassment of Intern <[link removed]>
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'Obliterates the Police Narrative': Autopsy Shows Forest Defender Killed by Cops Never Fired Weapon <[link removed]>
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MAGA Pillow Man Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Expert Who Debunked 2020 Election Lie <[link removed]>
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McCarthy Finally Unveils 'Republican Default Disaster' Bill <[link removed]>
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UK Report Shows Promise of 100% Clean Energy-Without Nuclear Power-by 2050 <[link removed]>
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The Movement to 'Stop Cop City' Is a Movement for Climate and Social Justice <[link removed]>
Clearing a valuable urban forest for the police training complex would continue a long, cruel, racist history of Atlanta land use. <[link removed]>
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For Earth Day, Let's End our Addiction to Oil <[link removed]>
While government and industry continue to extol the short-term benefits of oil, they remain unwilling to tell the truth about its long-term costs. <[link removed]>
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Lawmakers: Expand the Social Safety Net, Don't Shred It <[link removed]>
A working mother explains how the expanded Child Tax Credit saw her through the pandemic, and how renewing it could help others, too. <[link removed]>
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