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News & Views | 6/14/21
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Calls to 'Expand the Supreme Court' Grow as McConnell Warns He's Prepared to Steal Another Seat
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Mitch McConnell is already foreshadowing that he'll steal a 3rd Supreme
Court seat if he gets the chance. He's done it before, and he'll do it
again."
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Reality Winner's Release From Federal Prison Met With Calls for Full Pardon for the NSA Whistleblower
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Winner will serve the rest of her five-year sentence under the
supervision of a halfway house.
Analysis Highlights Biden Proposal to End $84 Billion Gift to Big Oil Buried in Trump Tax Scam
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We can stop this insane corporate welfare and use it to pay for a
renewable energy future."
Intent on Appeasing Manchin, US Blocks G7 Progress on Phasing Out Coal
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Once again Joe Manchin is casting a heavy shadow."
Climate Campaigners Welcome SCOTUS Refusal to Hear Big Oil's Appeal of California Lawsuits
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The justices' punting of Chevron v. Oakland means cities' historic
litigation will proceed in lower courts.
'A Race Against the Clock': Battle to Extend CDC Eviction Ban Heats Up as Crisis Looms
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
If the Biden administration allows the moratorium to expire "before
emergency rental assistance money reaches renters, there'll be a
historic wave of evictions in summer and fall," warned one advocate.
'All He Has to Do Is Sign': Group Crafts Executive Order for Biden to Cancel All Student Loan Debt
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With the stroke of a pen, Biden could grant tens of millions of
Americans a semblance of financial freedom."
Rich Nations' Vaccine Pledge Includes Just 613 Million New Doses—Well Short of Promised 1 Billion
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A single factory could produce this number in a year if you waived
patents."
Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Elephant in the Room' Is Senate Democrats Blocking Their Own Party's Agenda
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The argument that we need to make here," the New York Democrat said of
bipartisanship's dead end, "is that it's worth going it alone if we can
do more for working people in this country."
On Climate and Covid-19 Emergencies, G7 Judged a 'Colossal Failure' for All the World to See
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Never in the history of the G7 has there been a bigger gap between
their actions and the needs of the world. In the face of these
challenges the G7 have chosen to cook the books on vaccines and continue
to cook the planet."
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New Israeli Government, Same Israeli Apartheid
by Ariel Gold
Naftali Bennett is at best a continuation of Netanyahu's policies and at
worst an ideologue whose positions are to the right of Netanyahu's.
Could Biden's Civilian Climate Corps Save America?
by Jim Sandoe
This plan ensures that we can meet our urgent demands during the climate
crisis, while empowering our workers and businesses to lead a clean
energy revolution.
Presidents Biden and Putin, Heed This Appeal
by Robert Dodge
It is time to once and for all end the Cold War "us and them" thinking.
The US Is Failing to Protect Care Workers
by Rebekah Entralgo
"Seeing as we are the ones who are supposed to be taking care of people,
why is it that we are the least cared about?"
How Democrats and Progressives Undermined the Potential of the Biden-Putin Summit
by Norman Solomon
Most Democrats in Congress are now locked into a modern Cold War
mentality that endangers human survival.
Osama Bin Laden's Ghost and the Multi-Trilion-Dollar Cost of Endless War
by Walden Bello
Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to
the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new
center of global capital accumulation.
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Newswire...
Biden Should Follow Secretary Haaland's Recommendation to Restore National Monuments
Environment America
Oil Change International Responds to Minnesota Court of Appeals Ruling on Line 3
Oil Change International
Statement from RISE Coalition on Enbridge Fire Light Camp Eviction Letter
Indigenous Environmental Network
Biden Administration Urged to Release Critical Records on Wildlife Imports
Center for Biological Diversity
CAIR Demands Congress End Anti-Black, Islamophobic Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
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