Thursday, November 30, 2023

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200,000+ Urge DOE to 'Do the Right Thing' and Block LNG Buildout

One project in particular, the CP2 export terminal, "would be the most harmful facility built in the United States," one frontline activist said as campaigners delivered petition signatures.

By Olivia Rosane
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'The American People Deserve Answers': Subpoenas Issued for Crow and Leo

"Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a strong message that the rich and powerful cannot evade scrutiny or accountability," said one advocate.

By Julia Conley
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WMO Climate Report Details 'Deafening Cacophony of Broken Records'

"Governments at the COP28 climate talks must take real action for a full, fair, funded, and fast phaseout of fossil fuels," one advocate said in response to the news.

By Olivia Rosane
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As GOP Pursues 'Death Panel,' Poll Shows 81% Oppose Social Security Cuts

The Republican-led push for a "fiscal commission" to examine Social Security and other key programs is "specifically designed to avoid accountability from voters," argued one critic.

By Jake Johnson
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Gilded Age for Billionaire Offspring as $5.2 Trillion Wealth Transfer Accelerates

"Without robust wealth and inheritance taxes," said one analyst, "the children and grandchildren of today's billionaires will dominate our future politics, economy, culture, and philanthropy."

By Jake Johnson
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Henry Kissinger Dies at 100 Without Facing Justice for His War Crimes

"A true tally will probably never be known of everyone who died so Kissinger could be national security adviser," wrote journalist Spencer Ackerman.

By Jake Johnson
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■ Opinion


Don't Just Blame Kissinger for His Amoral, Genocidal Life and Acts

If anything, Kissinger was but a faithful representative of the criminal U.S. elites whom he served all his life—and who guaranteed him a long life of fame, wealth, and luxury.

By Joseph Massad
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The Republican Plot to Cut Social Security Behind Closed Doors

GOP lawmakers want the commission to commit the dirty work of slashing Social Security and Medicare to death without leaving their fingerprints on the murder weapon.

By Nancy J. Altman
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For Media Elites, War Criminal Henry Kissinger Was a Very Great Man

The professional love affairs between Kissinger and many U.S. journalists endured from the time he got a grip on power in 1969—and continue even in his death.

By Norman Solomon
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