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May 04, 2023
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ACLU, Allies Warn Internet Bills 'Would Undermine Free Speech, Privacy, and Security' <[link removed]>
While these bills' supporters aim to hold tech giants accountable for not protecting vulnerable communities, one expert warned, "increasing censorship and weakening encryption would not only be ineffective at solving these concerns, it would in fact exacerbate them." <[link removed]>
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UAW Holds Off on Endorsing Biden in Bid to Secure Just EV Transition <[link removed]>
"We need to get our members organized behind a pro-worker, pro-climate, and pro-democracy political program that can deliver for the working class," says a memo from the union's new president. <[link removed]>
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As White House Unveils Plan, A Fresh Call to Halt 'Runaway Corporate AI' <[link removed]>
"President Biden should call for, and Congress should legislate, a moratorium on the deployment of new generative AI technologies," Public Citizen's Robert Weissman argued. <[link removed]>
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Senate Finance Chief Vows to Use All Tools at His Disposal to Get Answers on Thomas 'Corruption' <[link removed]>
The right-wing justice has committed "a foul breach of ethics standards," said Sen. Ron Wyden, "which are already far too low when it comes to the Supreme Court." <[link removed]>
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151 Groups Blast Biden Admin for Backing 'Destructive' Mountain Valley Pipeline <[link removed]>
"This project is not inevitable, and is completely counter to the overwhelming evidence that we must stop creating new fossil fuel infrastructure immediately." <[link removed]>
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Billionaire Also Paid for Clarence Thomas' Grandnephew to Attend $74k/Year Private School <[link removed]>
"Just straight-up open corruption on the Supreme Court," said one observer. <[link removed]>
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'Enormous Victory': Four Proud Boys Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for Jan. 6 Attack <[link removed]>
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Rights Groups Alarmed as 'Unconstitutional' Attack on Academic Freedom Heads to DeSantis' Desk <[link removed]>
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Ocasio-Cortez Slams Adams for Attack on 'Very Services' That Could Have Helped Jordan Neely <[link removed]>
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To End 'Disgrace' of Poverty Wages, Sanders Bill Would Hike Federal Minimum to $17 <[link removed]>
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'One of the Corporate Scandals of Our Times': Shell Posts Record $10 Billion in Profits <[link removed]>
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The Insecurity of War and Violence <[link removed]>
From the battlefield to the classroom, you cannot bomb and slaughter your way to safety. <[link removed]>
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The Current War Machine Isn't Your Grandparents' Military Industrial Complex <[link removed]>
The MIC is consuming many more tax dollars and feeding far larger weapons producers than when President Eisenhower first raised the alarm about the "unwarranted influence" it wielded in 1961. <[link removed]>
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What I Learned About Justice From My First Boss Out of College, Harry Belafonte <[link removed]>
Mr. B. set an example by staying true to his convictions, building community and bridges across cultures, and remaining tenacious while battling economic and racial inequality. <[link removed]>
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