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May 09, 2023

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Amid Growing Calls to Resign, Feinstein Heads Back to Capitol Hill <[link removed]>

The veteran California Democrat, who plans to retire after this term, has missed 91 votes since late February. <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>

 

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'No Time to Waste': Don't Look Up Team Launches Studio to Push Back on Climate Disinformation <[link removed]>

Yellow Dot Studios announced its debut with a satirical commercial for "Big Money." <[link removed]>

Olivia Rosane <[link removed]>

 

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Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform <[link removed]>

A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP megadonor who has lavished Justice Clarence Thomas with undisclosed gifts. <[link removed]>

Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>

 

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Jury in Civil Case Finds Trump Sexually Abused, Defamed E. Jean Carroll <[link removed]>

One prominent trial attorney called on New York lawmakers to "extend the CRIMINAL statute of limitations for sex crimes so Trump can be criminally prosecuted for the sexual abuse that this civil jury found Trump committed." <[link removed]>

Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>

 

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'End the Absurdity'​: Experts Say Biden Must Not Let GOP Force 'Catastrophic' Default <[link removed]>

"This default would be a crisis for our economy and our democracy, and it threatens to devastate communities across the country." <[link removed]>

Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>

 

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'Heinous Crime': Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill at Least 13 Palestinians, Including Children <[link removed]>

While one United Nations official slammed the Israeli bombings as "unacceptable," an Israel Defense Forces colonel called the deaths of four children "irrelevant." <[link removed]>

Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>





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'Broken Country': 2-Year-Old FBI Training Video of How to Survive US Mass Shooting Goes Viral <[link removed]>

 

'Serbia Against Violence': Tens of Thousands Demonstrate After Pair of Mass Shootings <[link removed]>

 

Protests Erupt Across Pakistan After Former PM Imran Khan Arrested <[link removed]>

 

'Freedom From Medical Debt' Campaign to Launch With Virtual Town Hall <[link removed]>

 

'Bad News': Unexpected Melting of Greenland Glacier Could Double Sea-Level Rise Projections <[link removed]>





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GOP Hostage-Taking on Debt Ceiling Must Be Stopped to Avoid Economic Calamity <[link removed]>

People who depend on programs like Social Security and food stamps will suffer, and the spillover effects on the larger economy would certainly cause a recession-and a truly horrible one if the stalemate lasted for any significant amount of time. <[link removed]>

Josh Bivens,Samantha Sanders <[link removed]>

 

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Reader Beware: Not Every "Former Antitrust Official" Is a Neutral Expert <[link removed]>

Former regulators are often given large media platforms to sound the alarm on potential regulation of Big Tech monopolies, despite having (undisclosed) financial interests in those matters. <[link removed]>

KJ Boyle <[link removed]>

 

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GOP Target Voting Rights Because They Recognize the Future Is Progressive <[link removed]>

The Republican Party knows it's doomed unless it radically restricts voting, or goes full throttle and wholly adopts Trumpian fascism. <[link removed]>

Robert Reich <[link removed]>





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