“Roe” Overturn Has Driven Spike in Young People “Very” Motivated to Vote
Young people in seven battleground states are more likely to say they’re “very motivated” to vote in the midterm elections now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. WadeAccording to new polling, A polling memoNextGen America, first reported by PoliticoThe proportion of registered voters aged 18 to 35 in seven battleground states who say […]
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Virginia Judge Throws Out Republican Attempt to Ban Book About LGBTQ People
A Virginia judge rejected a Republican-brought lawsuit that sought to ban two books across the state by using an arcane obscenity act. The suit against Barnes & NobleRepublican state Del. Tim Anderson on behalf of former Republican state congressional candidate Tommy Altman, argued that two books that have been the target of widespread conservative attacks […]
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Liz Truss rules out any new taxes if she becomes prime minister
Asked if she could vow not to introduce new taxes if she wins, she nodded and replied confidently: “Yes, no new taxes.” The question was directed to her by host of the London hustings event, LBC’s Nick Ferrari. The 12ThThe final hustings took place in Wembley Arena, and was the rivals’ last attempt to win […]
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GOP Opposed Infrastructure Upgrades; Now This Mississippi City Has No Safe Water
One80,000 people in Jackson, Mississippi will not have access to safe running water for the foreseeable future, state officials said Monday night — the latest manifestation of a longstanding crisis in which the city’s residents have been made to suffer the consequences of chronically underfunded infrastructure, compounded by a worsening climate emergency. “Do not drink […]
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Life Expectancy in U.S. Drops for Second Straight Year
Life expectancy in the United States has dropped for the second year in a row, a decline that is largely due to the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s inequitable health care system, experts say. Before the pandemic, the U.S. average life expectancy was 78+ years and 10 months. This number fell to 77 in 2020 […]
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US Government Sues Data Broker, Saying It Sold Abortion Clinic Visitors’ Data
Monday’s lawsuit was filed by the Federal Trade Commission against an Idaho-based broker of location data. The data could be used to identify providers and their homes, potentially putting them in serious danger. According to the FTC data broker Kochava Inc. has been selling data that reveals people’s visits to locations like abortion clinics, domestic […]
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What Can We Expect From Biden’s Speech on the Rise of Fascism Among Republicans?
Some 161 years after Abraham Lincoln’s address at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, President Biden will deliver an addressThere on Thursday, to speak to the rage and violence that has been loosed upon the land in the roiled wake of Donald Trump. “The White House said Biden would ‘talk about the progress we have made as […]
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Tesla Violated Workers’ Rights By Banning Pro-Union Shirts, Labor Board Rules
Tesla violated federal labor laws by banning workers from wearing shirts bearing union insignia to its California warehouse. This was in response to workers’ waged a union drive in recent decades, the National Labor Relations Board(NLRB) ruled Monday. In 2017Tesla fired its workers. wearing shirts with logos other than Tesla’s after workers began wearing shirts […]
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Republicans Are Deleting Anti-Abortion Views From Their Campaign Sites
As most federal and state races for political office enter the general election phase, a number of anti-abortion Republicans are scrambling to appeal to voters who don’t share their extremist ideals. According to the survey, sixty percent of Americans believe that all abortions should be legal. a recent USA Today/Ipsos poll. Republicans who won their […]
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Progressives Ask Biden to Expand Overtime Law
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), which represents the Congressional Progressive Caucus, urged President Joe Biden Tuesday to extend his streakThis is Executive actions of major importanceThe overtime threshold was greatly increased, making overtime pay more accessible to millions of workers in the U.S. CPC Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) issued a statementBiden and his Department […]
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