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July 14, 2023
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Workers at World's Largest Starbucks in Chicago Announce Union Drive <[link removed]>
"We are tired of seeing our coworkers burnt out, bullied, and mistreated every day," said an operations lead at the roastery. "We've tried expressing this to management, and we've been ignored and degraded." <[link removed]>
Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>
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Death Valley Expected to Record Highest Temp Ever on Earth as Climate Crisis Roars <[link removed]>
"To be extremely clear: this is not normal," said the Union of Concerned Scientists as nearly 120 million people in the U.S. faced extreme weather alerts. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Green Groups Blast Biden Over 'Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts' for LNG Industry <[link removed]>
"This is an insult to the communities forced to bear the brunt of LNG buildout and the devastating impacts of climate disasters fueled by fossil fuel dependence," said a Sierra Club campaigner. <[link removed]>
Jessica Corbett <[link removed]>
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John Kerry Says 'Under No Circumstances' Will US Pay Poor Nations for Climate Damages <[link removed]>
"This is unfair and goes against what was agreed upon at COP27 in Egypt. Climate activists especially from the Global South must stand up to the U.S. and other Western powers that want to short-change developing countries." <[link removed]>
Kenny Stancil <[link removed]>
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Four House Dems Join GOP to Pass $886 Billion Military Bill Packed With Right-Wing Amendments <[link removed]>
"It includes provisions to restrict access to abortion and transgender care for military members," said one advocacy group. "What an absolute disgrace." <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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'They Can Cancel All of It' Today, Advocates Say as Biden Admin Wipes Out Student Debt for 800,000 <[link removed]>
"This is only the tip of the iceberg," said one campaigner. "Now, our leaders need to finish the job." <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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Democrats Rally Against Military Policy Bill Over 'Extreme and Reckless' GOP Amendments <[link removed]>
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'Far-Right Radicalism': GOP Wants to Cut Funding for Clean Water Programs by 64% <[link removed]>
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The UN'S Green Climate Fund Must Stop Financing False Solutions <[link removed]>
Climate finance must be redirected away from greenwashing and towards real solutions like a just transition, helping frontline communities, conservation, protection of land and forests, and reforestation. <[link removed]>
Omar Yampey <[link removed]>
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Three Ways to the End-Time <[link removed]>
Give humanity credit. Between nuclear war, the climate emergency, and potentially AI, no other species could possibly have discovered so many different ways to destroy itself and most other creatures on Planet Earth. <[link removed]>
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President Biden Has the Power to Transform the Social Security Debate; Here's How <[link removed]>
Biden should take the best ideas from all of the Democratic plans and introduce a unified Democratic Social Security plan on the White House lawn, then spend the next year campaigning on it. <[link removed]>
Nancy J. Altman <[link removed]>
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