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May 05, 2023

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EPA Report on Neonics Proves US Has 'Five-Alarm Fire' on Its Hands, Green Groups Say <[link removed]>

"There's now no question that neonicotinoids play an outsized role in our heartbreaking extinction crisis," said one advocate. The EPA must "ban these pesticides so future generations don't live in a world without bees and butterflies and the plants that depend on them." <[link removed]>

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Richard Glossip Gets Stay of Execution From US Supreme Court <[link removed]>

"There is nothing more harrowing than the thought of executing a man who the state now admits has never received a fair trial," said a lawyer for Glossip. <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>

 

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Iowa Becomes Second GOP-Controlled State This Year to Pass Repeal of Child Labor Protections <[link removed]>

The legislation, which Gov. Kim Reynolds has said she will sign, will permit children as young as 14 to complete work including roofing, construction, and demolition. <[link removed]>

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Florida Parents Vow Legal Fight After GOP Passes 'Dangerous' Attack on Gender-Affirming Care <[link removed]>

"If Gov. DeSantis signs this bill, he will be disrespecting the United States Constitution as well as the rule of law, not to mention transgender Floridians, their families, and their medical care providers," warned one advocate. <[link removed]>

Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>

 

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Former Democrat Gives NC GOP Veto-Proof Majority to Pass 12-Week Abortion Ban <[link removed]>

"The people of North Carolina did not give Republicans a supermajority of the state House," said one progressive group. "Only the duplicity and corruption of Tricia Cotham did." <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>

 

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WHO Declares Covid-19 Global Health Emergency Officially Over <[link removed]>

The agency leader said that "it is time for countries to transition from emergency mode to managing Covid-19 alongside other infectious diseases." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>

 

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'Corruption. Plain and Simple': Ginni Thomas Took Secret Payments Ahead of Landmark Voting Rights Case <[link removed]>

"When you're saying things like 'No mention of Ginni, of course' when talking about paperwork for the wife of a Supreme Court Justice-you're probably doing a crime." <[link removed]>

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'This Land Is Our Life': Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo People Defend Forest From Illegal Destruction in Peru <[link removed]>

 

ACLU, Allies Warn Internet Bills 'Would Undermine Free Speech, Privacy, and Security' <[link removed]>

 

UAW Holds Off on Endorsing Biden in Bid to Secure Just EV Transition <[link removed]>

 

As White House Unveils Plan, A Fresh Call to Halt 'Runaway Corporate AI' <[link removed]>

 

Senate Finance Chief Vows to Use All Tools at His Disposal to Get Answers on Thomas 'Corruption' <[link removed]>





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GOP Hungrily Reading Orban's Playbook to Consolidate Corrupt Neofascist Oligarchy <[link removed]>

If you want to see the Republican Party's vision for America's future, just visit Hungary under their far-right ruler. <[link removed]>

Thom Hartmann <[link removed]>

 

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Nazi Germany and the Contemporary Republican Party <[link removed]>

On some differences and on the similarities. <[link removed]>

Christopher Brauchli <[link removed]>

 

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Contract Pharmacies Help 340B Patients; Drug Companies Are Restricting Them <[link removed]>

Since 2020, 21 drug companies have restricted the number of contract pharmacies where 340B nonprofits can fill patient prescriptions. Their attack undermines the intent of the 340B statute. <[link removed]>

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