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Thursday, November 21, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Bolsonaro and 36 Others Indicted in Brazil Over Right-Wing Coup Attempt "Well, look at this thing called 'accountability,'" said one MSNBC host. By Jessica Corbett 'Unacceptable': Campaigners Decry Climate Finance Failures as COP29 Enters Final Hours "By the end of the UN climate talks, we must see at least a trillion dollars in public finance on the table," said one campaigner. By Eloise Goldsmith US Plutocrats $276 Billion Richer Since Trump Win—And GOP Wants to Give Them Even More "The tax fight is starting now," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "Will we sign our names to more giveaways to President-elect Trump's billionaire buddies, or will we fight for tax fairness for the American people?" By Jake Johnson 15 Democrats Join House GOP to Pass 'MAGA Assault' on Nonprofits "This bill is a five-alarm fire for anyone who seeks to protect free speech, civil society, and democracy," said one rights advocate. By Julia Conley Trump Calls On GOP to Kill Bill Designed to Protect Journalists "The fact that Trump is railing against the PRESS Act tells us everything we need to know: He wants no shackles when it comes to attacking, intimidating, silencing the press," warned one legal expert. By Jessica Corbett 'War Criminals Are Not Welcome': Dearborn Mayor Says He Would Arrest Netanyahu "Our president may not take action, but city leaders can ensure Netanyahu and other war criminals are not welcome to travel freely across these United States," said Major Abdullah Hammoud. By Julia Conley

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Our "Normal" Climate Is Dead—Now We Live in an Emergency We can no longer tolerate the criminal political malpractice of those standing in the way of a green energy future. by Thom Hartmann Why Neil Gorsuch's Mother Would Be So Proud of the Destruction His Supreme Court Has Wrought Anne Gorsuch's brief, troubled tenure as EPA administrator had to have influenced the outlook of her then impressionable 16-year-old son. by David Helvarg America's $1.4 Trillion So-Called "National Security" Budget Makes Us Less Safe—Not More America and the world would be far safer places if this outrageous spending was drastically cut and those funds redirected to "moral" investments in people, society, and planetary health—not war and weapons. by William Hartung

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