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With millions of dark money in elections no one gets a clear picture of what interests are pulling the strings, and Georgia's 6th district election was no different.
Climate activists are determined to push the courts until ''climate necessity'' becomes an acceptable defense.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell departs a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, June 22, 2017. Senate Republicans took a major step Thursday toward repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, unveiling a bill that would make deep cuts to Medicaid and leave possibly millions of people without health insurance. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times)
The fate of millions now stands upon the fulcrum of the coming week. This reconciliation was drafted in total secrecy, and in the light of day stands as little more than a smash-and-grab robbery favoring the wealthy and powerful. That this bill exists at all is an embarrassment to the nation.
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Civil liberties advocates say that the demonstrators on Inauguration Day are being overcharged in an attempt to intimidate them into accepting plea bargains and in order to silence future dissent. They also say that the prosecutor's charges, which seek to tar the demonstrators as criminals, are a worrying sign of how protests are being treated in the US.
The militarization of United States foreign policy certainly didn't start with President Donald J. Trump; in fact, it goes back several decades. However, if Trump's first 100 days in office are any indication, he has no intention of slowing down the trend.
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