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  Common Dreams · [email protected]
December 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Offense, not defense

Offense, not defense While the elites cower, the grassroots progressive movement will not submit. View this email in your browserFriend,In the six weeks since Donald Trump won re-election, we've watched one establishment figure after another fold like a cheap suit. Special Prosecutor …
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December 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM

Week in Review: What Lawmakers Mean When They Say 'We Don't Have the Money'

Week in Review: What Lawmakers Mean When They Say 'We Don't Have the Money' This week's most read and important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserA Dire Threat to Independent JournalismRepublicans in Congress are scrambling to give Trump broad new po…
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December 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM

Top News | Call for $2.5 Trillion in Cuts Proves GOP Wants to 'Steal Our Benefits'

Top News | Call for $2.5 Trillion in Cuts Proves GOP Wants to 'Steal Our Benefits' Today's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserA Dire Threat to Independent JournalismRepublicans in Congress are scrambling to give Trump broad new powers to …
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December 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM

Tell Congress: Immigrants are Our Neighbors, Not Our Enemies

Tell Congress: Immigrants are Our Neighbors, Not Our Enemies We must defend communities facing violence and injustice. One crucial opportunity to do that is happening right now: Tell Congress: Immigrants are Our Neighbors, Not Our EnemiesFriend,The Trump administration aims to tear ap…
  Common Dreams · [email protected]
December 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM

It begins. But we don’t bow.

It begins. But we don’t bow. Exactly one month from today, on January 20, Donald Trump will again be sworn in as President of the United States. View this email in your browserFriend,It begins exactly one month from today, January 20. Donald Trump will again be sworn in as President o…
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December 20, 2024 at 1:37 PM

News Alert: 'No Contract, No Coffee,' Say Striking Starbucks Workers

News Alert: 'No Contract, No Coffee,' Say Striking Starbucks Workers Starbucks workers launched five days of escalating strikes across the U.S. on Friday. 'No Contract, No Coffee': Starbucks Workers Launch Five Days …
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December 19, 2024 at 11:17 PM

Top News | Doctors Without Border Says 'Clear Signs of Ethnic Cleansing' in Gaza

Top News | Doctors Without Border Says 'Clear Signs of Ethnic Cleansing' in Gaza Today's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserOn January 20th, it beginsPolitical revenge. Project 2025. Mass deportations. Unfathomable corruption. An all-out …
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December 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM

Common Dreams sued by Trump?

Common Dreams sued by Trump? Donald Trump has launched a chilling new legal assault on the free press now that ABC News settled a defamation case brought by Trump for $15 million. View this email in your browserFriend,Donald Trump has launched a chilling new legal assault on the free …
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December 19, 2024 at 12:53 PM

News Alert: The 'Largest Strike Against Amazon in US History' Is Underway

News Alert: The 'Largest Strike Against Amazon in US History' Is Underway "We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win." Teamsters Union Launches 'Largest Strike Against Amazon i…
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December 18, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Top News | Senate Sends Biden $895 Billion Military Bill

Top News | Senate Sends Biden $895 Billion Military Bill Today's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserOn January 20th, it beginsPolitical revenge. Project 2025. Mass deportations. Unfathomable corruption. An all-out assault on democracy. Tr…
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December 18, 2024 at 6:01 PM

If Trump tries to shut us down

If Trump tries to shut us down The incoming administration is an existential threat to the entire progressive movement. View this email in your browserFriend,Yesterday, we launched our End-of-Year Campaign with a warning that Donald Trump’s presidency is an existential threat to the e…
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December 17, 2024 at 10:55 PM

Top News: Who Will Fight for Nonprofits Facing 'Unprecedented' Threat?

Top News: Who Will Fight for Nonprofits Facing 'Unprecedented' Threat? Today's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserOn January 20th, it beginsPolitical revenge. Project 2025. Mass deportations. Unfathomable corruption. An all-out assault on…
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December 17, 2024 at 4:04 PM

The entire progressive movement is in danger

The entire progressive movement is in danger We’ve lived through some dark times together. But this time is different. View this email in your browserFriend,In 34 days, it begins.All of Donald Trump's political revenge fantasies. Every awful idea laid out in Project 2025.  Mass deport…
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December 17, 2024 at 12:46 AM

Top News | 10 Million Kids at Risk of Hunger in GOP-Led States

Top News | 10 Million Kids at Risk of Hunger in GOP-Led States Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Monday, December 16, 2024■ Today's Top News Calls for Trudeau to Resign as Exiting Canadian Finance Minister Warns of Trump Tarif…
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December 15, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Weekend Edition | Defeating Oligarchy Is Now the Most Urgent Issue

Weekend Edition | Defeating Oligarchy Is Now the Most Urgent Issue This weekend's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Sunday, December 15, 2024■ Today's Top News Not 'Anti-Israel,' Says Irish Leader After Israeli Embassy Closed, But 'Pr…
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December 14, 2024 at 2:43 PM

Week in Review | Don't Wait for Trump's Attack, People. It's Time to Go on Offense

Week in Review | Don't Wait for Trump's Attack, People. It's Time to Go on Offense This week's most read and important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Saturday, December 14, 2024■ The Week in ReviewDr. Oz Had Up to Tens of Millions Invested in Com…
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December 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM

Top News | UnitedHealth CEO Admits 'No One Would Design a System Like the One We Have'

Top News | UnitedHealth CEO Admits 'No One Would Design a System Like the One We Have' Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Friday, December 13, 2024■ Today's Top News Tech Billionaires Get in Line to Support Trump Inauguration F…
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December 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM

News Alert: 'Recession' Fears as Trump Weighs Attack on Bank Regulators

News Alert: 'Recession' Fears as Trump Weighs Attack on Bank Regulators The president-elect's advisers are reportedly discussing plans to shrink or eliminate key bank watchdogs, including the FDIC. 'The Next Recessio…
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December 12, 2024 at 11:40 PM

Top News | Sanders Says Murder Is Not the Path to Medicare for All

Top News | Sanders Says Murder Is Not the Path to Medicare for All Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Thursday, December 12, 2024■ Today's Top News Sanders Says 'Political Movement,' Not Murder, Is the Path to Medicare for All"…
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December 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM

News Alert: Biden Issues "Largest Single-Day Grant of Clemency in Modern History"

News Alert: Biden Issues "Largest Single-Day Grant of Clemency in Modern History" The president's sweeping use of his clemency power did not appear to extend to any of the 40 men currently on death row. Biden Commute…
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December 11, 2024 at 10:50 PM

Top News: Manchin-Sinema Deliver Final 'Crushing Blow to the Labor Agenda'

Top News: Manchin-Sinema Deliver Final 'Crushing Blow to the Labor Agenda' Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Wednesday, December 11, 2024■ Today's Top News Warren Bill Would Stop Companies From Placing Shareholder Paydays Over W…
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December 10, 2024 at 11:01 PM

Top News: Victory for Monarch Butterflies | For-Profit Insurance Is 'Actually Very Bad'

Top News: Victory for Monarch Butterflies | For-Profit Insurance Is 'Actually Very Bad' Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Tuesday, December 10, 2024■ Today's Top News 'Landmark Victory': US Proposes Endangered Species Protection…
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December 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM

Top News | Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO Had 'Ill Will Toward Corporate America'

Top News | Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO Had 'Ill Will Toward Corporate America' Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Monday, December 9, 2024■ Today's Top News To Thwart Trump Killing Spree, Biden Urged to Commute Death Penalt…
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December 8, 2024 at 7:39 PM

Weekend Edition | Assad Government Falls After Nearly 14 Years of Civil War

Weekend Edition | Assad Government Falls After Nearly 14 Years of Civil War This weekend's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Sunday, December 8, 2024■ Today's Top News Sanders Explains Why He's Voting Against the New $850 Billion Pentag…
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December 7, 2024 at 3:45 PM

Week in Review | Trump, Musk, and the GOP 'Declare War on Social Security'

Week in Review | Trump, Musk, and the GOP 'Declare War on Social Security' This week's most read and important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Saturday, December 7, 2024■ The Week in ReviewBrutal Murder of Insurance CEO Sparks Wave of Dark Humor, …
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December 6, 2024 at 10:28 PM

Top News | GOP Floats Social Security Cuts After Musk Capitol Hill Visit

Top News | GOP Floats Social Security Cuts After Musk Capitol Hill Visit Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Friday, December 6, 2024■ Today's Top News Social Security Champions Sound Alarm After Trump Picks Wall Street Titan to R…
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December 5, 2024 at 11:21 PM

Top News | 'This Is Genocide,' Says Amnesty

Top News | 'This Is Genocide,' Says Amnesty Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Thursday, December 5, 2024■ Today's Top News Jayapal, Sanders Offer Answer to Elon Musk's Healthcare Cost Question"The most efficiently run healthcare…
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December 5, 2024 at 1:34 PM

News Alert: 'The Trump Tax Scam Is Back'

News Alert: 'The Trump Tax Scam Is Back' Champion of working class? "His first act will be tanking the economy and throwing workers under the bus to line the pockets of his wealthy friends." 'What a Racket': CBO Find…
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December 4, 2024 at 10:22 PM

Top News | Trump Pushes to Bypass Senate on Nominees

Top News | Trump Pushes to Bypass Senate on Nominees Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Wednesday, December 4, 2024■ Today's Top News Supreme Court Signals It Will Uphold 'State-Sanctioned Discrimination' in Transgender Care Case…
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December 4, 2024 at 1:30 AM

A midnight deadline for people like you who do so much good

A midnight deadline for people like you who do so much good Thank you for everything you do to make this world a better place. Here’s one more thing, and it’s incredibly important. View this email in your browserFriend,Tonight's midnight deadline for our Giving Tuesday fundraising cam…
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December 4, 2024 at 1:04 AM

Top News | Elon Musk Has 'Declared War on Social Security'

Top News | Elon Musk Has 'Declared War on Social Security' Today's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserCommon Dreams Needs You This Giving Tuesday In this world, where everything and everyone is for sale, we must sustain independent media …
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December 3, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Bowing to fascists

Bowing to fascists To call this a crisis would be an understatement. Our backs are to the wall, and our political opponents are ready to pounce. View this email in your browserFriend,We now have just under 9 hours left in our do-or-die Giving Tuesday fundraising campaign, and we're st…
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December 3, 2024 at 12:01 PM

Unfortunate news

Unfortunate news Congress is on the verge of handing Donald Trump sweeping new authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofit news outlets like Common Dreams. View this email in your browserFriend,We have some unfortunate news to share.We launched our Giving Tuesday fundraising…
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December 2, 2024 at 10:31 PM

Top News | Trump Vows 'There Will Be All Hell to Pay' in Gaza

Top News | Trump Vows 'There Will Be All Hell to Pay' in Gaza Today's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserCommon Dreams Needs You This Giving Tuesday In this world, where everything and everyone is for sale, we must sustain independent med…
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December 2, 2024 at 5:36 PM

This Giving Tuesday, we fight back

This Giving Tuesday, we fight back Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, one of Common Dreams's most important fundraising days of the year. View this email in your browserFriend,Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, one of the most important fundraising days of the year for Common Dreams. And this year’…
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December 1, 2024 at 11:57 PM

Weekend Edition | 'We Must Defeat the Oligarchs'

Weekend Edition | 'We Must Defeat the Oligarchs' This weekend's most important news and opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browserCommon Dreams Needs You This Giving Tuesday In this world, where everything and everyone is for sale, we must sustain independent media we …
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December 1, 2024 at 5:16 PM

This could shut down Common Dreams forever

This could shut down Common Dreams forever Donald Trump has pledged to take political retribution against his political opponents, including members of the watchdog press. View this email in your browserFriend,Donald Trump has pledged to take political retribution against his politica…
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November 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM

If Trump comes after us…

If Trump comes after us… Will you make a Giving Tuesday donation to help power Common Dreams and keep our independent journalism alive? View this email in your browserFriend,Things are not like they were. When Donald Trump takes office 50 days from now, among his top priorities will b…
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November 30, 2024 at 3:13 PM

Week in Review | Why Democrats Keep Losing to GOP Plutocrats

Week in Review | Why Democrats Keep Losing to GOP Plutocrats This week's most read and important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Saturday, November 30, 2024■ The Week in ReviewMuslim Rights Group Calls for Probe Into GOP Lawmaker's Threat to Omar,…
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November 29, 2024 at 6:12 PM

Top News | Global Black Friday Protests Aim to 'Make Amazon Pay'

Top News | Global Black Friday Protests Aim to 'Make Amazon Pay' Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Friday, November 29, 2024■ Today's Top News Latest Plastics Treaty Draft 'Far From What We Need' as Talks Near Deadline"Despite t…
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November 28, 2024 at 7:59 PM

Top News | A National Day of Mourning

Top News | A National Day of Mourning Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Thursday, November 28, 2024■ Today's Top News Native Americans Hold National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving"'Thanksgiving' is a white-washed holiday design…
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November 27, 2024 at 11:23 PM

Top News | Bernie Sanders Says 'No' to New Third Party

Top News | Bernie Sanders Says 'No' to New Third Party Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Wednesday, November 27, 2024■ Today's Top News 'Heartbreakingly Devastating': US Reportedly Plans to Approve $680 Million in Arms to Israel…
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November 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM

Top News | Israel Agrees to Lebanon Cease-Fire—What About Gaza?

Top News | Israel Agrees to Lebanon Cease-Fire—What About Gaza? Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Tuesday, November 26, 2024■ Today's Top News Israel Agrees to Cease-fire With Lebanon's Hezbollah—But What About Gaza?"It has long…
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November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM

Tell Trump and Elon Musk: Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!

Tell Trump and Elon Musk: Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid! No one voted to cut Social Security. No one voted to cut Medicare. And no one voted for higher drug prices. Tell Trump and Elon Musk: Hands off Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid!Friend,No one voted to c…
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November 25, 2024 at 10:42 PM

Top News | Trump Proves Medicare 'At Risk'

Top News | Trump Proves Medicare 'At Risk' Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Monday, November 25, 2024■ Today's Top News Jack Smith Throws in the Towel on Prosecution of TrumpThe president-elect's "ability to escape prosecution …
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November 25, 2024 at 12:49 AM

Weekend Edition | A 'Big F U to Climate Justice'

Weekend Edition | A 'Big F U to Climate Justice' This weekend's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Sunday, November 24, 2024■ Today's Top News Israel Has Killed Over 1,000 Doctors and Nurses in Gaza"These people, they target everyone, bu…
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November 23, 2024 at 1:30 PM

Week in Review | The 'Real Trump Agenda' Is Clear

Week in Review | The 'Real Trump Agenda' Is Clear This week's most read and important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Saturday, November 23, 2024■ The Week in ReviewCritics Say 'History of Enabling Sexual Abuse' Makes McMahon Unfit for Top Education…
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November 22, 2024 at 10:39 PM

Top News | Christian Nationalism Marches on With 'Bible-Infused' Texas Curriculum

Top News | Christian Nationalism Marches on With 'Bible-Infused' Texas Curriculum Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Friday, November 22, 2024■ Today's Top News Christian Nationalism Marches on With 'Bible-Infused' Texas Curricul…
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November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM

Top News | 15 Democrats Join House GOP to Pass 'MAGA Assault' on Nonprofits

Top News | 15 Democrats Join House GOP to Pass 'MAGA Assault' on Nonprofits Today's most important news & opinion from Common Dreams View this email in your browser Thursday, November 21, 2024■ Today's Top News Bolsonaro and 36 Others Indicted in Brazil Over Right-Wing Coup Attempt"…
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November 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM

News Alert: ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu

News Alert: ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu The International Criminal Court on Thursday formally issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders...... ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, …