WEEKEND EDITION: The Impeachable Clarence Thomas and Abortion Rights Under Threat

The Week in Review April 16, 2023 Abortion Rights Supporters Protest at US Supreme Court, Nationwide From Florida and Texas to California and Illinois, demonstrators marched with chants like, "Red state, blue state, you can't hide, the war on abortion is nationwide," and "Fascist judges make me ill, hands off the abortion pill." April 15, 2023 'He Needs to Be Investigated': Abortion Case Judge Potentially Hid Law Review Article From Senate "A functioning Senate Judiciary Committee could investigate this," said one critic of Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. April 13, 2023 In Dead of Night, Ron DeSantis Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban Into Law "Women have been stripped of their rights and access to lifesaving healthcare," warned one Democratic lawmaker. "Women will undoubtedly die. This is not freedom." April 13, 2023 'He Must Be Impeached': Clarence Thomas Made Undisclosed Property Deal With Billionaire Megadonor "Harlan Crow is not, as Thomas claims, his 'dearest friend' so much as his corrupt benefactor," said one critic. "Thomas is unfit to serve on any court, let alone our nation's highest court." April 13, 2023 World's 60 Largest Banks Have Dumped $5.5 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Accord "Fossil fuel companies are the ones dousing the planet in oil, gas, and coal, but big banks hold the matches," said one advocate. "Without financing, fossil fuels won't burn." April 12, 2023 Federal Judge Throws 'Science Under the Bus' With Decision Against EPA Clean Water Rule "This ruling readily bows to the forces in this country that have been trying for years to gut the Clean Water Act." April 12, 2023 'It's About Hurting the Poor': GOP Ramps Up Cruel Push for Work Requirements "The legislators that want new work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid are the same ones working to eliminate the estate tax so that billionaire heirs never have to work a day in their lives."

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Opinion Ron DeSantis: Yet Another Cog in Guantanamo's Torture Machine The Florida governor and White House hopeful reminds us of how the prisoners at the offshore prison became defenseless victims of state vengeance run amok and how the perpetrators of torture and abuse—and their masters—have eluded any form of accountability. Roy Eidelson Teach History. Democracy Requires It. Learning history is partly about understanding injustices past and present. But it’s also about understanding how people came together to fight back. Lewis M. Steel The United States Now Has a Fascist Political Party It goes go by the name: Republican Party. Robert Reich A Change in Values to Reverse a Nation in Perilous Decline We need a value to replace greed as our highest goal. Compassion? Justice? Love of truth? We do not know how to name it precisely, but that does not mean we cannot strive for something that can guide us, other than concerns with money. Huck Gutman

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