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May 17, 2023

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Progressive Senators Tell Biden: Prepare to Invoke 14th Amendment to Prevent Default

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."

Jessica Corbett

DeSantis Signs 'Most Extreme Slate of Anti-Trans Laws in Modern History'

"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.

Brett Wilkins

Medicare for All Reintroduced to Save $650 Billion and 68,000 Lives Per Year

"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.

Julia Conley

Working Longer 'Not a Viable Solution' to US Retirement Crisis, Economists Say

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.

Kenny Stancil

Rahm Emanuel Slammed for 'Trying to Light the Fuse of a Massive Carbon Bomb'

Emanuel is using his role as U.S. ambassador to Japan to boost a major gas export project in Alaska, The American Prospect reported.

Jake Johnson

Ecuador's Right-Wing President Dissolves Congress to 'Stave Off Impeachment'

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."

Brett Wilkins

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'We Must Raise the Debt Ceiling Now': House Dems Launch Longshot Discharge Petition

Climate Crisis Likely to Intensify El Niño, Pushing Global Temperatures Past 1.5°C Threshold

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Opinion

It Is Time to Kill the ‘Dirty Deal’ Once and For All

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.

Maury Johnson

GOP Debt Ceiling Bill Would Strip $1.3 Trillion From States and Local Communities

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.

Whitney Tucker

On Climate: Grieve, Cry, But Don’t Give Up!

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.

Margaret Klein Salamon

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