Friday, April 5, 2024

We are beginning to make some progress.

 

THIS MATTERS TO ALL AMERICANS!


INFLATION REDUCTION ACT that no single REPUBLICAN voted for....
and much else....


Thank you Senator Sanders for highlighting the importance of this issue!








Despite the incredible wealth and power of the pharmaceutical industry – believe it or not they have over 1,800 well-paid lobbyists right here in D.C. – we are beginning to make some progress in lowering the cost of prescription drugs in this country.

MTG Slammed For Claiming Earthquake Was Sign From God

 



Anti-Choice GOP Rep Assaulted His Pregnant Wife GREG LOPEZ COLORADO

 




Fox host reports on the news she's been DREADING

 



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US Capitol Arrest Update: Knutson SENTENCED BILLY KNUTSON 38 YEARS OLD SOUTH DAKOTA

 

IDENTIFY, INVESTIGATE, PROSECUTE, INCARCERATE

KEEP AMERICANS SAFE FROM DOMESTIC TERRORISTS!


CRIMINAL HISTORY: 

18 YEARS OLD: ASSAULT WITH A KNIFE 

5 MONTHS LATER: CURSED & FLIPPED OFF OTHER WHILE BRANDISHING A KNIFE


2 WEEKS LATER: DRUNK, RESISTING ARREST, KICKED OUT WINDOW OF POLICE 
CAR, SPAT AT OFFICER 

2004 RECEIVED 5 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR ASSAULTING 3 PEOPLE WITH A BEEBEE GUN INCLUDING ONE HE HIT IN THE HEAD 

2008? CHARGED WITH FELONIES FOR REPEATEDLY KICKING POLICE OFFICERS - MAY HAVE RECEIVED 2 YEAR SENTENCE? 

2 YEAR SENTENCE FOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 

CHARGED WITH THROWING A GLASS LIQUOR BOTTLE AND BRANDISHING A 
BASEBALL BAT AT A FEMALE VICTIM 

2022 PUBLISHED A MUSIC VIDEO CALLED 'MAGA WARFARE' & OTHER THREATENING VIDEO 

TRAILER FOR: 









Billy Knutson was sentenced for his participation in the January 6, 2021 attack and attempted insurrection at the United States Capitol. #january62021 #capitolattack #rawnewsandpolitics #billyknutson 



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Informed Comment daily updates (04/05/2024)

 


The Story of Arab-Jews Instills Hope

The Story of Arab-Jews Instills Hope

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Marjorie Taylor Greene only Cares about some Murders, and not those committed by Far Right with AR-15s

Marjorie Taylor Greene only Cares about some Murders, and not those committed by Far Right with AR-15s

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “Say her name!” Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted from the House floor during President Biden’s State of the Union Address. The same slogan was on the T-shirt she wore under her red jacket, which had a pin with a picture of the person whose name she was referring to — a pin she’d […]

Iran-US secret Backchannel Talks Suggest that for Both Sides Pragmatism beats Ideology

Iran-US secret Backchannel Talks Suggest that for Both Sides Pragmatism beats Ideology

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COMMON DREAMS: Top News: Youth Launch Campaign to Reelect the Squad



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Friday, April 5, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


Youth Organizers Launch 'Protect Our Power' Campaign to Reelect the Squad

House progressive "have shifted the political narrative to center young people's leadership on the most pressing issues of our generation—from climate justice, labor rights, and abortion access, to anti-war foreign policy."

By Jessica Corbett



Fed Chair Under Fire for Blocking Climate Risk Financial Rules

"Millions of consumers, communities, and financial institutions are at the brink of a financial disaster due to climate change," warned one campaigner.

By Thor Benson



After Months of Progressive Outcry Over Biden Israel Policy, Establishment Dems Pile On

Sen. Tim Kaine warned that the status quo in Israel's war on Gaza "is not working."

By Julia Conley



'Time for Justice in Alabama': Supermajority of Mercedes-Benz Workers File for UAW Vote

"We are standing up for every worker in Alabama," said one employee. "We're going to turn things around with this vote. We're going to end the Alabama discount."

By Julia Conley



Summer Lee Calls Out Primary Opponent for Taking Right-Wing Money

"Her entire campaign is backed by Republicans, yet she says that I'm not a good enough Democrat," Lee said of Bhavini Patel during a debate Thursday night.

By Olivia Rosane



US Court Orders Transfer of Migrant Children From 'Profoundly Inhumane' Open-Air Sites

"But it remains a tragedy that a court had to direct the government to do what basic human decency and the law clearly require," said one advocate.

By Brett Wilkins


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Why Are Politicians Still Courting the Nefarious Fossil Fuel Lobby?

High-level government participation in an oil and gas industry conference shows official disdain for the public interest; it’s time to make fossil fuels politically toxic.

By Basav Sen


The Coming Eclipse Shines a Light on What Our Government Does for Us

While total eclipses are not common, what is common are the governmental institutions that provide services to make us safer and healthier, offer and maintain green space, and allow us to make giant leaps in knowledge.

By Shahrzad Habibi


Biden Shouldn’t Give Israel Weapons to Kill Aid Workers

Increasingly, experts view these incidents such at the Israeli attacks that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers as evidence of a deliberate strategy to starve Palestinian civilians.

By Mitchell Zimmerman


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The GOP just tried to kick hundreds of students off the voter rolls

    This year, MAGA GOP activists in Georgia attempted to disenfranchise hundreds of students by trying to kick them off the voter rolls. De...