Sunday, January 14, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Which Republican to Trust on Social Security? Program Watchdog: Not a Single One

"On Social Security, just as he does on so many other topics, Donald Trump is projecting his own desires onto his opponents. In this case, his accusations against Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis happen to be true, but they are equally true about Trump himself."

By Jon Queally
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Drowning of Women, Two Children Intensify Disgust Over Illegal Border Operations by Texas National Guard

"Gov. Abbott's inhumanity has no limit. Everyone who enables his cruelty has blood on their hands."

By Jon Queally
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Report: Biden Fed Up With Netanyahu. Critics: Sure Doesn't Look Like It

"We are supposed to believe Biden's 'patience is running out' with Israel while he offers full political support, gives 'emergency' munitions to fuel the slaughter in Gaza, and is trying to shield his 'great, great friend' Bibi from international law?"

By Jon Queally
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Hundreds of Thousands March for Gaza as World Demands Cease-Fire

Coordinated actions from DC to London to Jakarta designed to "send a powerful message not just to the Israelis but to the Western powers who are backing them that the public say 'not in our name.'"

By Jon Queally
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Bloodied Baby Dolls Left Outside White House to Protest Biden's Complicity in Gaza

"We are here to let Biden know that he can no longer hide from genocide."

By Jon Queally
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Iconic 100-Year-Old Fishing Shacks Washed Into Sea as Maine High Tide Breaks All-Time Record

"Mother nature isn't messing around."

By Jon Queally
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Democrat Applauded for (Not-So) 'Dumb Idea’ to End Houthi Attacks in Red Sea

"Stop the bombing of Gaza, then the attacks on commercial shipping will end," suggested Rep. Hank Johnson. "Why not try that approach?"

By Jon Queally
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US Will Be 'Weimar Republic' If Biden Doesn't Lift Up Working Class and Defeat Trump: Sanders

"The challenge we face is to be able to show people that government in a democratic society can address their very serious needs," says the independent senator. "If we do that, we defeat Trump."

By Jon Queally
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■ Opinion


Essential Elements for Turning a Cause into a Movement — Lessons from the Suffrage Struggle for Today’s Activists

History demonstrates that leaders of successful movements need to go beyond appealing to the powers that be. They need to unify.

By Moshik Temkin
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Gaza Cease-Fire Now! No Wider War

we must join the majority of the world’s nations in building pressure on Biden and Netanyahu to declare a ceasefire, to deluge Gaza with the food, water, medicines, and fuel essential for life. We must do this with everything we've got and we must do it now.

By Joseph Gerson
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When the US Cares More About Oil Tankers and Cargo Ships Than Human Lives in the Middle East

The Biden administration is showing that it cares far more about protecting fossil fuels and the world’s most powerful businesses than it does the innocent people of Gaza.

By Edward Hunt
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What Does 'Rules-Based International Order' Mean When US Can Bomb Yemen at Will?

What US foreign policy shamelessly amounts to is this: 'We make the rules so we get to break the rules."

By Norman Solomon
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