Republicans Say They’ll Go After Labor Movement If They Take Control of House
House Republicans are planning to launch a barrage of attacks on government institutions that administer to and support labor unions if the party takes control of the House this fall, new reporting reveals, showing that the GOP likely feels threatened by the growing labor movement that’s taken hold across the country in recent years. Politico […]
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Conservative Group Led By Man Behind Far Right Supreme Court Got $1.6B Donation
A little known conservative group headed by a leader in Republicans’ years-long campaign to pack the Supreme Court got an astonishing $1.6 billion donation last year, new reporting reveals. This is most likely the largest single donation to a political non-profit. The New York Times reportedMonday, the electronics mogul and billionaire Barre Seid donated 100 […]
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Close to 6 in 10 Americans Want Trump Investigations to Continue
A newly published NBC News A survey shows that Americans support many investigations into former President Donald Trump. These include inquiries into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election and an investigation into Trump’s improper removal of classified documents. Fifty-seven percent of the poll’s respondents said that the investigations should continue because Trump should be […]
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The Plea Bargain Originated as a Means to Undermine Working-Class Solidarity
The U.S. criminal justice system is horrible in so many ways: We lock up more people worldwide than any other country, our penalties are harsher, our arrest rates many times higher than other democracies, etc. Although plea bargaining is not often a top priority when we consider all the harm done by the system to […]
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Rishi Sunak wouldn’t take a job in Truss’s Cabinet
Rishi Sunak has hinted that he wouldn’t take a Cabinet position if his rival Liz Truss wins the leadership race. He claimed that his priority was “not thinking about jobs for me or anyone else” during the final push of the leadership contest. The favourite to win the next PM election is the foreign secretary. However, […]
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America’s Elections Are at Stake. Texas Shows They Can Be Fixed.
Many Americans are wondering if their votes will be counted as we approach the next election cycle. Given the high stakes of any election, how can Americans be sure that their votes are actually counted and that their elections will be free and fair? Chad Ennis, director of the Forensic Audit Division with the Texas […]
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IRS to Set Up ‘Centralized Office’ for 87,000 New Agents
The Internal Revenue Service will establish a centralized office to implement elements of the tax and spending bill that President Joe Biden signed last week, including almost 87,000 new IRS agents, the agency’s chief says. Democrats’ bill, which passed the Senate and House without a single Republican vote, provides $80 billion to the Internal Revenue […]
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Rich Opportunities for Public Accountability
The COVID-19 crises provided valuable lessons in federalism. It is the division between the federal government’s power and that of the states. The majority of COVID-19 policies directly affecting Americans weren’t made or enforced by Washington. They were made and enforced by state and local authorities. Federalism allows citizens and local officials to be held […]
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Planned Parenthood’s Planned Politicking: $50 Million and Counting
The IRS increases its size to come after conservatives, another “nonprofit” is robbing taxpayers blind and then turning around and using its freed-up cash to influence elections. And yet, Planned Parenthood’s racket never seems to raise an eyebrow in the federal government, which is apparently too busy harassing ministries who don’t take a dime of taxpayer money. But […]
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Sanders Calls for Rent Control, Castigates Corporate “Vultures” in Fiery Speech
In a fiery speech with labor leaders in Boston on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) rebuked corporate and wealthy “vultures” that are wielding undue influence in the U.S. while calling for a wide variety of policies to protect the public, including universal health care and rent control. Sanders spoke at an event to support the […]
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