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MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN TIM WALBERG WANTS TO USE NUCLEAR 
WEAPONS IN GAZA!

GOP Congressman calls for Gaza genocide: “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima: Get it over Quick” Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – US Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI), a former pastor, called this week for a genocide, the Final Solution of the Palestinian Problem.. Michigan’s 5th congressional district stretches across the far bottom of the state, encompassing cities such as Albion and Jackson and abutting Ohio and Indiana. I don’t have any reason […]

It’s Time to stop playing Politics with Immigrants’ Lives By Juan Carlos Gomez | ( Otherwords.com ) – When President Biden was campaigning in 2020, he pledged to strengthen our country by supporting and welcoming immigrants. Early in his presidency, he began taking steps in that direction. On his first day in office, Biden proclaimed an end to his predecessor’s “Muslim ban,” which summarily […]

The Most Dangerous Wars: When Local Conflicts become Geopolitics By Walden Bello ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The three major wars or conflicts that are ongoing today demonstrate the volatility of the intersection between the local and the global. In the Hamas-Israeli conflict, we see how the maintenance of the Israeli settler-colonial state is intertwined with the preservation of the global hegemony […]

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Saturday, March 9, 2024 ■ The Week in Review Canada, Sweden Restore UNRWA Funds as Report Accuses Israel of Torturing Agency Staff "The work that UNWRA does cannot be overstated," said Canadian lawmaker Salma Zahid. "It will save lives as we have seen the visuals of children dying of hunger in Gaza. The need for immediate aid is non-negotiable." By Jon Queally • Mar 9, 2024 No Labels Denounced for 'Dangerous' Dark-Money Ploy to Boost Trump in 2024 "Their decision to move forward with a dark-money, Trump donor-funded third-party fantasy bid is shameful and puts millions of Americans at risk," said one opponent. By Jessica Corbett • Mar 8, 2024 Florida GOP Passes 'Vicious' Bill Banning Mandatory Water Breaks for Workers "We will see fatalities, because of what Florida Republicans chose to do this week," said one workers' rights advocate. By Julia Conley • Mar 8, 2024 'Handmaid's Tale Coming to Life': Katie Britt's SOTU Response Sparks Alarm "As someone who covers the far-right and the Christian nationalist movement, Sen. Katie Britt's speech was the closest thing to porn they'll consume," wrote one journalist. By Jake Johnson • Mar 8, 2024 House GOP Advances 'Death Panel' for Social Security in Election Year "MAGA House Republicans are demonstrating their hostility to working Americans and retirees," said one critic. By Jessica Corbett • Mar 7, 2024 Sanders Rips 'Fiction' That There's Nothing US Can Do to End Gaza Carnage "Of course we have the leverage," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "We are funding the war." By Jake Johnson • Mar 7, 2024 'Unconscionable': Biden Has Approved 100+ Arms Sales to Israel in Just Five Months "When people ask, 'What do you want Joe Biden to do?' the answer is: Stop making these weapons deals," said one campaigner. By Jake Johnson • Mar 6, 2024 Bullets Found at Gaza Flour Massacre Site Belie Israel's 'Stampede' Claim A preliminary investigation by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor affirmed that bullets that killed and wounded hundreds of Palestinians waiting for food aid are the same type fired by Israeli troops' guns. By Brett Wilkins • Mar 6, 2024 'Finish the Problem': Presumptive GOP Nominee Trump Endorses Gaza Genocide One commentator argued that while President Joe Biden has "bent over backward to support Israel," Donald Trump would "be even worse." By Jake Johnson • Mar 6, 2024 Progressives Cheer Senate Exit for 'Corrupt Egomaniac' Kyrsten Sinema Sinema's exit sets up an election between Rep. Ruben Gallego and former television anchor Kari Lake. By Thor Benson • Mar 5, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion Why I Don’t Rely on Hope I have gravitated toward projects for social justice and ecological sustainability because they have provided some meaning in my life, not because I imagined success. By Robert Jensen • Mar 9, 2024 With Genocide in Gaza, the Word 'Never' Has Been Stripped From 'Never Again' The Palestinians, facing down the most powerful countries in the world, left virtually alone even by their allies, have suffered immeasurably. But they have won this war. By Arundhati Roy • Mar 8, 2024 Supreme Court's Trump Ruling Reveals a Deep Weakness in Our Constitutional Democracy The 9-0 ruling by the Court has empowered MAGA Republicans to continue the lie that their assaults on democracy are done in the name of “election integrity” when we know full well the opposite is true. By Jeffrey C. Isaac • Mar 8, 2024 Warning: The Great GOP Voter Purge of 2024 Is Underway Using arcane laws and loopholes, Republican-affiliated groups are challenging the right to vote of thousands of mostly Democratic voters across the states most likely to determine the outcome of the 2024 election. By Thom Hartmann • Mar 7, 2024 Paul Krugman Remains Blind to Wall Street's War on Workers What the Nobel Prize-winning economist and prominent columnist fails to see again and again is that many, if not most, rural mass layoffs in the last four decades, are the result of out-and-out greed by corporate interests and the investor class. By Les Leopold • Mar 6, 2024 When the Big Oil CEO Blames You for the Climate Crisis His Industry Created We simply “waited too long,” said ExxonMobil's top executive last week. But never mind, the important thing is that we made “above-average returns.” By Bill Mckibben • Mar 5, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION

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