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May 17, 2023
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Progressive Senators Tell Biden: Prepare to Invoke 14th Amendment to Prevent Default <[link removed]>
Frustrated with fruitless negotiations, others are demanding action now-including the head of Groundwork Collaborative, who said that "it's time for President Biden to step away from this slow-moving train wreck." <[link removed]>
Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>
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DeSantis Signs 'Most Extreme Slate of Anti-Trans Laws in Modern History' <[link removed]>
"The nation should be on high alert. We are all Floridians as DeSantis seeks to export this blueprint of authoritarianism to the rest of the country," warned one activist in anticipation of the governor's likely presidential run. <[link removed]>
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Medicare for All Reintroduced to Save $650 Billion and 68,000 Lives Per Year <[link removed]>
"We must act to end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on earth to not guarantee healthcare to all," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Working Longer 'Not a Viable Solution' to US Retirement Crisis, Economists Say <[link removed]>
Instead of forcing aging employees to delay retirement, lawmakers should ensure that workers have "access to jobs that pay fair wages and provide solid benefits during their prime working years," argues a new report. <[link removed]>
Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>
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Rahm Emanuel Slammed for 'Trying to Light the Fuse of a Massive Carbon Bomb' <[link removed]>
Emanuel is using his role as U.S. ambassador to Japan to boost a major gas export project in Alaska, The American Prospect reported. <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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Ecuador's Right-Wing President Dissolves Congress to 'Stave Off Impeachment' <[link removed]>
The head of the Andean nation's largest Indigenous rights group accused President Guillermo Lasso of launching a "cowardly self-coup" and pushing the country toward an "imminent dictatorship." <[link removed]>
Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>
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It Is Time to Kill the 'Dirty Deal' Once and For All <[link removed]>
Senator Joe Manchin and others in government are using the current push for "permitting reform" as a full-scale political attack on bedrock environmental laws. <[link removed]>
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GOP Debt Ceiling Bill Would Strip $1.3 Trillion From States and Local Communities <[link removed]>
The bill requires huge, unspecified cuts to the part of the federal budget that Congress appropriates each year, of which aid to states, localities, tribal governments, and territories makes up a significant share. <[link removed]>
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On Climate: Grieve, Cry, But Don't Give Up! <[link removed]>
Grief calls climate activists to embrace the most difficult challenge: to fight to save as much life as possible and-hopefully-to restore some of what's gone. <[link removed]>
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