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May 09, 2023

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Amid Growing Calls to Resign, Feinstein Heads Back to Capitol Hill

The veteran California Democrat, who plans to retire after this term, has missed 91 votes since late February.

Jessica Corbett

'No Time to Waste': Don't Look Up Team Launches Studio to Push Back on Climate Disinformation

Yellow Dot Studios announced its debut with a satirical commercial for "Big Money."

Olivia Rosane

Billionaire Harlan Crow Also Bankrolled GOP Lawmakers Blocking SCOTUS Ethics Reform

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.

Kenny Stancil

Jury in Civil Case Finds Trump Sexually Abused, Defamed E. Jean Carroll

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."

Brett Wilkins

'End the Absurdity': Experts Say Biden Must Not Let GOP Force 'Catastrophic' Default

"This default would be a crisis for our economy and our democracy, and it threatens to devastate communities across the country."

Jessica Corbett

'Heinous Crime': Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill at Least 13 Palestinians, Including Children

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

Brett Wilkins

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'Freedom From Medical Debt' Campaign to Launch With Virtual Town Hall

'Bad News': Unexpected Melting of Greenland Glacier Could Double Sea-Level Rise Projections

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Opinion

GOP Hostage-Taking on Debt Ceiling Must Be Stopped to Avoid Economic Calamity

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.

Josh Bivens,Samantha Sanders

Reader Beware: Not Every “Former Antitrust Official” Is a Neutral Expert

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.

KJ Boyle

GOP Target Voting Rights Because They Recognize the Future Is Progressive

The Republican Party knows it’s doomed unless it radically restricts voting, or goes full throttle and wholly adopts Trumpian fascism.

Robert Reich

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