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Subject WEEK IN REVIEW: 'Era of Global Boiling'; UPS Strike Averted; Bernie's $17 Minimum Wage Bill
Date July 29, 2023 4:34 PM
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**The Week in Review**

 

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July 28, 2023 <[link removed]>

'Wrong and Frightening': Alito Claims Congress Can't Regulate SCOTUS <[link removed]>

"What a surprise, guy who is supposed to enforce checks and balances thinks checks shouldn't apply to him," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. <[link removed]>

 

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July 27, 2023 <[link removed]>

UN Chief Proclaims 'Era of Global Boiling' as July Set to Be Hottest Month Ever Recorded <[link removed]>

"We can still stop the worst," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres insisted. "But to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition." <[link removed]>

 

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July 26, 2023 <[link removed]>

'Climate Upheaval': Wildfires Kill Dozens Across Mediterranean <[link removed]>

At least nine nations in northern Africa and southern Europe are struggling to contain blazes. Meanwhile, policymakers are still allowing corporate interests to pour more fossil fuels onto the raging fire of climate chaos. <[link removed]>

 

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July 26, 2023 <[link removed]>

Facing Widespread Precarity, Young US Voters Are Becoming Even More Progressive <[link removed]>

"This generation has never felt secure-personally, physically, financially," said one pollster. <[link removed]>

 

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July 25, 2023 <[link removed]>

'Time for Congress to Act': Sanders, Scott Unveil $17 Federal Minimum Wage Bill <[link removed]>

"Raising the federal wage floor is the single most efficient, effective-and wildly popular-bipartisan tool we have to deliver economic stability to working people," said one supporter of the legislation. <[link removed]>

 

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July 25, 2023 <[link removed]>

UPS Strike Likely Averted as Teamsters Celebrate 'Historic' Contract Victory <[link removed]>

"This contract sets a new standard in the labor movement and raises the bar for all workers," said Teamsters president Sean O'Brien. <[link removed]>

 

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July 24, 2023 <[link removed]>

DOJ Sues Texas, Greg Abbott Over 'Barbaric' Rio Grande Buoy Barrier <[link removed]>

"This floating barrier poses threats to navigation and public safety and presents humanitarian concerns," said Associate U.S. Attorney General Vanita Gupta. <[link removed]>

 

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July 24, 2023 <[link removed]>

Israeli Parliament Approves Part of Judicial Overhaul as Protests Rage <[link removed]>

Israel's top labor union threatened a general strike and demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Knesset as Netanyahu's coalition voted unanimously in favor of the measure. <[link removed]>





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We Must Finally End the Korean War <[link removed]>

While much attention is paid to North Korea's nuclear program and aggressive rhetoric, Americans also need to understand how the U.S. government's actions exacerbate tensions-and why we have a critical role to play in ending this war. <[link removed]>

Cathi Choi <[link removed]>

 

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The Heritage Foundation Plan to Help Trump End Democracy in America <[link removed]>

Last year, the right-wing think tank launched a new initiative-dubbed the "2025 Presidential Transition Project," or "Project 2025" for short-to ensure that the next GOP President's authority will be unchecked. <[link removed]>

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Threat of AMOC Collapse Begs Question: If Not Now, Then When? If Not Us, Then Who? <[link removed]>

We must use this as a catalyst for massive behavior change and mass forms of protests to force our corrupt officials to rapidly decarbonize the economy by 2030-not 2050. <[link removed]>

Simon Whalley <[link removed]>

 

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Oppenheimer: the Movie and the Moment to Prevent the Next Nuclear War <[link removed]>

Unless this Hollywood film sparks a second nuclear-freeze movement, Congress and the White House will raid the treasury to expand our nuclear arsenal. <[link removed]>

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