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News & Views | 11/19/21
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The Corporate Plan to Murder Medicare Runs Through Medicare Advantage
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by Thom Hartmann
If they can move more than half of Americans off traditional Medicare
and onto these corporate plans, it'll provide the political cover to
kill off Medicare altogether—and they're nearly there now.
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'Victory of Global Significance': Modi to Repeal Laws That Sparked Year-Long Farmers' Revolt
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by Kenny Stancil
"After a year of strikes—and having faced brutal repression that claimed
some 700 lives—India's farmers are victorious in their struggle."
Biden Applauded for Reversing Trump Assault on 'Priceless' Tongass National Forest
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by Julia Conley
"The Tongass National Forest's indispensable habitats serve as home to a
multitude of species and also play a vital role in helping fight global
warming," said one conservation advocate.
GOP Election Maps in Ohio Latest Evidence of 'Redistricting Apocalypse' Now Underway
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by Andrea Germanos
"Ohio leaders have disrespected voters, trampled the Ohio Constitution,
and rigged the Congressional map to serve partisan, political operatives
rather than fairly represent Ohioans."
'Bad Politics, Bad Policy': Sanders Slams House Democrats for Including Tax Cut for Rich in BBB
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by Julia Conley
"The bottom line here is we have to help the middle class, not the 1%,"
said the senator.
'I Did!': Ocasio-Cortez Interjects After McCarthy States 'Nobody Elected Joe Biden to Be FDR'
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by Jon Queally
"Effective heckling is a lost art," said one observer, "but AOC managed
to silence McCarthy for at least a few seconds."
'Saddening, Infuriating, and Utterly Unsurprising': Rittenhouse Acquitted
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by Brett Wilkins
The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the "unacceptable message"
that armed vigilantes can "use the danger they have created to justify
shooting people in the street."
'Now Fire DeJoy': Biden Moves to Replace Trump-Picked Postal Board Members
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by Jake Johnson
"We need a Postal Service board of governors that is committed to
replacing Mr. DeJoy with a postmaster general who will protect and
strengthen the Postal Service, not undermine and sabotage it."
'There Are No Excuses Left': Climate Groups Demand Swift Senate Passage of Build Back Better
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by Brett Wilkins
"The Senate better pass the damn bill," said the Sunrise Movement after
House passage on Friday.
'Time to Deliver': House Democrats Pass Build Back Better Act With Zero GOP Votes
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by Jake Johnson
"Our work will not stop until the Build Back Better Act passes the
Senate without any weakening of these popular provisions," said Rep.
Pramila Jayapal.
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Biden Cannot Be Held Hostage on Climate: The US Is Needed Globally
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by Isabella Shraiman
Developed nations like the US, which is responsible for almost 25% of
historical greenhouse gas emissions, simply must do more to decarbonize
across the whole of their economies if we are to mitigate the worst
impacts of global heating. Failure is not an option.
How Many Dead Kids Before We Admit US "National Security" Is a Lie?
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by Robert C. Koehler
How many people have to die by our hands—how big do the piles of women's
and children's corpses have to get—before mass murder (war) begins
looming as wrong?
As the World Burns, Glasgow's COP26 Deemed a Failure
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by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
"We should call it the 'Glasgow suicide pact' for the poorest in the
world."
Our Economic Model Is Failing Working People: Bring On the Scapegoats
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by Bruce T. Boccardy
Beneath the noise and confusion today is the unalterable reality that
our economic model will continue to proceed as it must until working
people figure it out politically and decide that enough deprivation and
suffering is enough.
It Will Take Much More Than Electric Cars to Fix the Climate Crisis
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by David Suzuki, Ian Hanington
Resolving the climate crisis isn't just about shifting from one
technology to another; it's about shifting our ways of thinking and
being. It's a point that often gets missed in conversations about major
greenhouse gas emission sources.
Insurrectionist 'Shaman' Gets What He Deserves
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by Tony Norman
Forty-one months was not as much as the prosecutors had requested, but
it was significant and sent a signal to future insurrectionists that
wrist-slapping would be rare moving forward.
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Newswire...
White Supremacist Vigilante Violence Again Goes Unchecked
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse Saddening, Infuriating, Utterly Unsurprising
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
Acquittal in Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Trial Reveals Racist Double-Standard in the Legal System, Underscores Need for Systemic Change
Color of Change
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