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August 03, 2023
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Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Tried to Overturn Election <[link removed]>
The former president and Republican frontrunner in the 2024 election was instructed to next appear at a hearing on August 28. <[link removed]>
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Entire House Democratic Leadership Backs Anti-Choice Cuellar in 2024 Run <[link removed]>
"It's galling to see leadership muster behind Cuellar, of all people at all times," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
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Discovery of Bodies in Rio Grande Barrier Spotlights Abbott's 'Barbaric' Border Policy <[link removed]>
Rep. Joaquin Castro accused Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of "knowingly trying to injure, maim, and kill migrants seeking asylum in the United States with razor wire and drowning devices." <[link removed]>
Brett Wilkins <[link removed]>
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Pressure Builds for Louisiana Governor to Grant 'Historic' Mass Appeal for Death Row Clemency <[link removed]>
"Looking at these cases collectively makes it clear that the system is fundamentally broken," said one anti-death penalty advocate. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Pushing DOJ to Act, Sanders Says Big Oil Must Pay for 'Extraordinary Damage It Has Caused' <[link removed]>
"Like the tobacco industry before them, the fossil fuel companies' actions represent a clear violation of federal racketeering laws, truth in advertising laws, consumer protection laws, and potentially other laws." <[link removed]>
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Looking to End '12 Years of Rule by Right-Wing Interests,' Groups Challenge Wisconsin Maps <[link removed]>
"In the past 12 years, one political party captured the Legislature and has insulated itself from being answerable to the voters." <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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Activists Drape UK Prime Minister's Mansion in Black Fabric to Protest New Oil Licenses <[link removed]>
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Report Details 'Shocking Pattern' of Abuse by US Agents at Mexico Border <[link removed]>
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82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50: Poll <[link removed]>
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A Second Trump Presidency Would Push the Country-and the Planet!-to New Extremes <[link removed]>
Donald Trump is intent on winning the power to create, at best, a Hungarian version of "democracy" here in America and that would help add more than three feet of sea-level rise to the area of Florida near Mar-a-Lago. <[link removed]>
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Polluters Rely on 60-Year Old Playbook to Fight EPA Power Plant Plan <[link removed]>
Close inspection of the historic arguments used by the fossil fuel industry and its partners reveals the same delay-based messaging each time they have faced the prospect of regulation. <[link removed]>
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President Biden, Make MVP Stop Using Defective and Illegal Pipe! <[link removed]>
For those that live within the pipeline's blast zone, their kids and grandkids may never be allowed to experience the joy of tenting out in the backyard unless Biden comes through and enforces the law. <[link removed]>
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