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Sunday, March 31, 2024

COMMON DREAMS: Week in Review: The 'Dangerous' Dark-Money Plot to Boost Trump



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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

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■ 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


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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Top News: Trump Threat to Unleash Supporters on US Cities 'Should Ring Alarm Bells'

 



January 31, 2022
Top News



Drug Prices
40 House Democrats Demand Congress 'Swiftly' Cut Drug Prices
"We cannot overstate the paramount urgency of fulfilling the promise of lowering drug prices now for the American people. They're counting on us."
by Jessica Corbett



Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2022, in Conroe, Texas.
Critics Say Trump Threat to Unleash Supporters on US Cities 'Should Ring Alarm Bells'
"We can act forcefully to stop his new insurrection and punish his past crimes—or we can sit back and let the comet of autocracy strike," said one critic.
by Kenny Stancil



AB1400 CalCare
Big Vote for California Single-Payer Bill Today—What You Need to Know
If passed and signed into law, A.B. 1400—which would create a program popularly known as CalCare—would make the Golden State the first in the nation to provide universal healthcare coverage.
by Brett Wilkins



Demonstrators protest pharma lobbying
While Lobbying to Kill Build Back Better, Pharma Hikes Costs of 866 Drugs
"How many more Americans have to die and suffer before Congress has the guts to end this greed?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders.
by Jake Johnson
Opinion



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Now Every Day in Arizona Is January 6
Arizona's latest voter restriction law will remove an estimated 100,000 eligible voters from its early voting mailing list.
by Steven Harper



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The United States to Russia: Do as We Say, Not as We Do
Imagine if a powerful Russian-led military alliance were asserting the right to be joined by its ally Mexico—and in the meantime was shipping big batches of weapons to that country—can you imagine the response from Washington?
by Norman Solomon


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