COMMON DREAMS: Top News: New 'Pathetic' PR Effort by US as Israel Starves Gaza

 

Thursday, March 7, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  House GOP Advances 'Death Panel' for Social Security in Election Year "MAGA House Republicans are demonstrating their hostility to working Americans and retirees," said one critic. By Jessica Corbett House Democrat Accuses GOP Colleague of 'Calling For Genocide' Rep. Chuck Fleischmann is one of several Republican lawmakers who have openly called for genocide in Gaza in recent months. By Julia Conley Critics Warn Orbán Visit Aimed at Tutoring Trump on 'How to Destroy a Democracy' "If you want to see Trump's and the GOP's vision of America's future, just look at what Orbán's done to Hungary," said one observer. By Brett Wilkins Biden Aid Port Plan Rebuked as 'Pathetic' PR Effort as Israel Starves Gazans "We need accountability, not more harebrained headline-chasing schemes," said a campaigner with Medical Aid for Palestinians. By Jake Johnson AOC Leads Charge Against AI-Generated Pornographic Deepfakes "The proliferation of nonconsensual, sexually explicit 'deepfake' images has exploded online," said one supporter of the bill. "It is past time that our laws catch up and hold the perpetrators of this abuse accountable!" By Julia Conley After Investigation by Sanders-Led Panel, Pharma Giant Caps Inhaler Costs "We launched an investigation into big drug companies because the prices they were charging for inhalers just didn't add up," said Sen. Tammy Baldwin. "And looks like we were right." By Jake Johnson JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Join with us today! JOIN WITH US ■ More News Senate Dems Call On Schumer to Reopen WWII-Era Commission on 'War Profiteering' Report Warns Generative AI Could Turbocharge Climate Disinformation UN Expert 'Horrified by the Depravity' of Israel's War on Gaza 'Bombshell' Memo Shows Open Chemical Burn in East Palestine Violated EPA Rules VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Tonight, Biden Must Vow to Go Even Further to Combat Corporate Greed Instead of telling Americans the economy is great — which many won’t believe — he must tell them the truth: that most of the economic gains haven’t been felt by average working people because the gains have been going to the top. By Robert Reich The Poor People's Campaign Sets Out to Conquer Poverty and Militarism Just a portion of what taxpayers in each state send to the Pentagon and its weapons companies could end poverty in their states. By Paul Shannon Warning: The Great GOP Voter Purge of 2024 Is Underway Using arcane laws and loopholes, Republican-affiliated groups are challenging the right to vote of thousands of mostly Democratic voters across the states most likely to determine the outcome of the 2024 election. By Thom Hartmann VIEW ALL OPINION

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