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August 24, 2022

Top News

After $1.9 Trillion Giveaway to Rich, McConnell Calls Debt Relief for Working Class 'Slap in the Face' "You literally canceled $1,900,000,000,000 in tax cuts for the rich," said Public Citizen. by Julia Conley Biden Student Debt Relief Plan a 'Big Deal,' Says Sanders, 'But We Have Got to Do More' "At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, education, from pre-school through graduate school, must be a fundamental right for all, not a privilege for the wealthy few." by Jon Queally Over 650 Progressive Groups Vow to Fight 'Dirty' Manchin Deal 'With Everything We've Got' Broad coalition calls on Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi to "stand with the communities who continue to bear the brunt of harm from fossil fuels and act to prevent wholesale climate disaster." by Jessica Corbett

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• Dr. Oz Condemned for 'Disgusting' Comments on Fetterman Stroke • US Banks Pouring $23 Billion Into Russian 'Carbon Bomb' Projects • 'Disaster Capitalism at Its Worst': Profits of Grain Giants Spark Global Criticism • House Report Shows Trump 'Deliberately and Repeatedly' Undermined Covid-19 Response • Benefits of Biden's Student Debt Plan Don't Stop at $10K Cancellation • 'How Close to Death is Close Enough?': Fury Over Latest Texas Abortion Ruling • Progressives Say Biden Student Debt Plan 'A Good Start, But Not Enough'

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Opinion

The Only Decent Economy Is One That Works for Working People A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity. by Hamilton Nolan The March Towards US Fascism Began With the Corporate Hijacking of Democracy Political corruption and the idea that corporations can be people are the cancer at the core of our national crisis. by Thom Hartmann Energy Giants Spending Millions to Block This State's Effort to Create Consumer-Owned Utility Maine's investor-owned utility companies are spending millions to stop a proposed consumer takeover. by Jon Lamson

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