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Where Is the Outrage When Islamophobia Comes Straight From the Top? | The tsunami of anti-Arab racism and anti-Muslim hatred is not just coming from ordinary citizens, but from the highest levels of our government. commondreams.org/opinion/out…
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When the Trump administration chooses to spend $374 million on ICE operations, that decision takes money away from programs that can improve the lives of folks in southern Minnesota. commondreams.org/opinion/tru…
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The Arab states should declare that they will never accept Israeli hegemony, that there must be a sovereign State of Palestine, and that the region’s security will come from regional cooperation rather than from Washington. commondreams.org/opinion/ara…
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When you hear their baleful cries, echoing from the superyachts and private jets, you want to take their hands and reassure them: “It’s all going to be OK," writes @Chuck99to1. commondreams.org/opinion/cal…
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"In the two largest democracies in the hemisphere, we cannot tolerate authoritarian efforts to deny election results, overturn the will of hundreds of millions of voters, or violently interrupt the peaceful transfer of power." commondreams.org/news/cpc-tr…
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"The consequences could be prison, torture, or worse," said one human rights defender. commondreams.org/news/trump-…
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"If a progressive candidate was actively trying to pin an establishment nominee days before the election the way Stevens is with Abdul right now, they’d be exiled from political life." commondreams.org/news/haley-…
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US voters across party lines "rank government corruption among their top concerns, believe Trump puts his own interests ahead of the country, and connect his self-dealing directly to the costs hitting their budgets." commondreams.org/news/trump-…
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"Stephen Miller is neither above the law nor the rules, and conflict of interest standards are not optional." commondreams.org/news/stephe…
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“Those displaced before the announcement of a ceasefire have little to no prospect of return to the areas they fled." commondreams.org/news/ohcr-i…
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How to Stop Billionaires from Hijacking the Midterms | "The bulk of political dark money flows directly back into media companies that the nation’s richest donors control. We can break the cycle." commondreams.org/opinion/bil…
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"There is pain in my mind and in my soul. I had not contemplated life beyond that night, and I'm deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position," says Christa Pike, who survived a twice-botched execution in Tennessee. commondreams.org/news/christ…
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"The use of even a single nuclear weapon in Iran would destroy a taboo that has held since Nagasaki, with unimaginable consequences for all humanity." commondreams.org/news/200-gr…
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"This is a real issue and a great question... JD turns it into a joke. Great closing message, dude." commondreams.org/news/vance-…
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Tax Big Oil's soaring profits, and use that revenue to "protect communities from price shocks and extreme weather, and accelerate a just transition away from fossil fuels," a @Greenpeace campaigner said as companies continued to share Q3 updates. commondreams.org/news/big-oi…
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"This is a drift toward authoritarianism that didn't begin with me, and it's not going to end with me either." commondreams.org/news/adreas…
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"We, the workers in the ports, know very well that without us nothing moves." commondreams.org/news/dockwo…
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You could pick any week in the last two years and come up with roughly the same kind of idiocy and perfidy and graft; the Trump presidency is an ongoing evil MadLibs. commondreams.org/opinion/vot…
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The Solution Staring Israel in the Face | What is needed from the opposition leaders? Nothing beyond decency. The government that ousts Netanyahu is the one that accepts the votes of Arab citizens. commondreams.org/opinion/pol…
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4 Strikes Against a Deeply Unpopular, Warmongering Trump Creates Midterm Without Precedent | "Let no one mistake the moment. Historians will look back at the conditions under which Americans voted in 2026, and they will find no midterm quite like it." commondreams.org/opinion/how…
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