Thursday, October 17, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Big Oil Dishes Out Record $54.2 Million to Boost GOP Candidates: Analysis

A Sludge review of new federal filings shows that the fossil fuel industry has donated a record sum to groups dedicated to electing Republicans to the U.S. House and Senate.

By Jake Johnson



Netanyahu's Likud Party Backs 'Preparing to Settle Gaza' Event as Genocide Continues

"This is what the war in Gaza is about," said one critic. "This is what the U.S. is tacitly backing."

By Brett Wilkins



'The Law Is Clear': NY Officials Back Memo Outlining Criminal Charges for Big Oil

"These companies are endangering my constituents, and I believe New York prosecutors should act accordingly," one state assembly member said.

By Olivia Rosane



Watch: Visual Disgust After Trump Calls Violent January 6 Insurrection 'Day of Love'

"If everyone in America watched this two-minute clip, Trump would go down in a landslide," said climate leader Bill McKIbben.

By Julia Conley



MSNBC's Chris Hayes Catches Fox News Red-Handed Deceiving Its Audience to 'Clean Up' for Trump

"Do you see what they did there, on their own network?"

By Jon Queally



'Should Shame the World': Famine Takes Hold in Gaza as Israel Cuts Off Food Imports

"The disturbing worst-case scenario for an entire population is all but certain without an immediate cease-fire," said one aid group.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Not Just Its Neighbors, Israel Makes War on the Entire World

Israel’s relationship with the UN and the rest of the world is at a breaking point, and U.S. obstruction offers no solution to this crisis—it only fuels it.

By Medea Benjamin,Nicolas J.S. Davies


If JD Vance Is Wealthy, Why Did He Let His Own Mother Scrape by on Medicaid?

A sordid tale of Republican political and religious hypocrisy.

By Mike Lofgren


Embrace of Fossil Fuels Isn't Helping Kamala Harris

Trump represents an existential threat and it remains imperative that Kamala Harris win this election. But to do that, she would be well-advised to stop embracing fracking and return to her roots of confronting the coal, oil, and gas companies head-on.

By Mitch Jones