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Top News Abortion Rights Groups Bring 'People's Voice' to Florida Supreme Court, Demanding End to 15-Week Ban "The people of Florida have said over and over that their right to control their own bodies and make their own healthcare decisions should remain a protected right in the Florida Constitution," said one advocate. Julia Conley With Funds Opposed by GOP, IRS to Target Ultrawealthy Tax Delinquents "This news stands in stark contrast to the approach taken by House Republicans, who want to allow wealthy tax cheats to continue business as usual," said U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden. Jessica Corbett Rolling Medicaid Purge Called 'Largest Concentration of Health Insurance Loss' in US History One activist warned that "this is going to become the healthcare legacy of the Biden presidency" if his administration doesn't act. Jake Johnson 'Absolutely Devastating News': Antarctica Warming Quicker Than Models Projected The new study's lead author said that "it is extremely concerning to see such significant warming in Antarctica, beyond natural variability." Jessica Corbett Mega-Rich Are Paying $600,000+ a Year to Insure Their Mansions Against Climate Disaster "The growing insurance crisis illustrates the vital importance of seeing climate change as a risk to the entire financial system," said one watchdog group. Jake Johnson African Climate Leaders Say Nairobi Summit Fell Victim to Corporate Interests, False Solutions "The solutions do not lie with private capital and the age-old profit driven model," said one advocate. Julia Conley

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Sign this petition urging DOJ to make polluters pay. Add your name! There’s no more avoiding it. This summer, global warming became terrifying. Historic wildfires, floods, drought, hurricanes, and more. Global heat records are making our weather systems more chaotic and dangerous than ever.  We have a simple solution: Big Oil caused the climate crisis, so they should pay to fix it.  SIGN HERE. Help us support four progressive Senators in their call for Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to sue fossil fuel companies for misleading the public on climate change. Fossil fuel companies have known about the threat of the climate crisis at least since the 1970s, when the industry predicted global warming with incredible accuracy. Still, these corporations have spent billions spreading doubt and misinformation about the dangers of fossil fuels and promoting climate deniers at all levels of government. In the process, they have cost us a generation’s worth of time to transition our economy onto renewable energy and reverse the terrible impacts we’re currently experiencing. Around the country, more than 30,000 people have already signed on to the call for Merrick Garland to sue fossil fuels for causing climate change. This is on top of a growing wave of lawsuits aimed at holding Big Oil and Gas accountable.  ADD YOUR NAME. Let’s keep the momentum going. Add your name to the petition calling on Attorney General Garland to hold fossil fuels accountable. Tell DOJ to take action now and sue the polluters.  There’s established precedent for this accountability. In the 1990s, the US Department of Justice held major tobacco companies liable for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The fossil fuel industry has broken laws in perpetuating lies about the climate crisis – it's time for DOJ to finally hold the industry accountable. As we continue to grapple with the impacts of climate change, we are faced daily with the repercussions of the fossil fuel industry’s lies. The cost of climate and weather disasters in the United States last year totaled more than $165 billion — making it the third-most-costly year on record. Marginalized communities, which have made the fewest contributions to greenhouse gases, have faced the most devastating impacts to their health and livelihoods. For over 50 years the fossil fuel industry has used illegal methods to lie and distort public perception of a global crisis. It’s time for accountability NOW! SIGN THE PETITION urging the Department of Justice to sue the industry for violation of federal racketeering laws, truth in advertising laws, consumer protection laws, and potentially other laws. In solidarity,  Mike Tidwell Executive Director Chesapeake Climate Action Network                    -- Have you heard of our advocacy arm, CCAN Action Fund? CCAN Action Fund aims to create change in public policy through voter education, lobbying, and participation in the electoral process. Like CCAN Action Fund on Facebook to stay in the loop:       Want to support our work? Click here to make a one-time or monthly donation. CCAN is building a people-powered movement for bold and just solutions to climate change in the Chesapeake region of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. We also act as "first-responders" to federal action on the climate crisis and inspire climate action across the country.  www.chesapeakeclimate.org

Roe Report: Special Edition

 

The Hypocrisy of the "Pro-Life" Party   Hey there, y'all - I wanted to update you on some of the rhetoric you may hear over the next few weeks, specifically, with the spike in cases of Covid compared to the language around abortion. "My body, my choice" Prominent figures in the GOP - those like Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and J.D. Vance - are already on a tirade against Covid precautions. They characterize masks and vaccines as a part of "personal choice" and "freedoms." They insinuate that utilizing these precautions in schools somehow damages children and takes away from their freedom of choice. Do you see the irony yet?   During the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, many on the right co-opted the language around abortion care, using the "my body, my choice" as an argument against the vaccine and other measures to slow the spread of the virus. Not only did they twist data and figures to benefit their view, but they intentionally spread disinformation about the virus to pander to the former President and his cavalier attitude towards the pandemic. They also floundered on whether the virus was even real and if it was some convoluted ploy by the government to control us, delving into conspiracy theories and misleading the public for a political narrative.    Pro-life for which lives? People died from this virus - over one million Americans, and over six million were hospitalized. Were the majority of those people elderly or had a pre-existing condition? The evidence tells us that is probable, but that would mean that the "pro-life" party sees those people as a statistic, not people deserving of "life." The "pro-life" party has, since the early days of the pandemic, preached that most Americans shouldn't worry about the virus and that "healthy people" don't need to fret. So "unhealthy people," those with disabilities, pre-existing conditions, or co-morbidities, are not a part of their concern. They, apparently, are not worthy of the same fervent protections the GOP applies to a zygote.  And what about the children that died from this virus? Were they simply too inconvenient to recognize as a part of the statistics? Were they not central to the Republican crusade to "defend our children?" Republicans are adamant about protecting life and babies and the "soul" of the country until real people are dying from real viruses.   The idea of "life" and the religious context that they apply to it is their guiding principle.   Not protecting living, breathing children from gun violence, poverty, starvation, or homelessness.  Not even suggesting the bare minimum - a piece of fabric over the face - to aid in controlling a virus.  And now we are back to the same frantic and disingenuous arguments against public health measures, all thanks to the "pro-life" party.  If y'all like this series, and want to see more opinion-style pieces, then please consider donating today to help us work on pushing back against these narratives, training rural organizers, and having these real discussions with voters.

Thanks, y'all. Stay safe.   Anna Scudder Reproductive Health & Justice Correspondent No Dem Left Behind

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