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Sunday, February 25, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


'If This Isn't Genocide, I Don't Know What Is,' Says Lula of Israeli Attack on Gaza

"What the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinian people is not war," said the President of Brazil. "It's not soldiers who are dying, but women and children who are dying inside the hospitals."

By Jon Queally



Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside Israeli Embassy in DC

The individual was transported to an area hospital with critical and life-threatening injuries.

By Common Dreams Staff



Childcare Crisis Grips US as IRS Chief Says Wealthy Tax Dodgers Cost $150 Billion a Year

"If we can afford to spend over $1 trillion on tax breaks for the top 1% and large corporations making record-breaking profits, we can afford to provide working class families with the childcare they desperately need."

By Jon Queally



'Stop the Weapons. Start the Talks': Third Year of Ukraine War Begins

"Conventional wisdom holds that a negotiated end to the Ukraine war is neither possible nor desirable. This belief is false."

By Jon Queally



Trump Vows 'Judgement Day' for Opponents and 'Largest Deportation in History' If Elected

"Our country is being destroyed and the only thing standing between you and its obliteration is me," the far-right former president declared during his speech at CPAC

By Jon Queally



Theocratic Trump Tells Right-Wing Christians They Will Have Power at 'Level You've Never Used Before'

"Christian nationalism is an extremist ideology at odds with the fundamental pluralism of American life," warned one progressive journalist.

By Jon Queally


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'Make Argentina Great Again': Far-Right Trump and Milei Embrace at CPAC


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Israel's Forced Starvation Leads Desperate Gazans to Eat Horse Meat, Animal Feed


'Major Victory': NY Jury Finds Wayne LaPierre Liable in NRA Corruption Case


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■ Opinion


No, Progressives Didn’t Ruin Cities Like San Francisco

Locally and nationally, the City by the Bay is being weaponized like a two-pronged pitchfork aimed simultaneously at erasing local progressive change and mobilizing Republican voters motivated by anti-urban fear.

By Christopher D. Cook


Behold! Trump's GOP Theocracy Is Coming

A society where one set of religious views is imposed on a large number of citizens who disagree with them is not a democracy.

By Robert Reich


10 Questions Corporate Media Isn't Asking About Israel-Gaza But Should

There has been so much reporting since October 7, but we are still missing answers for key issues.

By Ralph Nader


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