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TOP NEWS: Naomi Klein Warns US Is in the Midst of a 'Shock-and-Awe Judicial Coup'


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July 01, 2022
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Naomi Klein: The US Is in the Midst of a 'Shock-and-Awe Judicial Coup'
"The rolling judicial coup coming from this court is by no means over," warned the author of "The Shock Doctrine."
by Jake Johnson



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'Payoff for 40 Years of Dark Money': Supreme Court Delivers for Corporate America
"It was the conservative court's larger agenda to gut the regulatory state and decimate executive powers to protect Americans' health and safety," warned one expert.
by Jake Johnson



Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters
Federal Abortion Ban Desired by GOP Would Increase Maternal Deaths by 24%: Study
"Pregnancy shouldn't kill people—in fact, in other rich countries it very rarely does," said the lead author of the new analysis.
by Jake Johnson
More Top News
• 'Blatantly Partisan': NC Green Party Candidate Slams State Dems for Denying Ballot Petition
• 'We Will Fight! We Will Win!': Nearly 200 Abortion Rights Defenders Arrested in DC
• Ocasio-Cortez Says US 'Witnessing a Judicial Coup in Process'
• 'Indefensible': Outrage as New Reporting Shines Light on Biden Deal With McConnell
• Assange Makes Final Appeal Against US Extradition
• NARAL Pro-Choice Endorses Fetterman—Who Vows to End Senate Filibuster to Protect Abortion Rights
• Texas Panel Denounced Over Attempt to Rebrand Slavery as 'Involuntary Relocation'
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Beware: The Supreme Court Is Laying Groundwork to Pre-Rig the 2024 Election
This scenario isn't just plausible: it’s probable. GOP-controlled states are already changing their state laws to allow for it, regardless of how their people vote.
by Thom Hartmann



Climate protesters after Supreme Court ruling
Right-Wing Supreme Court Imperils Democratic Self-Governance
A powerful and reactionary judiciary at work alongside a dysfunctional Congress and hamstrung bureaucracy is a recipe for disaster.
by Jenny Breen



Kill-the-Fillibuster
Supreme Court's Attack on Regulatory State Means Senate Filibuster Must Go
For the Supreme Court to give itself the authority to say whether Congress intended to delegate this much regulatory authority to the EPA is a truly radical act—more radical than any Supreme Court in modern history.
by Robert Reich



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