Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Clarence Thomas to Resign Over Wife’s Ties to January 6
In wake of evidence revealing ties between Ginni Thomas — the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — and Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has called for Clarence Thomas to resign. Recent reporting revealsGinni Thomas, conservative activist played a roleIn organizing January 6 attackers, as well […]
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Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil
On August 15, 2020, smoke and flames rose from an illegally lit fire in the Amazon rainforest reserve, south-west of Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil.Carl de Souza / AFP via Getty Images Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far right president, is launching a reelection bid and currently trailing in the polls behind former president and liberal rival […]
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Jamie Wallis MP issues statement about recent rape and being trans
Jamie Wallis (Conservative MP for Bridgend) has released a statement this morning in which he discusses his diagnosis of gender dysphoria. In the statement published on his website, Mr Wallis states, “I’m trans. Or, to be more precise, I want to become. I’ve been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and I’ve felt this way since I […]
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US Oil Firms Set to Reap Up to $126 Billion in Extra Profits Amid War on Ukraine
A new analysis released Tuesday estimates that U.S. oil and gas corporations are poised to rake in windfall profits of up to $126 billion this year as they exploit Russia’s deadly assault on Ukraine to raise pricesAt the pump The survey was conducted by Oil Change International, Greenpeace USA and Global Witness. analysisUses database that […]
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Texans Have Been Traveling to Oklahoma for Abortions, But a New Ban Looms There
Original publication by The 19th. Texans have been heading north to Oklahoma in large numbers since September when their state passed its six-week abortion bill. Although it has been a crucial access point, Oklahoma is about to pass its own strict abortion ban. Clinics in nearby states are anticipating a new surge of patients seeking […]
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Clarence Thomas Backed Trump in Court While Ginni Thomas Backed Coup Attempt
The January 6 committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol is reportedly deciding whether to interview Ginni Thomas — the Republican activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — about her efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. The move comes after a series of Thomas’s texts were made public in […]
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Ukrainian Climate Activists Say They Don’t Want the US’s Fracked Gas Exports
Climate activists living under the constant blare of air raid sirens in Ukraine say they don’t want the United States’s fracked gas exports, and don’t want frontline communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast living with the impacts of so-called liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure to become sacrifice zones in their name. They want a massive, […]
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Uprising for Black Lives Drove Cancellation of Joint US-Israeli Police Trainings
Recent developments leaked memo from the Anti-Defamation League(ADL) reveals that the group has stopped controversial law enforcement trainings of U.S. cops with Israeli military and police forces as a response to the movement for Black Lives. It shows the power of the movement — which resonates years after its biggest mobilizations, and beyond the borders […]
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Bernie Sanders Wants WWII-Style Tax on 95 Percent of Corporate Windfall Profits
On Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill that would capture nearly all of the excess profits being raked in by major U.S. corporations as they exploit ongoing crises to pad shareholders’ and executives’ pockets. The Ending Corporate Greed Act would levy a 95 percent tax onExcess profits for corporations with more than $500m […]
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Alabama Amazon Workers Were Forced to Work as Mysterious Gas Filled Warehouse
Last week, on the 111th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire (TTCF), a mysterious, smoky, gas filled an Amazon warehouse located in Bessemer, Alabama. According to the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), workers didn’t know what the gas was; while workers on the third floor were asked to take unpaid time off […]
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