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July 22, 2022 Top News 'Authoritarianism 101': Trump Plot to Purge Civil Servants If Reelected Draws Alarm "Do not underestimate the destruction this will cause," said one critic. by Julia Conley 'A Beacon of Hope': UN Chief Lauds Deal to Export 20+ Million Tons of Ukrainian Grain The agreement, said António Guterres, will "bring relief for developing countries on the edge of bankruptcy" and "help stabilize global food prices which were already at record levels even before the war." by Jessica Corbett Steve Bannon Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena "Bannon is the tip of the insurrectionist iceberg," said U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva. "More must be held accountable. by Jessica Corbett More Top News • Sanders Joins Chorus Demanding Rejection of Amazon's One Medical Purchase • To Prevent 'Another' TPP, 100+ Groups Call for Transparent Negotiations on Indo-Pacific Trade Deal • 'A Bloodbath Foretold': Outrage After Rio Police Kill 18 in Latest Favela Massacre • 'Bad News': Biden Administration Delays Relief Plan for Low-Income Borrowers • NASA Images of Shrinking Lake Mead Offer 'Stark Illustration' of Climate Crisis • As First Series of Jan. 6 Hearings Ends, Watchdogs Say Trump 'Must Be Prosecuted' VIEW ALL NEWS Opinion  Creating Destruction and Chaos Is Easy—Building a System That Is Just Is Hard The fight now is to stop this country from becoming a white, Christian, dictatorship, rather than what millions of us aspire to: a multi-racial, just democracy. by Nancy Braus The Devastating Realities in a Post-Roe America Ultimately, the anti-abortion movement seeks a nationwide abortion ban. by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan Capitalism's 'Practicality' While We Bake to Death During one of the hottest summers ever, we're weirdly blasé. EXCERPT: "They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them." —"Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell. Many of us are old enough to remember a time when triple digit temperatures outside of Death Valley was considered freakish and a threat to the long term prospects of humanity. These days, 111 degrees in Lawton, Okla., or 110 degrees in Abilene, Tx., or 104 degrees in London is the price of maintaining a robust economy. While a fossil fuels-based economy always privileges profits over people and nature, most Americans go along because gas prices are the ultimate determiner of happiness. We have to be practical even as we're baking to death. If we're not mindful of the importance of markets in imposing reasonable limits on industry excess, the climate alarmists and the liberals will win. Even conservatives who grudgingly concede that a carbon neutral economy would be ideal for humanity and nature in the long run find themselves balking as soon as they see the bill. In the end, it's better to do nothing than disrupt the exquisite machinations of the Invisible Hand. Intervention is socialism and we can't have that. We're Americans. by Tony Norman VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194