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Al Franken | Tax the Rich! Also the Very Affluent! But Mainly the Rich!

Al Franken, Rolling Stone
Excerpt: "Republicans say tax cuts pay for themselves. They never do. How about we try something that actually does work?"
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Israel Resumes Bombing of Gaza With Strikes Overnight
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The raids early on Wednesday come less than a month after Israel's 11-day bombardment of Gaza in May and followed a march in occupied East Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists that drew Palestinian condemnation and anger."
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Jonathan Chait | Rand Paul GOP Senator Says Democracy, Majority Rule Aren't What Our Country Stands For
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "One of the edifying side effects of the Trump era has been that, by making democracy the explicit subject of political debate, it has revealed the stark fact many influential conservatives do not believe in it."
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Biden Wants to End For-Profit Immigrant Detention. His Administration Isn't So Sure
Joel Rose, NPR
Rose writes: "Biden has doubled down on his campaign promise to end privately-run detention centers, including those that detain immigrants, but immigrant rights advocates are getting impatient."
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The Inside Story of How de Blasio Promised, Then Thwarted NYPD Accountability
Eric Umansky and Jake Pearson, ProPublica
Excerpt: "Years ago, before he was mayor, Bill de Blasio laid out the essence of any effort to reform the country's largest police department. New York City needed true civilian oversight."
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Saudi Arabia Executes 26-Year-Old Man for Protesting Against the Government When He Was a Teen
Natalie Musumeci, Business Insider
Musumeci writes: "Al-Darwish's family received no advance notice of his death and only learned that he had been executed by reading the news online, the UK-based non-profit organization said."
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Banks Increased Deforestation-Linked Investments by $8B During Covid-19: Report
Mongabay
Excerpt: "The world's 50 largest financial institutions increased their investments in deforestation-linked commodity companies."
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