Top News: GOP Blocks Sanders Effort to Force Vote on Slashing Drug Prices

 

February 10, 2022 Top News Progressives Call On Democrats to Endorse 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights "Only progressive Democrats truly stand for the type of economy and society that the overwhelming majority of Americans support." by Jenna McGuire Analysis Shows How Rooftop Solar Could Have Saved Lives During Texas Deep Freeze "Even as millions of Texans, including my family, shivered in the cold last February, the sun was shining over our heads," said the head of Environment Texas Research & Policy Center. by Jessica Corbett US Lawmakers With Pipeline Stocks Profit as Gas Exports to Europe Soar "Members of Congress who own stock in pipeline companies like Enterprise Products stand to profit from the push to export liquid fossil gas amid Russia-Ukraine tensions," according to a new investigation. by Kenny Stancil GOP Blocks Sanders Effort to Force Vote on Slashing Drug Prices "How many people need to die, how many people need to get unnecessarily sicker, before Congress is prepared to take on the greed of the prescription drug industry?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders. by Jake Johnson MORE NEWS Opinion Avoiding War With Russia Over Ukraine Is Not Weakness—It Is the Right Thing to Do We must do everything possible to find a diplomatic resolution to prevent what would be an enormously destructive war in Ukraine. by Bernie Sanders Belligerent Right-Wingers in Trucks Given Free Rein Over Ottawa The foreign-funded truckers behaved like they’d been handed keys to the city, which in a way they had. by Linda McQuaig MORE OPINION Common Dreams PO Box 443 Portland, ME 04112 United States

Week in Review: The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About

 

Help inform our work in 2022. We're conducting our annual reader survey. Whether you’re a new Common Dreams reader or a long-timer, we want to hear from you. START SURVEY The Week in Review Russian Official Denounces 'Peak Hysteria' Following Putin-Biden Call Over Ukraine "We don't understand why false information about our intentions is being passed to the media," said Yury Ukshakov, a top foreign policy advisor to the Russian president. by Jon Queally Afghan Central Bank Calls US Theft of $7 Billion 'Injustice to People of Afghanistan' "The real owners of these reserves are people of Afghanistan," the bank declared in response to the seizure of over $7 billion by the U.S. government. by Jon Queally 'Nothing More Grotesque Than a Media Pushing for War,' Says Edward Snowden The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill similarly notes that "the talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war." by Jessica Corbett Why Does Lauren Boebert Want to Annihilate the Sage-Grouse? Follow the Money The GOP lawmaker called the threatened species a "mediocre bird," but one watchdog group says her husband's ties to a major oil and gas firm better explain it. by Kenny Stancil MORE NEWS Opinion The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About Following a 16-year bet Republicans laid down in 2006 to block Postal EVs, DeJoy just told Biden to go screw himself: he’s going to buy fossil-fuel vehicles for 90% of the fleet instead of electric. by Thom Hartmann The Republican Embrace of Trumpian Fascism Is Complete—and Now Must Be Defeated The question is no longer whether Trump and the MAGA movement are fascist, but where they are taking the country. by Bill Blum MORE OPINION Support our independent journalism. Without our readers, we simply wouldn't exist. PLEASE DONATE TODAY www.commondreams.org Common Dreams PO Box 443 Portland, ME 04112 United States