Truss refuses to rule out real terms benefits cuts
The prime minister refused to announce a real-term cut in benefits payments, despite being under pressure from the market to reduce medium term borrowing. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme this morning, Truss said, “I do think we need to recognise first of all that people are struggling and it is a difficult […]
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Bolsonaro Pushes Brazenly False Claims of Election Fraud After First Round Loss
BrAzil’s presidential election will go to a runoff later this month, as no candidate was able to secure the endorsement of a majority of voters in the first round of voting. Former leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly referred to as “Lula” by Brazilians, attained around 48.4 percent of the votes on SundayAccording […]
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Ilhan Omar and Ro Khanna’s Offices Overwhelmingly Vote to Unionize
In landslide wins two more congressional offices voted to unify, making them the Second and thirdThe Congressional Workers Union (CWU), announced Friday that the Congressional offices will ever form a union. Representatives Ro Khanna, D-California, and Ilhanomar, D-Minnesota voted last Wednesday to join CWU. They voted with a 9:1 vote and 21:0 vote, respectively. The […]
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The Supreme Court May Well Legalize Election Theft This Term
Donald Trump’s installation of three radical right-wingers on the Supreme Court is already yielding frightening victories for religious zealots and racists. Last term, the court’s conservative majority revoked the constitutional right to abortion from half the population in the United States. It is expected to legalize election theft and eviscerate voting rights of people of […]
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Every Single Florida House Republican Voted Against Disaster Relief Funding
Just days after Hurricane Ian decimated Florida, the killings continued. at least 88 people leveling floodingNearly all of the Florida Republicans in Congress voted against the bill that provided billions in funding for disaster aid. Officials could have used this money to start recovery from the storm. Congress passed last week a stopgap funding bill. […]
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Liz Truss Is Roiling the British Economy in Her Zeal to Serve the 1 Percent
Amid an unprecedented public outcry and the threat of market meltdown, the U.K.’s new government has been forced into a humiliating U-Turn, inverting the huge package of tax cutsIt recently announced that it will benefit the 1 % of income earners who are the most wealthy. The government — led by Prime Minister Liz Truss […]
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National Archives Says It’s Still Missing Docs Trump Removed From White House
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), in a Friday letter to the chair of the House Oversight Committee, noted that Trump administration officials had not yet submitted all records due to be returned under the terms of the Presidential Records Act. Debra Steidel, acting archivist, wrote to the committee requesting that the agency be […]
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Ad Parodying Chevron for Contributing to Climate Crisis Goes Viral
Over images typical of fossil fuel company ads that have been accused of “greenwashing” their practices, a new viral video explains that oil giant Chevron is “actively murdering” people across the globe as it continues to extract fossil fuels despite warnings from climate and energy experts alike. “We at Chevron believe there is nothing more […]
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Will Lula Mount a Sufficient Challenge to Bolsonaro and the Far Right in Brazil?
Brazilians will vote in their first round of elections on Sunday. The results will be viewed around the globe. Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent president, has seen his support drop amid a devastating coronavirus epidemic, rising inflation, food costs, and severe deforestation of the Amazon. His most recognized challenger is the former president and Workers’ Party […]
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Spain Passes “Solidarity” Wealth Tax on Top 0.1 Percent
Spain’s leftist coalition government on Thursday announced a series of downwardly redistributive fiscal reforms — including a temporary “solidarity” tax on the nation’s 23,000 wealthiest residents — that lawmakers hope will ease the cost-of-living crisis hurting millions of working people. In 2023 and 2024, the 0.1% of Spanish taxpayers who own more than €3 million […]
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