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August 02, 2023

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Report Details 'Shocking Pattern' of Abuse by US Agents at Mexico Border <[link removed]>

"The lack of accountability is so widespread that it helps cement in place a culture that enables human rights violations. The abuses keep coming because impunity is so likely." <[link removed]>

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Abu Ghraib Contractor Torture Case Likely Heading to Trial After US Judge's Order <[link removed]>

"The ruling has cleared the way, almost 20 years hence, for our clients to tell their story in open court," said the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed suit on behalf of detainees. <[link removed]>

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'Unprecedented Heat': Iran Closes Offices and Schools as Temperatures Soar <[link removed]>

Ministry of Health spokesperson Pedram Pakain called the number of heat-related admissions that hospitals had seen so far "alarming." <[link removed]>

Olivia Rosane <[link removed]>


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Coalition Spotlights Dangerous 'January 6th Riders' Crammed Into House Spending Bills <[link removed]>

Two-and-a-half years after the insurrection, said one advocate, "these poison pills are an attempt to stymie our democracy by other means." <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>


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On Earth Overshoot Day, Campaigners Say 'Move the Date' by Fixing Broken Economic System <[link removed]>

"We still have a chance to change the broken economic system that puts profit and overconsumption before people and nature," said Greenpeace International. <[link removed]>

Julia Conley <[link removed]>


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Top Medical Journals Publish Unprecedented Joint Call for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons <[link removed]>

"The nuclear-armed states must eliminate their nuclear arsenals before they eliminate us." <[link removed]>

Jake Johnson <[link removed]>





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82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50: Poll <[link removed]>

 

Company's Deep-Sea Mining Plans Called 'Big Kick in the Teeth' for Ocean Protectors <[link removed]>

 

ACLU Sues Colorado Springs, FBI Over 'Unconstitutional' Spying on Activists' Devices <[link removed]>

 

As GOP Wages 'Morally Appalling' War on Food Aid, Data Shows 35% Rise in Hunger <[link removed]>

 

GOP's 'Fiscal Vandalism and Political Sabotage' Prompts Second-Ever US Credit Downgrade <[link removed]>





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What We Can Learn From Uruguay on Earth Overshoot Day <[link removed]>

Uruguay highlights the importance of political will and bold action in achieving sustainability and shows that it can go hand in hand with both economic security for the many and social justice. <[link removed]>

Attila Kulcsar <[link removed]>


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Most Serious Charges Against Trump Yet Won't Hurt Him With GOP Voters <[link removed]>

But each indictment and civil verdict has given the rest of America further confirmation of how dangerous and loathsome Donald Trump really is, and how far the Republican Party has gone in rejecting the rule of law. <[link removed]>

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Lockheed Martin Is Making Its Shareholders Rich at Your Expense <[link removed]>

If the military contractor's stock buybacks come proportionately from the different revenue streams of the company, U.S. taxpayers underwrote $5.8 billion in Lockheed buybacks in 2022. <[link removed]>

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