TOP NEWS: 'Beyond Shameful': Manchin Joins Senate GOP—Again—to Block Abortion Rights

May 11, 2022

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'Beyond Shameful': Manchin Joins Senate GOP—Again—to Block Abortion Rights Rep. Pramila Jayapal says it is "clear that we urgently need not just a Democratic majority in the Senate, but a true pro-reproductive rights majority, as we have in the House." by Jessica Corbett Sanders: GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Supreme Court, So Dems Must End It to Save Abortion Rights "If Republicans can end the filibuster to install right-wing justices nominated by presidents who lost the popular vote in order to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats can and must end the filibuster to make abortion legal and safe." by Jake Johnson 'Blatant Murder': Al Jazeera Accuses Israel of Killing Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh "We pledge to prosecute the perpetrators legally, no matter how hard they try to cover up their crime, and bring them to justice," the media network said in a statement. by Jake Johnson

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