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August 03, 2023

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Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Tried to Overturn Election

The former president and Republican frontrunner in the 2024 election was instructed to next appear at a hearing on August 28.

Julia Conley

Entire House Democratic Leadership Backs Anti-Choice Cuellar in 2024 Run

"It's galling to see leadership muster behind Cuellar, of all people at all times," said one advocate.

Julia Conley

Discovery of Bodies in Rio Grande Barrier Spotlights Abbott's 'Barbaric' Border Policy

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."

Brett Wilkins

Pressure Builds for Louisiana Governor to Grant 'Historic' Mass Appeal for Death Row Clemency

"Looking at these cases collectively makes it clear that the system is fundamentally broken," said one anti-death penalty advocate.

Julia Conley

Pushing DOJ to Act, Sanders Says Big Oil Must Pay for 'Extraordinary Damage It Has Caused'

"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."

Jake Johnson

Looking to End '12 Years of Rule by Right-Wing Interests,' Groups Challenge Wisconsin Maps

"In the past 12 years, one political party captured the Legislature and has insulated itself from being answerable to the voters."

Jake Johnson

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Report Details 'Shocking Pattern' of Abuse by US Agents at Mexico Border

82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50: Poll

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Opinion

A Second Trump Presidency Would Push the Country—and the Planet!—to New Extremes

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.

Tom Engelhardt

Polluters Rely on 60-Year Old Playbook to Fight EPA Power Plant Plan

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.

Rebecca John

President Biden, Make MVP Stop Using Defective and Illegal Pipe!

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.

Bill Kitchen

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