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The Week in Review



Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin speak to reporters
Amid 'Slow-Motion Coup,' Manchin and Sinema Help GOP Sink Voting Rights
"Ignore whatever spin comes from their press releases and media appearances in the aftermath of this debacle—history will not be kind to these enablers of racism and authoritarianism."
by Jake Johnson



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100+ Ultra-Rich People Warn Fellow Elites: 'It's Taxes or Pitchforks'
"History paints a pretty bleak picture of what the endgame of extremely unequal societies looks like," reads an open letter signed by millionaires and billionaires calling for higher taxes on people like themselves.
by Jake Johnson



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Amid Existential Threat to Reproductive Rights, Congress Urged to Act
"It's the 49th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and if we don't fight like hell it could very well be the last," said one campaigner, who called on U.S. lawmakers to pass the Women's Health Protection Act.
by Brett Wilkins



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Draft Order Shows Trump Considered Using Military to Seize Voting Machines
"This was part of the records that Trump was fighting to keep from the January 6th committee," one government watchdog noted.
by Brett Wilkins
Opinion



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After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump's Foreign Policy?
In the coming year, we hope that the public will remind Biden of its deep-seated aversion to war and that he will respond—albeit reluctantly—by adopting more dovish and rational ways.
by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies



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America's Class War: Organized Labor Is the Best Tool to Push Back Against the Rich
Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States.
by Chris Hedges
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