U.S.
Progressives gain in NYC but lose on Long Island
November 8, 2021Pro-labor candidates win in New York City but Trump Republicans win in. some suburbs
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Why the filibuster must go
November 8, 202151 votes placed justices on the Supreme Court for life, justices who are now undermining voting rights. Surely, 51 votes should be enough to save our democracy and the lives of the poor and low-wage workers...
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Republicans prepare transphobic offensive for 2022 elections
November 5, 20212021 set a record for anti-transgender legislation—over 110 bills in 37 states. From Hawaii to Alaska, Texas to Maine, Republicans went on a full-court press to target trans people—especially trans female student athletes. With the midterms...
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House Democrats push for votes on human needs and hard infrastructure bills
November 5, 2021Progressive Dems want the vote despite no promise of support for BBB from Senate Democratic “moderates” and vitriol from Republicans.
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Trial of far-right poster boy, Kyle Rittenhouse, begins
November 5, 2021He crossed state lines from Illinois, murdering two and wounding a third who were protesting a Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times, paralyzing him, but not killing him.
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