COMMON DREAMS: Top News: Trump Election Board Allies 'Setting System Up to Fail'

 

Friday, September 20, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Trump Allies on Georgia Election Board 'Setting System Up to Fail' One expert warned that requiring hand-counted ballots "could plunge the vote counting process into chaos and give Republicans yet another pretext not to certify the results" if Vice President Kamala Harris wins Georgia. By Brett Wilkins Trump 'Is the Architect of This Crisis,' Says Harris of Women Killed by Abortion Bans "He is proud? Proud that women are dying?" said the vice president. "Proud that doctors and nurses could be thrown in prison for administering care?" By Julia Conley 'Back With a Bang': Climate Marches Kick Off Worldwide as Global South Seeks Reparations "It is unconscionable that Global North governments have continuously rejected their responsibility to deliver adequate climate finance for the Global South." By Edward Carver ​​Omar Says Bigotry of Senator Kennedy 'Just the Tip of the Iceberg' "It was telling that Kennedy along with his Republican colleagues could not avoid actively engaging in anti-Muslim hate speech during a hearing about the rise in hate crimes," said the congresswoman. By Julia Conley Tlaib Enters '14 Pages of Babies' Killed by Israel in Gaza Into Congressional Record "That's 710 babies that the Israeli government has murdered," the lone Palestinian American in Congress said. "This is not self-defense. This is genocide." By Brett Wilkins 'Failure of Leadership': Hoffa Rips O'Brien Over Teamsters' Snub of Harris "This election is too important for our union not to do its duty," said the former labor leader of his successor. By Jon Queally

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