Truss tables landmark plans to bin parts of Northern Ireland Protocol
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EU’s approach ‘unacceptable’ says minister ahead of fresh protocol plans
Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis has slammed the EU’s approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol as “not acceptable” ahead of alleged plans to suspend parts of the deal. Speaking with Sky News the minister explained: “We have always said that we hold nothing off the table, we keep everything on the table to make sure […]
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Manchin and Sinema “Sabotaged” Their Own Party’s Agenda, Sanders Says
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) called out conservative Democrats Senators Joe Manchin (West Virginia) and Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona) for “sabotag[ing]” their own party’s agenda last year. “It should not be a head scratcher. You’ve got two members of the Senate, Senator Manchin and Senator Sinema, who have sabotaged what the president has been fighting for,” Sanders […]
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Georgia Voters Continue Push to Disqualify Marjorie Taylor Greene From Office
A group of voters in Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Georgia) congressional district is appealing a previous finding from an administrative judge saying that she is an eligible candidate for office — and that she wasn’t in violation of the “insurrection” clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Five voters appeal that decision, led […]
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Racist Attack in Buffalo Was Crafted to Terrorize Us. Here’s How We Fight Back.
Every detail of Payton Gendron’s white supremacist attack in Buffalo reeks of the murderer’s clear aim of terrorizing not only the Black shoppers he killed on Saturday but also the rest of us, who are left in fear of the copycat attacks that he explicitly sought to inspire. Black people were shot with a gun […]
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Officials Raise Concern Over Biden’s Plan to Limit Student Loan Cancellation
As the Biden administration creates a plan to cancel Some student debtAdministration officials are reportedly concerned that adding income caps could make the whole plan more difficult logistically, which could compromise its effectiveness. As Politico reports, officials in President Joe Biden’s Education Department are saying in private conversations that it would be extremely difficult for […]
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Median CEO Pay Leaps to Record $14.7 Million as Workers Strike for Better Wages
As workers across the U.S. attempt to unionize and walk off the job over brutal conditions and starvation wages, an analysis released Sunday found that the median pay package of top U.S. CEOs jumped to $14.7 million in 2021 — the sixth consecutive record-breaking year for executive compensation. According to the Wall Street Journal’s review […]
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Capitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million
I got my second COVID booster shot this morning, so if I do catch this damned thing, it won’t be for lack of ducking. I was able to dole out my doses because the CVS worker who did it seemed friendly and the coffee had just started. So, I decided to play a little bit […]
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Poll Shows Protecting Abortion Rights Has Become Critical to Voters in Midterms
New polling has shown that the majority of Americans oppose a Supreme Court ruling that would reverse federal abortion rights protections throughout the U.S. This month, Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion.It was revealed that the Court’s majority is ready to rule in that direction Roe v. Wade — the 1973 ruling that enshrined abortion rights […]
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Mississippians on Medicaid Lose Coverage 60 Days After Birth
This story was first published by ProPublica. Mississippi is a state with a dual distinction when it comes to reproductive health care. The law was enacted by the state, and will likely be struck down by the Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade. It is also the only state in the Deep South that does not […]
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