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On the closing night of the Republican National Convention, Trump lambasted Democrats, pushed voter fraud conspiracy theories, fearmongered about immigration, and likened migrants to Hannibal Lecter

"Vance, Trump, and their Wall Street allies have proven... that their priorities are with corporate polluters, not the people," an expert said.

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Another petition with the same objective is also circulating among national security and foreign policy officials.

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New potential climate crisis just dropped.

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"Pestilence, starvation, drought. To know one's product may bring that about, and bury the evidence, is unspeakable,” an expert said.

"It will be important for Southerners from all backgrounds," one expert wrote, "to stand together and build the coalitions needed to demand policymakers create a new economic development model."

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The two top congressional Democrats have both met privately with the president in the last week.

"For households who will be shut off from electricity this summer because they cannot afford their bills, even being inside their homes is dangerous," a new report says.

"Behind the scenes, people at the Biden campaign and DNC are working to put in the fix," warned one Biden delegate from Maryland.

"Health insurance coverage has expanded in America, but we are finding it is private health insurance corporations themselves that are often the largest barrier for people," said one organizer.

"We turned to the law to help stop the horror, and the court chose to do nothing," said one plaintiff in the case. "We are beyond disappointed."

"Let's see which politicians are for unions and which ones are all talk," said the Texas Democrat.

Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart, writes Jonathan Cook. The differing coverage of these comparable events is the clue to the media’s true function.

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The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism

https://acoup.blog/2024/07/05/collections-the-philosophy-of-liberty-on-liberalism/

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