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May 08, 2023

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Biden Can 'Absolutely' Invoke 14th Amendment Over Debt Ceiling, Says Raskin <[link removed]>

Members of Congress, legal scholars, and even the union representing federal workers are calling on the White House to answer the GOP's economic hostage-taking with unilateral action to prevent a default. <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>

 

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Chilean Right-Wing Wins Control of Council Tasked With Writing New Constitution <[link removed]>

"I want to invite the Republican Party, that's won an unquestionable majority, to not make the same mistakes we made," leftist President Gabriel Boric said. "This process can't be about vendettas, but putting Chile first." <[link removed]>

Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>

 

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Texas GOP's Top Anti-Groomer Crusader Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct With Teenage Aide <[link removed]>

The lawmaker was facing an expulsion hearing after an internal investigation found he had furnished a 19-year-old staffer with alcohol and later tried to intimidate her into silence about what transpired and their relationship. <[link removed]>

Jon Queally <[link removed]>

 

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44 Lawmakers 'Sound the Alarm' on Threat of LNG Expansion <[link removed]>

The senators and representatives signed a letter calling on the Biden administration's Council on Environmental Quality to give "greater scrutiny" to the LNG supply chain from wellhead to shipping overseas. <[link removed]>

Olivia Rosane <[link removed]>

 

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'Worrying': Vietnam and Laos Hit Record-High Temps Amid Ongoing Heatwave <[link removed]>

"I believe this record will be repeated many times," said one scientist. "It confirms that extreme climate models are being proven to be true." <[link removed]>

Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>

 

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'We Grieve for the Victims': Eight Killed When SUV Rammed Bus Stop Outside Texas Migrant Shelter <[link removed]>

While police continue to investigate the incident, immigrants' rights groups noted that it comes amidst increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric and hard-line policy proposals. <[link removed]>

Olivia Rosane <[link removed]>





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Newton Minow, Ex-FCC Chair Who Said TV a 'Vast Wasteland' Dead at 97 <[link removed]>

 

'Incredibly Alarming': Peaceful Protests Not Fit For a King <[link removed]>

 

As WHO Ends Emergency, World Urged Not to Repeat 'Mistakes of This Pandemic in the Next' <[link removed]>





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War for Profit: A Very Short History <[link removed]>

As they did over a century ago ahead of World War I, the Merchants of Death thrive behind a veil of duplicity and slick media campaigns. <[link removed]>

Brad Wolf <[link removed]>

 

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The People and Planet Subsidizing the Private Jets of the Ultra-Rich <[link removed]>

Our solution to mitigate the negative climate impact of private aviation must be to disincentivize its use, especially if an alternative mode of transportation is already available. <[link removed]>

Omar Ocampo <[link removed]>

 

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The Real 'Right Wing Death Squad' Is the Cowardly Republican Party <[link removed]>

There is not one single legal rationale to keep weapons of war on the streets of America; if anything, doing so is antithetical to our Constitution and over 200 years of law, both state and federal. <[link removed]>

Thom Hartmann <[link removed]>





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