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June 02, 2023
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Lockheed Martin CEO Hails Pentagon Budget Boost in Debt Limit Deal <[link removed]>
The head of the major U.S. military contractor said the Pentagon top-line in the debt ceiling deal is "as good an outcome as our industry or our company could ask for at this point." <[link removed]>
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Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who 'Lit the Spark of the Current Rise of Labor Activism' <[link removed]>
"Your termination of my employment will not stifle workers' organizing, for when you fire leaders, it only brings more people ignited into the movement," said Jennifer Bates. <[link removed]>
Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>
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Groups Demand End to Drilling on 'All Public Land' as Biden Blocks New Oil Leases in Chaco Canyon <[link removed]>
"Today's decision just isn't enough to give our communities a fighting chance against the climate emergency," said one campaigner. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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'Web of Deception': Syngenta Docs Show Company Tried to Hide Pesticide's Link to Parkinson's <[link removed]>
"It looks like the paraquat maker has adopted nearly every strategy we outlined in our book about bending science," said one author and former EPA legal adviser. <[link removed]>
Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>
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GOP 'Fealty to Megadonors on Full Display': IRS Cuts Will Cost $40 Billion in Lost Revenue <[link removed]>
"After holding our entire economy hostage and threatening to trigger a global financial meltdown, Republicans protected wealthy tax cheats and creepy billionaires," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. <[link removed]>
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'We Will Never Stop Fighting': Pipeline Opponents Galvanized as Congress Clears Way for Dirty Project <[link removed]>
"By voting for a dirty deal that fast-tracks the Mountain Valley fracked gas pipeline and guts bedrock environmental laws, Congress betrayed people and the planet," said one campaigner. <[link removed]>
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The Climate-Killing Mountain Valley Pipeline Was a Poison Pill Congress Should Not Have Swallowed <[link removed]>
West Virginia conservative Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who has earned millions from his family-owned coal business and is Congress's largest recipient of fossil fuel industry contributions, forced the MVP into this bill. <[link removed]>
Amy Goodman,Denis Moynihan <[link removed]>
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Clarence "Private Jet" Thomas Is Getting People Killed <[link removed]>
Right-wing nuttiness has now been enshrined into the Constitution by Thomas and the five other extremist justices who signed onto his devastating ruling on guns. <[link removed]>
Miles Mogulescu <[link removed]>
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Double Duty of Debt Ceiling Deal: A Gift to Wealthy Tax Cheats and Increases the Deficit <[link removed]>
Cutting critical IRS funding to enforce our tax laws better not only erodes the fairness and integrity of our entire tax system, but also reduces federal revenue. <[link removed]>
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