“None of this demonstrating in the snow shit,” one commenter wrote in a MAGA forum. “Summertime was made for killing fields.”

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“Remember the days when taking half a million bucks from an industry, and then passing legislation that only benefits that industry, while passing the costs onto everyone else, would be called corruption?” asked one critic. “Today it’s just lobbying as usual.”

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“Having reactors in a war zone is a nightmare waiting to become a grim reality,” said one critic.

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To avert a public health calamity, Ukrainian officials are calling for the Zaporizhzhia site to be demilitarized and run by a team of peacekeepers.

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“Permitting new fossil fuel projects will further entrench us in a fossil fuel economy for decades to come,” more than 350 environmental and social justice groups wrote in a new letter.

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The Project on Government Oversight has called on President Biden to fire Joseph Cuffari, the DHS inspector general who withheld information about the deleted messages from Congress for months.

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“Republicans are literally blocking care for veterans poisoned by burn pits as part of their temper tantrum over a deal to tax corporations and create clean energy jobs,” said another commentator.

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Fossil fuel giants raked in billions in profits last quarter “by gouging people at the gas pump,” said one campaigner. “Why on Earth are we still subsidizing Big Oil?”

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“Rate hikes will force millions of Americans into joblessness and make families poorer,” said economist Robert Reich. “It’s the last thing we need right now.”

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“When one journalist is prosecuted for doing his or her job, that’s a threat to all journalists,” said Rep. Ro Khanna.

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“There is no religious freedom justification for stripping healthcare plans of their responsibility” to provide free preventive services, said one group. “This is just… a raging contempt for public health.”

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“This Jackdaw approval is a scandal,” said one campaigner. “The government knows that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet they’re approving a new gas field.”

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“Corporate greed drives artificially high prices at the pump.”

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“It’s madness,” said Greenpeace Africa. “These plans must be scrapped immediately.”

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A coalition told U.S. President Joe Biden that the talks must be “the complete opposite of the opaque and corporate-dominated processes that produced trade agreements under previous administrations.”

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“The function of a rational healthcare system is to provide quality care to all in a cost-effective way, not make billionaires like Jeff Bezos even richer,” said the Vermont senator.

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“This is a big deal,” said one advocacy group.

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The measure, previously backed by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, would “ease the food shortages in Cuba and help U.S. agricultural producers,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

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“It definitely worries me,” said one scientist conducting research on Greenland’s ice sheet.

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This announcement is a step in the right direction, said one advocate, but “we won’t settle” until the postal fleet is made up of “100% union-built electric vehicles.”

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“Republican donors won another Democratic primary,” said one journalist.

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“Nothing less than a livable planet is on the line,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer should “do everything in his power” to immediately reinsert insulin price negotiation and a $35 monthly cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs into Democrats’ emerging reconciliation bill, said one expert.

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“The climate crisis will continue to escalate and get worse as long as we stick our heads in the sand and prioritize profit and greed over people and planet,” said Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

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“They’re counting on that ‘small’ investment in anti-tax Republicans to save them billions in taxes,” said Americans for Tax Fairness, which conducted the analysis.

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“We need a concrete global response that addresses the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people, communities, and nations,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.

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“Access to abortion has reached crisis level—and it demands a response from Congress and the Biden administration that meets this moment,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

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In a new letter, lawmakers cited Thomas’ argument that Congress has the constitutional authority to limit the high court’s jurisdiction.

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“Key evidence on the insurrection from the Secret Service’s records may never be made public,” said one advocacy group. “You bet we have questions.”

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