May 23, 2023

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US Judge Sets Hearing for 14th Amendment Case on Eve of Debt Limit X-Date

While a DOJ attorney declined to disclose the government's position, one observer said it seems to be: "Stop trying to make us... get rid of the debt ceiling. That sort of thing is for high-level insiders only, not pesky labor unions that are going about it all wrong."

Jessica Corbett

Durbin, Experts Rip Crow Lawyer's Claim That Senate Lacks Authority to Probe Thomas Gifts

"Harlan Crow thinks he is the law," remarked one legal expert. "The billionaire and his lawyer apparently believe they get to stop congressional investigations if they so choose."

Brett Wilkins

Federal Workers Union Urges Biden to Reject GOP Austerity, Invoke 14th Amendment Over Debt Limit

"I urge you not to yield to threats but instead to heed the advice of many legal scholars who have concluded that you have the inherent power, and indeed the duty, to avoid a default," wrote AFGE's leader.

Jessica Corbett

GOP Resolution to Block Student Debt Relief Would Have 'Ruinous Impact,' Report Warns

"MAGA politicians... want to reinstate student debt previously canceled for more than 260,000 teachers, nurses, firefighters, and others," said AFT president Randi Weingarten. "It's an immoral clawback of the absolute worst kind."

Kenny Stancil

Progressives Call for Philanthropic Investments to Defeat the Rise of US Fascism

"The good news," the authors of a new People's Action white paper assert, "is that the antidotes to authoritarianism are in every community and available to be activated right now."

Brett Wilkins

Who's Funding 'No Labels'? Pro-GOP Billionaires Opposed to Democracy

"At the end of the day, these billionaires and large corporations are deeply invested in maintaining the status quo and opposing Democrats' agenda for working people."

Julia Conley

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Opinion

Time to Take the Kid Gloves Off With Supreme Court Reform

Since assuming the Court's top post, Chief Justice John Roberts has led the court on a rightwing trajectory. Enough is enough.

Bill Blum

On Nuclear Weapons, G7 Leaders Not Good Enough

Summit in Hiroshima fails to meaningfully contribute to nuclear disarmament.

Ivana Nikolić Hughes

The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace

By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

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