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Jacobin.com

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By masking support for Israel with hollow humanitarian gestures and empathy for Palestinians, Biden and Harris have diluted pressure to end the war.

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The election looks so close that it seems like just about anything could tip it.

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Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C

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Many may feel they have no genuine choice but to support a candidate they don’t fully believe in, fearing that backing the other choice will cost them socially or professionally. The result is an erosion of one of democracy’s core values: the free and open right to choose.

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So far in 2024, the U.S. government has committed around $18 million to Cellebrite, up from $15 million that agencies had spent via contracts with the firm in fiscal year 2023. In addition to federal business, thousands of local and state and agencies across the U.S. also use the firm’s technology.

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Timothy Snyder

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Rainer Shea

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theconversation.com

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As Democrats and leaders in the Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and Progressive communities in Arizona, we the undersigned make the following statement

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A Media Matters review found significant ties between Project 2025 and ongoing right-wing efforts to sow chaos in the 2024 election

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propublica.org

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Chronic mold has become an epidemic as severe as lead paint, but neither cities nor landlords are taking responsibility.

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MediaMatters.org

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The Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters moved from the capital to Colorado in 2020, causing an exodus of leadership. If elected, Trump plans to use the same tactic across more of the federal government.

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The future’s been decided for us, and it’s not pretty.

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While there have been signs the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has slowed, it could soon stop altogether. That would be very, very bad.

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This week, the US quietly deployed more weapons to Israel – particularly those that will be effective against Iran

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