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May 22, 2023 Top News Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over DeSantis's Discriminatory Law Banning Home Purchases "All Asian Americans will feel the stigma and the chilling effect created by this Florida law, just like the discriminatory laws did to our ancestors more than a hundred years ago." Julia Conley To Return FCC to 'Full Strength,' Progressives Call for Swift Confirmation of Anna Gomez "The FCC has a mandate to increase the diversity of local-media ownership and to ensure broadband access is affordable, open and reliable for all," said one advocate. "We need all five FCC commissioners as soon as possible to fully move this work forward." Julia Conley Watchdog to Biden DOJ: Don't Defend 'Unconstitutional' Debt Ceiling Against Lawsuit "Garland has no reason to defend the nonsense which is the debt ceiling, besides a vague sense of formality and tradition driven by elite political etiquette," said Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project. Jake Johnson Global South Saw More Than 90% of All Extreme Weather Deaths in Last 51 Years: UN Agency The findings from a World Meteorological Organization report released Monday are another example of how those who did the least to cause the climate crisis are most vulnerable to its impacts. Olivia Rosane In Victory for Online Privacy, Facebook Fined $1.3 Billion for Sending EU User Data to US "Unless U.S. surveillance laws get fixed," said one privacy campaigner, "Meta will have to fundamentally restructure its systems." Julia Conley GOP Pushes for Even Larger Pentagon Budget Amid 'Unconscionable' Profiteering "Free advice for the speaker of the House: if you want to cut spending so bad, start and end with the Pentagon budget," said one watchdog group. Jake Johnson

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Opinion Make No Mistake: A GOP-Forced Default Will Cause Next Great Recession Holding a historically strong labor market hostage to force an unrelated agenda onto the country risks an economic catastrophe we can’t afford. Mike Konczal Message to Biden: Stop Negotiating With GOP Economic Terrorists The president should continue paying the government’s bills and the United States must never default. If McCarthy and his band of right-wing Freedom Caucus radicals don’t like this, let them take the Biden administration to court. Robert Reich Trump or DeSantis? Two Equally Bad Choices to Carry the Fascist Mantle Why asking which of these two horrible and dangerous men would be worse is asking the wrong question. Clarence Lusane

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