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May 15, 2023
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'We Need to Engage People': Scientists Arrested Demanding Climate Action <[link removed]>
"It is us doing our jobs and holding our government to account," one participating scientist said. <[link removed]>
Olivia Rosane <[link removed]>
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Rep. Gerry Connolly Condemns 'Unconscionable' Baseball Bat Attack on His Staff <[link removed]>
The Virginia Democrat said that two members of his team were hospitalized "with non-life-threatening injuries" after being attacked by a man looking for the congressman. <[link removed]>
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Progressives Say It Would Be 'Devastatingly Foolish' for Biden to Let GOP Bully Him Over Debt Limit <[link removed]>
"GOP leaders have sent a wildly exploitative ransom note to the public," said one watchdog. "The administration should not accept its terms." <[link removed]>
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Watchdog Group Launches Counter Attack on 'Dangerous Carbon Capture Hype' <[link removed]>
"Carbon capture and storage is a lifeline for the fossil fuel industry and a dangerous distraction from the pressing need to move off oil and gas," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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75 Years After Nakba, Palestinians Hail 'Historic' UN Commemoration <[link removed]>
"This is an occasion to highlight that the noble goals of justice and peace require recognizing the reality and history of the Palestinian people's plight and ensuring the fulfillment of their inalienable rights," explained UNISPAL. <[link removed]>
Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>
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'We Are Not Taxing the Very Wealthy Enough': Runaway Inequality About to Get Worse <[link removed]>
"Americans overwhelmingly prefer raising taxes on the ultra-wealthy and huge corporations to making cuts to critical programs like healthcare, medical research, and infrastructure," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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'An Inflection Point': Planned Parenthood Applauded for Backing US Supreme Court Expansion <[link removed]>
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'A Political Earthquake': Thai Voters Back Opposition in Decisive Rebuke of Military Rule <[link removed]>
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Why the CNN Town Hall Was a Success, Sort-of <[link removed]>
The town hall greatly advanced the agenda of the wealthy elites who own the media and control public discourse in this country. That is the manner in which it must be considered a real hit. <[link removed]>
Robert Freeman <[link removed]>
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Sen. Josh Hawley's New Book on Manhood Is Wrong on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once <[link removed]>
Although caricatured as a "manhood-obsessed hypocrite," make no mistake: Hawley's vision for what a man is-or should be-is uniquely dangerous. <[link removed]>
Rob Okun <[link removed]>
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CNN's Trump Trainwreck and the Mainstreaming of Authoritarians <[link removed]>
Last week's town-hall debacle is just more evidence of the dangers inherent in a commercial media system that mainstreams lying demagogues for profit. <[link removed]>
Tim Karr <[link removed]>
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