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**The Week in Review**
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September 08, 2023 <[link removed]>
Rolling Medicaid Purge Called 'Largest Concentration of Health Insurance Loss' in US History <[link removed]>
One activist warned that "this is going to become the healthcare legacy of the Biden presidency" if his administration doesn't act. <[link removed]>
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'Absolutely Devastating News': Antarctica Warming Quicker Than Models Projected <[link removed]>
The new study's lead author said that "it is extremely concerning to see such significant warming in Antarctica, beyond natural variability." <[link removed]>
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'Climate Breakdown Has Begun': Summer of 2023 Was Hottest Ever Recorded <[link removed]>
"Breaking heat records has become the norm in 2023," said one scientist. "Global warming continues because we have not stopped burning fossil fuels. It is that simple." <[link removed]>
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Senator Files Ethics Complaint Accusing Alito of Scheme to Thwart Congressional Action <[link removed]>
"Justice Alito was involved in an organized campaign to block congressional action with regard to a matter in which he has a personal stake," reads the complaint filed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. <[link removed]>
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Bernie Sanders Champions '32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay' <[link removed]>
"Needless to say, changes that benefit the working class of our country are not going to be easily handed over by the corporate elite. They have to be fought for-and won." <[link removed]>
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'Burnt Out, Stretched Thin, and Fed Up': Dozens of Healthcare Workers Arrested at Labor Day Protest <[link removed]>
"We are prepared to do whatever it takes, even get arrested in an act of civil disobedience, to stand up for our patients," said one Kaiser Permanente worker. <[link removed]>
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Why 2% Is the Most Dangerous Number No One Is Talking About <[link removed]>
The sheer quantity of chemicals being dumped into the environment is quickly growing-and we only be seeing the beginning of the harm they are doing to us. <[link removed]>
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US Experience in Afghanistan Offers Lessons for Ukraine, if Leaders Will Heed Them <[link removed]>
Most of the mainstream media and the think tank world are treating the memory of the war not as a source of reflection but as an embarrassment to be forgotten as quickly and completely as possible. <[link removed]>
Anatol Lieven <[link removed]>
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Tax the Rich Men North and South of Richmond-and Join a Union Too <[link removed]>
We could better tax the rich men near and far from Richmond by getting rid of the special low tax rate on capital gains income and making it the same as taxes on work. <[link removed]>
Amy Hanauer <[link removed]>
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Now Is It Time to Strip Fox of Its Broadcast License? <[link removed]>
Fox Corporation stands in an ignoble class all its own, and the network's vile propaganda and egregious behavior are rightly disparaged by journalists and critics from across the political spectrum. <[link removed]>
Steve Macek,Mitchell Szczepanczyk <[link removed]>
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