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Subject WEEK IN REVIEW: The Billionaires' Assault on Working People and Democracy
Date July 24, 2022 1:21 PM
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The Week in Review

'Authoritarianism 101': Trump Plot to Purge Civil Servants If Reelected Draws Alarm

"Do not underestimate the destruction this will cause," said one critic.

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Sanders Files Amendment to Limit $76 Billion in 'Corporate Welfare' for Microchip Industry

"If private companies are going to benefit from generous taxpayer subsidies, the financial gains made by these companies must be shared with the American people, not just wealthy shareholders."

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Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Analysis Shows

"We must put an end to drug corporations' unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients."

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'CEOs, Not Working People, Are Causing Inflation': Report Shows Soaring Executive Pay

"When you look at those numbers and at CEOs trying to blame workers for inflation, it just doesn't add up," said the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO.

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Just 27 Billionaires Have Spent $90 Million to Buy GOP Congress: Report

"They're counting on that 'small' investment in anti-tax Republicans to save them billions in taxes," said Americans for Tax Fairness, which conducted the analysis.

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Right-Wing Judge Bars $18 Minimum Wage From California's 2022 Ballot

"A Trump-nominated judge ruled against 5 million Californians," said the campaigners behind the ballot initiative.

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Opinion

The Fist Bump Was Bad, But Biden's Middle East Policies Are Worse

Outrage was absolutely called for. Symbolism is important. But the fist bump and the handshake were the least of it.

by Phyllis Bennis

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The Lawyers Who Enabled Trump's Assault on Democracy

Their prolonged silence forced the nation to live through the catastrophic consequences of their earlier cowardice.

by Steven Harper

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Hollow Men: All the Cowards of January 6

Much of the Republican Party has been reduced to quivering protoplasm, whimpering under the lash of Trump's whiny invective.

by Juan Cole

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Joe Manchin Just Proved Why We Need the OLIGARCH Act

We need to ensure that the richest people in the country can no longer subvert the overwhelming will of voters by buying the goodwill of elected officials.

by Dylan Dusseault, Bob Lord

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