“That’s our strategy,” Steve Bannon told a group of associates on October 31, 2020. “He’s gonna declare himself a winner.”

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“The logical extension of the majority’s argument is that modern human rights law and civil rights law cannot withstand scrutiny,” said a nonpartisan lawyers group.

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Zero House Republicans supported a measure requiring the Pentagon and federal law enforcement agencies to publish a report on countering white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in their ranks.

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“There’s no way to ramp up renewable energy production without the money to make it happen,” said one advocate.

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“In order to change reality, we must first recognize it, and work for a future of human rights, justice, and equality,” said B’Tselem, the Israeli anti-apartheid group behind the billboard campaign.

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“We refuse to remain silent until bold investments are made,” said a Green New Deal organizer from Rep. Cori Bush’s office.

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“We will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously,” said committee vice-chair Rep. Liz Cheney after revealing that former President Donald Trump recently called a witness in the panel’s probe.

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“We can recognize that this impacts women while also recognizing it impacts other groups—those things are not mutually exclusive, Sen. Hawley,” said a law professor testifying to a Senate committee.

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The ex-president’s tweet to “Be there, will be wild!” had an “explosive effect… in Trump world and specifically among the domestic violent extremist groups,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin.

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“We’re well on our way to flipping this seat in November with your help,” said Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senate nominee.

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83% of likely voters support Democratic proposals to expand Social Security benefits while just 7% support GOP plans to end the program in five years, giving the majority party a golden opportunity to maintain control of the House and Senate.

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“We can only expect as we get later in the summer, that the fires will get bigger,” one expert recently warned.

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“Scientists are leading the way,” said one advocate. “Perhaps political leaders will follow.”

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“The Democratic plan to apply the investment income surtax to wealthy pass-through business owners is an important step in the right direction,” said one advocate.

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The United States is home to 97% of the gun-related child deaths that have occurred in one dozen of the world’s wealthiest nations in recent years.

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“The federal government shouldn’t be killing native species so the livestock industry can graze cattle on public lands for next to nothing.”

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“This is pouring another 5 billion gallons of oil on the fire every year and bulldozing a national forest in the process,” said one critic. “It’s a horrifying step in the wrong direction.”

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“We are thrilled that the court has removed the continuing threat the presence of the discriminatory Trump-era rule posed to some of the most vulnerable members of society,” said one attorney.

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“The EPA is doing the bare minimum it can and that’s putting people’s health at risk,” said the policy director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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Recent rulings by the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority have made clear the need for substantive changes, including expansion, argues Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

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“We can’t give them that chance,” said the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “We must elect a REAL pro-choice majority in the Senate.”

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“President Biden’s massive public lands giveaway in the face of utter climate catastrophe is just the latest sign that his climate commitments are mere rhetoric,” said one campaigner.

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“The catastrophic impact of this decision cannot be understated,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, but “we cannot accept defeat.”

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“Who’s challenging global security and undermining world peace?” Chinese officials asked. “Are there any wars or conflicts over the years where NATO is not involved?”

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GOP officials are already weaponizing the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling to attack other rights they argue are not “deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition.”

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“Overwhelming scientific evidence shows us that burning fossil fuels from existing leases on federal lands is incompatible with a livable climate,” said one environmental lawyer.

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“Corporations are not your allies in the advancement of civil rights,” said one observer.

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Hutchinson, who has spent more than 20 hours in deposition with the House panel, is expected to provide more damning evidence of the role that Meadows played in Trump’s coup attempt.

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President Joe Biden has been called on to fight for abortion rights after the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade ruling. read now…

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