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February 13, 2023
****Top News****
Sanders-Warren Plan Would Tax the Rich to Increase Social Security by
$2,400 a Year
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**"**The legislation that we are introducing today will expand Social
Security benefits by $2,400 a year and will extend the solvency of
Social Security for the next 75 years."
****Kenny Stancil****
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Sanders Holds Town Hall to Elevate Crisis of Low Teacher Pay
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"I do not think we should accept it as 'normal' in our society that
billionaires get massive tax breaks while teachers in this country have
to work a second job just to make ends meet," said the senator.
**Julia Conley**
Study Shows How Corporations Are Deceiving the Public to 'Greenwash
Their Brand'
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"At a time when corporations need to come clean about their climate
impact and shrink their carbon footprint, many are exploiting vague and
misleading 'net zero' pledges... while continuing with business as
usual."
****Jake Johnson****
Surging Number of US Teen Girls Face Sexual Violence and Extreme
Sadness: CDC
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"Young people in the U.S. are collectively experiencing a level of
distress that calls on us to act," reads the study.
**Julia Conley**
Profits, Drilling Plans Prove UAE Oil Exec 'Unfit' to Chair UN Climate
Summit: Amnesty
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**"**Sultan al-Jaber cannot be an honest broker for climate talks when
the company he leads is planning to cause more climate damage."
****Kenny Stancil****
Mexican President Vows Global Push to End 'Inhumane' US Embargo of Cuba
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One peace group praised AMLO for "once again providing such an important
voice against U.S. imperialism and bullying."
****Kenny Stancil****
'I Don't Want to Take My Kids Back to That': Ohio Residents Fear Toxic
Aftermath of Train Crash
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"None of us have the money to completely start over somewhere," said one
resident. "We're not going to have a choice but to take our children
back to that place, and it's not fair."
****Jake Johnson****
Anti-War Voices Accuse Super Bowl of 'Hijacking the Pat Tillman Story'
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One journalist reminded readers that the NFL star and Army Ranger
"called the Iraq invasion and occupation 'fucking illegal' and was
killed by friendly fire in an incident the military covered up and tried
to hide from his family."
****Brett Wilkins****
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How Spin and Lies Fuel a Bloody War of Attrition in Ukraine
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The American people must demand that U.S. political and military leaders
tell the truth about this horrific war and our country's role in it. And
we must also demand that the media transmit the truth to the public.
**Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies**
Humanity Can No Longer Tolerate Corporations That Exist Almost Entirely
to Make Money
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Society must make the necessary shift from a society that prioritizes
wealth accumulation and economic growth to one that puts personal and
societal well-being above profits.
****David Suzuki****
Tanks for Nothing: On What Can't Be Won on the Ukraine Battlefield
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Under the guise of turning the century around, we underwrite violence in
faraway lands and thereby dodge the actual challenges of changing our
own culture.
****Andrew Bacevich****
US Media 'Spy Balloon' Obsession a Gift to China Hawks
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Despite uncertainty about the purpose of the high-altitude balloon shot
down by the U.S. military last week, American corporate media
"overwhelmingly interpreted the Pentagon's conjecture as fact."
****Julianne Tveten****
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