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Your Week in Review
Amid Calls to 'Fire DeJoy,' 20 State AGs File Suit Over Plan to Sabotage Postal Service
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by Jon Queally
"Millions of Americans depend on the mail every day," said Washington
state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. "One political appointee does not
get to decide the fate of the Postal Service."
Uganda Climate Leader Vanessa Nakate Joins Fight Against German Coal Mine
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by Jon Queally
An expanded Garzweiler lignite operation, she warns, "means people's
cultures will be destroyed, people's traditions, people's histories of
this place."
What Explains How Deranged the GOP Has Become? Gerrymandering Has a Lot to Do With It
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by John Nichols
Fair maps are the only hope for a sane Republican Party and a
functioning democracy.
Trump Promotion of Michigan Rally Decried as 'Childish, Petulant' and 'Downright Dangerous'
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by Jon Queally
"Efforts like this to undermine faith in our democracy are no longer
just about overturning the 2020 election," said one Democratic leader in
the state, "they're about eroding trust and laying the groundwork to
overturn the next election."
'Stop This Madness': Outrage After Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Abortion Ban
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by Jon Queally
Packed with Trump appointees, the 5th Circuit's ruling was denounced as
"unconscionable" by reproductive rights advocates.
Democrats Have Taken Medicare for All Off the Table—and It's a Shame
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by Russell Mokhiber
"Nobody in Congress can be counted on to stand with what the people need
as opposed to caving to the demands of party leadership," warns veteran
single-payer activist Amy Scheetz.
'Cruel and Unfathomable': Sinema Pushing $100 Billion in Climate Cuts From Reconciliation Bill
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by Jessica Corbett
A Sunrise Movement leader said the Arizona Democrat's reported proposal
for the Build Back Better package is "not surprising since she's been
meeting nonstop with corporate executives."
220+ Groups Blast Biden Plan to Expand 'Harmful, Abusive, and Unjust' ICE Prisons
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by Brett Wilkins
"It's not too late for the administration to take the moral high ground
here and put a stop to ICE's cruel, costly, and unnecessary detention
expansion."
In Scathing Senate Testimony, Whistleblower Warns Facebook a Threat to Children and Democracy
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by Brett Wilkins
Frances Haugen said the company's leaders know how to make their
platforms safer, "but won't make the necessary changes because they have
put their astronomical profits before people."
Pandora Papers: 'Biggest-Ever' Bombshell Leak Exposes Financial Secrets of the Super-Rich
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by Brett Wilkins
"This is the Panama Papers on steroids."
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