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December 28, 2022
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Flush With Record Profits, Exxon Sues to Block EU Windfall Tax <[link removed]>
Exxon posted a staggering $19.7 billion in profits in the third quarter of 2022 as consumers continued to face high energy costs.
Jake Johnson
Study Ties Abortion Restrictions to 'Significant' Jump in Suicide Rates for Young Women <[link removed]>
"This association is robust-and it has nothing to do with politics," said one co-author. "It's all backed by the data."
Jessica Corbett
Campaigners to House Dems: Not Giving Big Oil Documents to the Senate Would Be an 'Epic Failure' <[link removed]>
"Obviously the incoming Republican House majority that will control the documents as of January 3 has no interest in continuing to investigate Big Oil."
Jake Johnson
Southwest Airlines Spent $5.6 Billion on Shareholder Gifts in Years Ahead of Mass Cancellation Crisis <[link removed]>
"Southwest Airlines made a risky gamble that mass layoffs and spending billions of dollars on handouts to investors rather than fixing infrastructure would pay off with record profits," said one watchdog. "The airline lost that bet badly."
Jake Johnson
Kosovo Closes Main Border With Serbia Amid Protests, Rising Tensions <[link removed]>
"It is paramount that all involved avoid any rhetoric or actions that can cause tensions and escalate the situation," said the leader of NATO's mission in Kosovo. "Solutions should be sought through dialogue."
Kenny Stancil
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'The System' Is Ruining Our Present and Collective Future <[link removed]>
We are destroying the natural world that humans depend upon for life itself-air, water, soil, vegetation, and wildlife-while degrading the social and economic sphere, creating a vast chasm between the megarich and everyone else.
Peter Montague
The Far-Right's Romance With Cruelty <[link removed]>
To the far right, cruelty is more than a means to achieving a policy goal-it is often the goal itself. Cruelty for cruelty's sake-directed against "the other," a variable collection of liberals, immigrants, and minority groups.
Steven Day
We've Reached Peak Zelensky. Now What? <[link removed]>
Without such subsidies, Zelensky would not have lasted a month in the war. How many hours do you think he is going last once that flow dries up? And it surely is.
Robert Freeman
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