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Saturday, November 25, 2023

■ Week in Review


AOC Says $20 Million Offer to Unseat Tlaib Exemplifies 'Corruption of Our Politics'

Hill Harper rejected the offer from the Michigan businessman, saying he wants to "break the stranglehold wealthy special interests have on our politics."

By Julia Conley • Nov 23, 2023
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Ex-US Official Who Said 4,000 Dead Children in Gaza 'Wasn't Enough' Arrested

New Yorkers rallied around a halal street cart vendor this week after video surfaced of former State Department official Stuart Seldowitz harassing him.

By Julia Conley • Nov 23, 2023
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'Awful News for Humanity': Alarm as Larry Summers Joins OpenAI Board

“There is no greater indication that OpenAI is unserious about the interests of humanity than their elevation of Larry Summers to its board of directors," said one watchdog.

By Jake Johnson • Nov 22, 2023
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Sioux Tribes Want US to Come Clean on Treaty Deceit

"For centuries, the U.S. government has broken every promise it's made to Native tribes," says Standing Rock Sioux Chair Janet Alkire. "It's time for that to stop."

By Brett Wilkins • Nov 22, 2023
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Head of Bombed Gaza Hospital Appeals Directly to Biden

"You have destroyed the international rules of the game, insulted the authority of the U.N., torn apart the sense of justice... and tarnished the face of human civilization."

By Brett Wilkins • Nov 21, 2023
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'Travesty for Democracy': Court Guts Key Part of Voting Rights Act

"This decision is a devastating blow to the civil rights of every American, and the integrity of our nation's electoral system."

By Jake Johnson • Nov 20, 2023
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■ Opinion


A 'Humanitarian Pause' Is Good. And Now We Need a Total Cease-Fire in Gaza

With Palestinians, UN officials, humanitarian experts and internationally known genocide scholars naming Israel’s bombardment and blockade as genocide, the violence simply must stop. That is only possible through a mutual, binding agreement to ceasefire.

By Khury Petersen-Smith,Phyllis Bennis • Nov 24, 2023
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Corporate America Just Threw A Party Celebrating Tax Cuts For The Ultrarich

The deficit squawks who attend each year seek to reverse the progress we’ve made investing in workers, families, and the economy in order to invest in the wealthiest Americans and large corporations.

By Igor Volsky • Nov 22, 2023
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Trump's Similarities to Hitler Prove It Certainly Could 'Happen Here'

There are few Americans alive today who remember Hitler, and for most of us the details of his rise to power are lost to the mists of time. But Donald Trump is bringing it all back to us with a fresh, stark splash of reality.

By Thom Hartmann • Nov 21, 2023
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7 Questions to Ask to Protect Yourself From Medicare Advantage Scams

To ensure you have good coverage for both current and unforeseeable health needs this open enrollment period, you should choose traditional Medicare.

By Diane Archer • Nov 21, 2023
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Wannabe Führer Donald J. Trump Must Be Stopped

Preventing the former president from being reelected should be the primary goal of all progressive forces from this point on.

By C.J. Polychroniou • Nov 15, 2023
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Pharmacists Refuse to Fill a Prescription for Disaster

They are walking out across the country for better working conditions and a commitment to increasing staffing levels needed to perform their job safely and effectively for the patients they serve.

By Rosalyn Vellurattil • Nov 15, 2023
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