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Wednesday, May 8, 2024 ■ Today's Top News
Biden 'Moving the Goal Post' With Threat to Withhold Bombs From Israel"Now Israel has a green light to destroy Rafah in slow motion," said one critic.By Brett Wilkins
House Dems Save 'MAGA Mike' Johnson From Marjorie Taylor Greene Ouster"The GOP chaos caucus continues to do nothing for the American people and instead waste time infighting," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who did not support saving the far-right leader.By Jessica Corbett
Extending Trump Tax Cuts Would Add $4.6 Trillion to Deficit: CBO"We can't afford 10 more years of giveaways to the wealthy and corporations and fail to invest in the people who drive our economy," said the head of Groundwork Collaborative. "This tax law should expire."By Jessica Corbett
Study Links Abortion Restrictions and Intimate Partner Homicide"In thinking about pregnancy itself as a risk factor for homicide, it follows that the ability to prevent or end a pregnancy" could have "immediate implications" for the safety of pregnant people, said one researcher.By Julia Conley
77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrified"I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South," one expert said.By Olivia Rosane
Extreme Flooding Creates Nearly Quarter-Million New East African Climate Refugees"The ongoing floods in East Africa are the present and future if we don't accelerate the energy transition to renewables," said one African climate campaigner.By Brett Wilkins | ||||||||||||||
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■ More NewsSanders, Khanna Lead Push to Tackle Medical Debt Crushing US WorkersWhite House Needs a Strategy for Combating Islamophobia, Say Rights GroupsBiden Hold on Bomb Delivery 'Must Be a First Step' to Ending US Complicity, Says SandersUtah's Anti-Trans Bathroom Snitch Line Flooded With 'Bogus' Complaints | ||||||||||||||
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■ OpinionTom Cotton: The Nation's Very Worst VeteranAt a time when the United States needs to be careful and clear-headed about how it responds to the Middle East crisis, Cotton’s cheerleading for devastating military action against Iran is deeply unhelpful.By Bob Keeler The Price We Pay for Bezos and Gates? Less Moral SocietiesThe longer we let inequality define our contemporary daily lives, new research helps us understand, the more the unethical behavior all around us will seem to reflect just the way our world naturally works.By Sam Pizzigati Big Oil Should Pay for the US to Reach Net ZeroThe cost of climate action must shift from taxpayers to fossil fuel producers, in other words, to those who profit from the products that pollute the air.By Hugh Helferty,Jessica Nacheman | ||||||||||||||
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