Friday, March 15, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Israeli Assurances on US Weapons and International Law Called 'Sick Joke'

"We know Israel won't comply so long as there are no consequences," said one advocacy group. "The U.S. must cut off weapons now!"

By Julia Conley



'Working-Class People Aren't Lazy, They're Fed Up,' UAW Leader Tells Senate

Shawn Fain slammed "the Wall Street freeloaders, the masters of passive income," for "how little they contribute to humanity."

By Jessica Corbett



Patients, Advocates Push Biden to 'Reclaim Medicare' From Privatized Medicare Advantage

"If Medicare Advantage has it their way, they're going to deny me care and delay me care until I'm dead," said one patient.

By Jake Johnson



Fury Over $500 Million US Export-Import Bank Loan to Bahrain 'Climate Bomb'

"This approval signals another setback for Biden's climate commitments, and cements the United States yet again as the worst of the laggard countries in violation of the promise to end international public finance for fossil fuels," one campaigner said.

By Olivia Rosane



Summer Lee Condemns Arrival of GOP 'Billionaire Cavalry' in PA Democratic Primary

"Republican-funded super PACs and their chosen candidate couldn't stop us last cycle, and they won't stop us this time."

By Jake Johnson



'Another Flour Massacre': IDF Reportedly Kills 20 Waiting for Aid in Northern Gaza

"Our governments did nothing to hold Israel accountable last time it attacked desperate hungry people seeking aid in Gaza," said one aid campaigner. "So why wouldn't it do the exact same thing again?"

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Trump Lackeys Run to Rescue Ailing Bank in Predictable—And Telling—Move

Political reporters must explain the consequences likely to ensue if Steven Mnuchin, Joseph Otting, or their pro-Wall Street doppelgangers return for a second Trump administration.

By Kenny Stancil


A Kyrsten Sinema Redux? Why There’s Nothing Badass About Elissa Slotkin

The figure Slotkin is most reminiscent of is Sinema, a conservative Democrat in the House anointed to run for an open seat in the Senate. We know how that turned out.

By Hank Kennedy


Amazon Raked in Billions of Dollars Last Quarter. I Won’t Be Seeing Any of It.

They think that they can get away with paying us less now—even though the latest earnings report clearly shows they have more than enough money.

By Alicia Ozier


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