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June 04, 2023
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'Not Ruling Anything Out,' Says Manchin of 2024 Third-Party Presidential Run <[link removed]>
Will the Democrat from West Virginia go to bat for the billionaire-backed No Labels? <[link removed]>
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When 3 Men Richer Than 165 Million People, Sanders Says Working Class Must 'Come Together' <[link removed]>
Big-money special interests "want to divide us up," said the indepedent senator at a living wage rally in South Carolina, "and we are determined to bring working people together." <[link removed]>
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Millions of US Women at Risk After 'Regressive' Attack on Abortion Rights by Supreme Court: UN Experts <[link removed]>
Abortion bans in 14 U.S. states since the 2022 Dobbs decision "have made abortion services largely inaccessible and denied women and girls their fundamental human rights to comprehensive healthcare including sexual and reproductive health." <[link removed]>
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'Victory for Free Speech': Federal Judge Strikes Down Tennessee Anti-Drag Law as Unconstitutional <[link removed]>
"Similar to the countless battles the LGBTQ+ community has faced over the last several decades, our collective success relies upon everyone speaking out and taking a stand against bigotry," said the group who challenged the statute. <[link removed]>
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Maxwell Frost Had One Word for Both Ron DeSantis and Fascism. It Began With "F" <[link removed]>
The freshman Democratic congressman offered a concise political rebuke of his fellow Floridian during a rock concert Friday night. <[link removed]>
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Progressives Say Submitting to GOP Ransom on Debt Ceiling 'Nothing to Brag About' <[link removed]>
"Here's the news media's takeaway on the debt ceiling deal: Yay! Bipartisanship works! Here's the reality: GOP radicals held the economy hostage, Democrats paid the ransom, and bipartisanship is badly broken." <[link removed]>
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As Second-Round Talks End, Activists Urge Nations to Not Let Industry Dilute Global Plastics Treaty <[link removed]>
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Activists Greet New World Bank President With Demands for Global Just Transition <[link removed]>
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'Utterly Absurd': Rich Nations Spending Climate Dollars on Coal Projects and Chocolate Shops <[link removed]>
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EPA Sued Over Failure to Regulate Neonic-Coated Seeds Harmful to Bees and Songbirds <[link removed]>
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Lockheed Martin CEO Hails Pentagon Budget Boost in Debt Limit Deal <[link removed]>
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This Dirty Rotten Deal Shows Why We Must Abolish the Debt Ceiling <[link removed]>
As long as we have a debt limit, we will continue to risk forcing unpopular, harmful cuts to federal investment at the expense of the economic well-being of low- and middle-income people. <[link removed]>
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To Save US Democracy, Tax the Rich at 90% <[link removed]>
Wealthy people in America screamed and yelled when FDR said he would do it, claiming a hike from 25% to 90% would crash the economy, but instead that top tax rate kicked off the first middle class to encompass more than half a nation's population in world history. <[link removed]>
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Of Course It's Greedflation-and Here's How We Stop It <[link removed]>
Corporations aren't raising prices to cover increased costs. No, big corporations are raising prices because they can. <[link removed]>
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