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The Week in Review
Fetterman Taps Person Who Literally Wrote the Book on Killing Senate Filibuster as Chief of Staff
"It will be invaluable to have a veteran of the Senate and a veteran of state politics in these key positions as we serve the people of Pennsylvania," said the Senator-elect about two key hires for his new staff.
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Experts Warn 'Doomsday Scenario' for Colorado River Basin Possible in 2023
"The problem with massive projects like Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam," said one climate journalist, "is they were engineered for a climate that no longer exists."
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Evidence Grows of Left-Wing Twitter Purge Directed by Musk
"Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform's right-wing extremists," said The Intercept's Micah Lee.
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'Put Up or Shut Up,' Says Sanders as Progressives Move to Add 7 Sick Days to Railway Deal
"If you can't vote for this," said the independent Vermont senator, "don't tell anybody that you stand with working families."
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Calls for SCOTUS Ethics Probe Grow as Court Lawyer Defends Alito
"Supreme Court justices have avoided accountability for too long," said one critic. "It's time for our elected officials to do their job, and serve as a true check on the judiciary."
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'All of Rail Labor Is Going to Suffer': Workers Furious Over Biden Move to Preempt Strike
"This is a legacy-defining moment for Joe Biden," said Railroad Workers United. "He is going down as one of the biggest disappointments in labor history."
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Opinion
The Republican War on Democracy Has Spread to Ballot Measures
Time and again, when Republicans hold power, they wield it to silence the will of the people by making it harder for citizens to pursue direct democracy.
by Emma Olson Sharkey, Kentiya Orange, Carrie Olson-Manning
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The Grassroots Are Growing—And Reimagining What's Possible
The Fight for $15 and a Union has shown that to effectively challenge the stranglehold of the neoliberal political economy, interventions must come from the bottom up, reflecting the genuine voices of workers and their communities.
by Dorian Warren
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Once Upon a Time the US Taxed the Rich
A little history might just inspire us to try that taxing again.
by Sam Pizzigati
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The Racists Return to Kindergarten
That's the current political rallying cry: Don't make the children uncomfortable! Don't go around telling the truth. It's Marxist, for God's sake.
by Robert C. Koehler
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