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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Claiming ‘Extreme Power’ of President, Trump Says He Will Close US Border by Fiat

"This is what the Supreme Court has created by overthrowing the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence," said one progressive critic of the GOP nominee's remarks.

By Julia Conley



Post-Dobbs Infant Mortality Spike Shows 'We Must Restore Abortion Rights'

Rep. Pramila Jayapal called the findings "a direct result of Trump's right-wing Supreme Court and extreme MAGA abortion bans."

By Jessica Corbett



67% of Swing State Voters Think Corporate Power 'One of the Biggest Problems Facing America'

"Strong antitrust enforcement is not just good policy; it's also good politics," said the president of the American Antitrust Institute.

By Jake Johnson



Exposed: Elon Musk's Real Reasons for Going Full MAGA for Trump

"As eccentric and provocative as Elon Musk wants people to think he is, he's really just another corporate billionaire who wants to avoid accountability."

By Julia Conley



'Outrageous': New Roundup Is 45 Times More Toxic

"With the new formulations of Roundup, Bayer had the opportunity to make us safer, but it did the opposite," one expert said.

By Olivia Rosane



One Year of Israeli Bombing Has Set Gaza Back 7 Decades: UN Report

A new United Nations report sounds alarm "over the millions of lives that are being shattered and the decades of development efforts that are being wiped out," said one official.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


How Is It Even Close? How Is This Possible?

Trump hasn’t so much failed us as we have failed ourselves.

By Robert Freeman


What Progressives Already Know About the 2024 Election Results

A Trump presidency will push progressives back on our heels, in a dire defensive position as we fight to protect rights and programs won during many previous decades. Regardless of who wins, the challenges for progressives will be enormous.

By Norman Solomon


7 Strategic Axioms for the Anxious Progressive Voter

In 2024 progressives are facing a tough choice—how to defeat Trump and put the Democrats on notice. Here’s how to think it through.

By Rae Abileah,Andrew Boyd