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Group Calls for US Ban on Gasoline Exports to Combat Big Oil Price Gouging "The fossil fuel industry has made obscene profits throughout a deadly global pandemic, and will continue this profiteering at the pump by promoting fuel exports when supplies are tight." by Brett Wilkins House Dem Says 'Every Republican Should Be Asked' About GOP Ploy to Cut Social Security "This is Republicans' own words and Americans need to hear them loud and clear," said Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell. by Jake Johnson Texas Woman's Near-Death Experience Is What GOP 'Hopes to See Nationwide' "It's this simple: If anti-choice Republicans win control of Congress, they will pass a national ban on abortion," said one advocate. by Julia Conley

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Democracy Is Defenseless and the Midterms Can Kill It A derelict Republican Party must be defeated on November 8 if our democracy is to survive. by Richard W. Behan When Protecting Biodiversity Is a Government Afterthought Systemically underfunded federal agencies make terrible choices—and our world pays the price. by Hannah Story Brown How Corporate Media Help GOP Spread Inflation Misinformation The insistence, that inflation is the only economic issue voters care about, reminds me of the situation a quarter century ago when there was a big push by Republicans, and many Democrats, to cut and/or privatize Social Security. by Dean Baker

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