North Carolina Newspaper Editorial Board Decries Madison Cawthorn as “Abhorrent”
A North Carolina newspaper issued a scathing editorial this weekend, condemning the state’s Republican Party for the “despicable rhetoric” pushed by far right lawmakers, including Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R). The Durham Herald Sun editorial board denounced Cawthorn’s comments and conspiracy theories, noting that, in his less than two years in Congress, Cawthorn has “frequently ma[de] […]
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Hundreds of Chevron Workers Begin Strike as Company Refuses Further Bargaining
On Monday, hundreds of Chevron workers in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike after voting down the company’s latest contract offer, which workers say contained insufficient wage raises. The contract covers over 500 workers was struck downUnited Steelworkers (USW), Local 5, members on Sunday. Workers were forced to go on strike after the […]
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80 Percent of Voters Support Taxing Big Oil’s Windfall Profits, Poll Finds
Recent polling has shown that a majority of voters support crackingdown on Big Oil as the gas prices have reached an all-time high record highsLegislators are pursuing legislation to tax their profit. The pollHart Research Associates conducted a poll earlier this month for Climate Power and League of Conservation Voters. The results showed that 87 […]
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Trump Aides & Organizers Wanted Mob March to Capitol, Jan. 6 Witness Says
A former aide to one of the groups that helped organize the “Stop the Steal” rally that took place outside of the White House on January 6, 2021, says that aides to the former president wanted to use the rally to encourage Trump loyalists to march to the Capitol building. As the aides had hoped […]
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Putin Has Sacrificed Russia’s Economy for This War on Ukraine’s People
After invading Ukraine, the Russian army failed to seize a single major city. Instead, it has been besieging and bombing civilians and terrorizing those in its control. This ruthless, anti-popular character of the Russian war is the key to understanding what motivated the Kremlin to launch it in the first place, turning upside down its […]
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Unease About Possible New COVID Surge Grows With Rise of BA.2 Variant
Looking at the headlines this morning, you’d think COVID was all over. Sure, The New York TimesThey have almost 30,000 new infections and over a thousand deaths yesterday. But they do this every day. The infection number is 33 percent lower than last week’s, a number with dual meanings: Be cheered by the decrease, and […]
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Pro-Trump Group Sent Armed Members to Colorado Voters’ Doors, Lawsuit Alleges
Voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit against a pro-Trump group to stop them from going door-todoor in Colorado looking for evidence to back voter fraud allegations. already been debunkedAnd rejected by courts. The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Election Integrity Plan — led by Shawn Smith, an ally of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and […]
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These grandmas received the sweetest surprise from their families on their 70th birthday
If you have a big family, you’d know that getting everyone together isn’t easy due to long distances and conflicting schedules. The last time this grandma from Connecticut got to be with all her five children was in 2013, and they’ve never managed to get all the kids and grandkids in one place—until her most […]
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Biden Administration Remains Silent on Morocco’s Occupation of Western Sahara
While the Biden administration has condemned Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, it has refused support for Western Sahara, which is occupied by Morocco from 1975 to 1975. Human rights groups have documented the brutal suppression of pro-independence activists as well as the Indigenous population, also known by Sahrawis. Professor Stephen Zunes of politics and international Studies […]
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As Prices at the Pump Increase, the GOP Plans to Register Voters at Gas Stations
The Republican National Committee held three voter registration drives at Arizona gas stations over the weekend. They plan to hold more due to the recent rise in gas prices in order to mobilize voters in the next midterm elections. Current gas prices are around $4.25 per gallon on average across the U.S.This is a 20% […]
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