Top News: Trump Efforts to Disavow Project 2025 'Not Fooling Anyone'

 

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Trump's Repeated Efforts to Disavow Project 2025 'Not Fooling Anyone' "These attempts to create the appearance of distance between Trump and Project 2025 are happening because Americans are starting to learn about this extreme takeover plan," said one Democratic congressman. By Jessica Corbett Faith Leaders Chain Themselves to Citi HQ to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing "We cannot profit off of death and destruction," one participant said. "We must love each other and the Earth." By Olivia Rosane On Medicare's Birthday, A State-by-State Look at Trump's Threat to Seniors "Trump's Project 2025 agenda will take us backward and leave more Americans sick, uninsured, and burdened with crushing medical debt." By Jake Johnson Fears of Full-Scale War With Lebanon Rise After Israel Bombs Beirut One group responded to Israel's bombing of "a densely populated civilian area in Beirut" by urging governments to "condemn this dangerous escalation and immediately suspend arms sales to Israel." By Common Dreams Staff 'Worrisome': Global Methane Spike Imperils Climate Goals, Study Warns "It is imperative to rapidly reduce methane emissions to reduce the accelerating climate damages so many people around the world are suffering," one study author said. By Olivia Rosane Maduro Slams Attempted 'Coup Against Venezuela' as Far-Right Cries Fraud One political scientist argued that "doubts about Venezuela's elections appear less as concerns that the people's voice will not be heard, than that it will." By Jake Johnson

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■ Opinion Project 2025's Terrifying Christian Nationalist Vision for America The wholesale capture of the state is the ultimate goal of its Christian nationalist architects. If you're not frightened, it's because you haven't studied what they explicitly say they will do if given the chance. By Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis,Shailly Gupta Barnes As Medicare Turns 59, We Still Must Defend It Even after nearly six decades of Medicare’s overall success, we must continually protect it from conservatives’ attempts to cut and privatize the program. By Max Richtman To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers If we want to build on the promise of Medicare, then we’re going to have to grapple directly with the power of corporate health insurance: That starts with taking on the so-called “Medicare Advantage” program. By Ed Weisbart

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