Week in Review: A Debate Disaster When 'Stakes Could Not Be Higher'

 

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By Brett Wilkins • Jun 27, 2024 Geoengineering Foes Say 'No' to Pouring 60K Gallons of Sodium Hydroxide Into Waters Off Cape Cod "The geoengineering approach puts Earth's systems at risk in a faulty and false bid toward solving the climate crisis. It is what we call a false solution," said one campaigner. By Julia Conley • Jun 26, 2024 Top Democrat Accuses House GOP of 'Full-Scale Attempt to Eliminate Public Education' Rep. Rosa DeLauro said Republicans' newly proposed funding cuts threaten "the future of an entire generation." By Jake Johnson • Jun 26, 2024 'Dangerous Precedent': Record AIPAC Spending Helps George Latimer Defeat Jamaal Bowman "Jamaal and our movement were such a threat to right-wing power, to GOP megadonors, and to AIPAC's influence in Congress that they had to spend $15 million to defeat us," said one progressive organizer. By Jake Johnson • Jun 26, 2024 Alarms Raised Over For-Profit Medicare Advantage Using AI to Deny Care to Seniors "Insurers using AI to deny needed care to seniors and people with disabilities means sacrificing patient needs on the altar of corporate greed," said one campaigner. By Brett Wilkins • Jun 25, 2024 Sanders Report Details Plot by Right-Wing Billionaires to 'Sabotage' Public Education "Instead of siphoning money and increasing tax breaks to subsidize private education, we have a responsibility to ensure all students have access to quality K-12 education." By Jake Johnson • Jun 25, 2024 'Julian Assange Is Free': WikiLeaks Founder Strikes Plea Deal With US "We thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom," said WikiLeaks. "Julian's freedom is our freedom." By Common Dreams Staff • Jun 24, 2024 ​Watchdog Memos Show a Trump 'Utterly Indifferent to the Public Interest' in First Term The group's leader said the media should "cover the Biden vs. Trump election as a comparison between how each president administered the immensely important executive branch." By Edward Carver • Jun 24, 2024 'Truly Horrifying': Trump Allies Already Making List of Federal Employees to Target "This is an intimidation tactic to try to menace federal workers and sow fear," said the American Federation of Government Employees. By Jake Johnson • Jun 24, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion Toxic Blend of Zionism, Militarism, and Right-Wing Spending Take Down Jamaal Bowman The merger of American and Israeli militarism is now more comprehensive than ever. Which is why it's imperative to support those who show the courage to stand against bigotry and war crimes while defending universal human rights and international law. By Norman Solomon • Jun 26, 2024 Trump and the GOP Want to Drown the Middle Class in the Bathtub As the middle class shrinks and poverty grows, the cash stash at the very top of the American economic pyramid grows exponentially. By Thom Hartmann • Jun 25, 2024 The American Billionaires Who Fell In Love With Fascism Are Not the First The ultra-rich will happily march us into a dictatorship if we let them. By Mike Lofgren • Jun 24, 2024 Pillaging by the Super-Rich Will Continue Until the Working Class Revolts American workers are not stupid. They're getting fleeced and they know it. But until we rebuild large scale working-class power, it’s going to be a very rough ride. By Les Leopold • Jun 24, 2024 Trump Has Violated At Least Half of the 10 Commandments He Wants Placed in US Public Schools In the wake of Louisiana’s new law, it is essential to consider the ways in which Trump’s perverse exploitation of religion is a clear and present danger to U.S. democracy that fails in moral terms. By Chris Edelson • Jun 24, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194