Progressive Johnson Triumphs Against “Tough-on-Crime” Democrat in Chicago
Progressive Brandon Johnson gained the Chicago mayoral race on Tuesday, triumphing over conservative Democrat Paul Vallas in a victory that serves as a rebuke to Vallas’s “tough-on-crime” platform and reveals that candidates working on left-wing platforms can win. Johnson, a former labor organizer for the Chicago Academics Union (CTU), defeated his well-financed opponent on a […]
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Republicans File to Repeal a Tax That Only Affects the Richest 0.1 Percent
The overwhelming majority of the Senate Republican caucus united final week to introduce a invoice that will completely repeal the property tax, concentrating on one of many few provisions within the U.S. tax code that solely impacts the richest 0.1 p.c of People. Led by Sen. John Thune (South Dakota), the highest Republican on the […]
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Biden’s Homeland Security Department Still Engaging in Censorship
Although the Division of Homeland Safety’s notorious Disinformation Governance Board was disbanded because of public strain final 12 months, it was instantly clear that the division’s already well-established so-called disinformation efforts would proceed in much less formal, however equally regarding methods. Enter Homeland Safety’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Safety Company, which has been more and more […]
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At CBS News, Kid Gloves for Fetterman, Brass Knuckles for Greene
CBS Information provided a superbly terrible distinction on its Palm Sunday information exhibits. On “Sunday Morning,” Jane Pauley puffed and polished Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa. Within the night on “60 Minutes,” Lesley Stahl assaulted Trump-adoring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. The Pauley interview lasted nearly 10 minutes and was completely pitched to relaunch Fetterman as […]
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Latest Ruling Against ACA Could Lead to Thousands of New HIV Infections Per Year
The passage of Obamacare — formally, the Affected person Safety and Inexpensive Care Act (ACA) — in 2010 meant that that almost all non-public insurance policy had been required to cowl beneficial preventive care providers with out making sufferers bear a number of the price. Since then, the ACA, or elements of it, have been […]
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Manchin Furious Over Latest Legal Setback to Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
A federal appeals court docket dominated that the pipeline’s threats to water high quality haven’t been adequately accounted for. This story was initially revealed by Grist. Subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. In trade for his assist passing essentially the most far-reaching local weather regulation in U.S. historical past, Senator Joe Manchin hoped to fast-track […]
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Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theories, Attacks Manhattan DA in Post-Indictment Speech
Trump ended his campaign-style speech about his indictment by vowing to “make America nice once more” in 2024. Hours after changing into the primary former president to be indicted in U.S. historical past, Donald Trump gave a rambling speech at Mar-a-Lago, presenting himself as a sufferer of the political institution and airing grievances about his […]
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Our Vision of Liberation This Passover Must Include Palestinians
A part of the Collection Battle and Solidarity: Writing Towards Palestinian Liberation On Passover, after we collect on the seder desk to inform the story of the Exodus, we’re reminded by the haggadah (the seder textual content) that merely telling the story shouldn’t be sufficient. We’re requested to not solely relate however to interrogate this […]
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The Party of “Family Values” Sees No Irony in Axing Child Labor Protections
The New York Times’s current exposé on little one labor in america wasn’t about what is likely to be known as “little one labor lite”: examples, say, of youngsters working in sweet shops, logging lengthy hours as babysitters, or getting up early to do paper-delivery rounds. As a substitute, it was about actually Dickensian situations: […]
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Trump Has Broken Many More Laws Than He’s Currently Being Charged For
As we cowl the historic arraignment of former President Donald Trump, we take a look at the crimes for which he has not been charged. We communicate with Ralph Nader, longtime shopper advocate, company critic and former presidential candidate. Nader says that although “all presidents violate legal guidelines,” Trump has “taken it to a brand […]
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