OpinionDesertification Doesn’t Just Look Like a Desert: It Looks Like a Flood: In many of the world's most arid and semi-arid regions, rain is no longer arriving as ...
commondreams.org/opinion/desertification-flooding
OpinionWe Are Better Than This: President Donald Trump used the White House lawn to host a 21st-century cockfighting match where the birds were human beings ...
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'Slash the Pentagon Act' Would Cap Trump's Military Budget to Fund Healthcare, Education, and More
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OpinionThe Trump Administration Wants You to Be Afraid to Vote: An FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collective is part of a strategy that aims to intimidate voters and ...
brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/politicizing-fbi-intimidate-voters
OpinionWinning Back the Working Class: To What, Exactly?: The working class deserves its own political organization, independent of the Democratic Party ...
commondreams.org/opinion/working-class-independent-party
'Dire for Democracy': Economist Explains How Trillionaires Are Threats to Human Freedom
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Trump White House Accused of 'Abandoning Kids With Disabilities' in New Assault on Education Department
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‘Elon Musk Should Have to Pay For This’: Trump Admin Says It Needs $1 Billion to Combat Screwworm
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After Collins Says 'I Do Not Regret' Kavanaugh Vote That Led to Roe Reversal, Platner Responds: 'You Should'
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OpinionWho Pays for a Broken Energy System? The Case for Climate Reparations: It is time to count the true cost of the climate crisis, and for those responsible to pay ...
commondreams.org/opinion/climate-reparations-now
Family Seeks Answers, Justice After Mississippi Cop Kills Toddler Kohen Wiley in Walmart Lot
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OpinionThe Paradoxical Utopia of the World Cup: No other event, short perhaps of a nuclear war or a comet strike, could bring the entire planet together.
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'A Foundation of Lies': Trump Planned to Spend $300 Million in Taxpayer Dollars on Ballroom While Claiming It Was Privately Funded
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Trump Doubles Down on Tying Warrantless Spying Renewal to GOP Voter Suppression Bill
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‘Bad Day to Be a Duck’: Trump Reflecting Pool Disaster Continues With Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment
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Nearly Every Child On Earth Now Exposed to At Least One Fossil-Fueled Climate Hazard
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'This Has to Be Stopped': Alarm As Trump's Crypto Firm Set to Get Federal Banking Privileges
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OpinionWe Should Never Forget That Diversity Is What Makes America Great: Amid Trumpian attacks on immigrants and erasure of history, it is more important than ever ...
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'Profound Moral and Legal Failure': Israeli Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
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In Senate Race, Michigan's El-Sayed Hammers Message on Medicare for All: The former public health official has centered the government-run healthcare proposal in ...
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'Despicable': James Beard Award Winner From Maine Denounces Trump for 'Hunting' Down Restaurant Workers
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ICE Agent Shoots at Fleeing Car During Arrest Attempt in New Jersey: "ICE shows up, and nothing but chaos.”
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As Oligarchy Pours $400 Million Into Pro-Collins Ads, Platner Says: 'Ban Billionaires From Buying Elections'
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OpinionAbortion Bans Not Only Harm Patients, But Cost US Economy $140 Billion: Analysis: States that deny people's bodily autonomy limit "their ability to ...
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'Reeks of Corruption': Trump DOJ Bypassed Antitrust Staff to Approve Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
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Sanders Says 'We Must' Strip Section on US-Israeli Military Integration From Pentagon Budget
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OpinionHow (And Why) AI is Eroding Democracy in the US: Big Tech elitists have their hooks into everything—from what happens in the privacy of our homes to the rampant ...
commondreams.org/opinion/ai-erodes-us-democracy
OpinionTrump's America Hosts the World Cup, But the World Is Not Welcome: Preventing fans and players from freely entering the United States, and forcing them to bear ...
fpif.org/the-world-cup-has-always-welcomed-the-world-not-this-time/
Supercharged by Trump-GOP Tax Cuts, US Billionaire Wealth Surges Past $9 Trillion for First Time
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Canadian Youth, Groups Sue Over Carney 'Failure' on Climate Crisis: "Everyone in Canada deserves to be safe and healthy," said one organization leader ...
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OpinionTrump and His War Have Been Great for Chinese EV Sales: With one of the world’s major superpowers run by a person who apparently gives no consideration to the ...
cepr.net/publications/byd-to-award-trump-salesman-of-the-year-for-promoting-its-evs/
Trillionaire Elon Musk's Destruction of USAID Takes Food Aid From Millions Facing Deadly Hunger
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OpinionTrump, Musk, and the Age of the Super Asshole: The wealth and power accumulated by these two deeply flawed men—and how horrible and cruel they are as people—is ...
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In 'Grotesque Billionaire Bonanza,' 41 Energy Tycoons Saw Fortunes Grow by $23.5 Billion Since Trump Launched Iran War
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'Free Palestine!': 200 Stanford Grads Walk Out on Google CEO's Keynote Speech: "Today, we denied the speech of a genocidal company’s CEO," said Stanford ...
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'Like an Obedient Servant': Indian Opposition Blasts Modi's Response to US Killing of Sailors
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Senators Warn Trump and GOP Are 'Considering Raising the Retirement Age' to Cut Social Security
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Paid articlePaywall Senators Interrogate Big Oil Over 'Egregiously High Prices at the Pump' During Iran War
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OpinionTrump Is Already Telling Us He Will Steal the Midterms (If We Let Him): If this sounds like paranoia, it’s only because we’ve already forgotten that we lived ...
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Did Optics Prevent Invoking of Insurrection Act and Suspension of Habeas Corpus?: “Public pushback, agitation, and outcry can work. Even now. Keep it up ...
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Newsom Says DOJ Probe Puts Him and Wife on Trump's Political 'Hit List': "Donald Trump is simply the most corrupt president in American history ...
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'Travesty of Justice': UK Appeals Court Slammed for Upholding Ban on Palestine Action
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Key FactsCourt Upholds Terror Ban Against Palestine Action
2 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: time.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: time.com
- The Court of Appeal reversed the High Court ruling and confirmed the legality of the terrorism ban on Palestine Action.
- The organization was characterized as a covert group engaging in violent actions to damage property without remorse.
- Supporting, funding, or belonging to Palestine Action remains a criminal offense enforced by the police.
- Four activists were sentenced to more than 20 years for attacks on an Israeli defense company site in 2024, sparking political debate.
A covert organization operating with secret cells to avoid the detection and prosecution of those using violence to destroy the property of third parties.— Baroness Carr, Lady Chief Justice, in the Court of Appeal ruling, describing Palestine Action.
OpinionMark June Dairy Month with Industry-Wide Reform: Congress should pass measures like the Milk From Family Dairies Act (MFDA), which ensures farmers a decent price ...
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'A Global Crisis': Report Reveals Over 40% Rise in Violent Attacks on Education: The coalition leader behind the report called the figures "a warning that ...
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'Absolutely Crazy': Acceleration of Climate Collapse Feared as Temps in Antarctic 20°C Higher Than Normal
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OpinionTrump’s Iran War Played Out Exactly as Anti-War Critics Warned It Would: Everyone should support this ceasefire deal to end a completely avoidable foreign policy ...
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'Welcome News': Despite Netanyahu Sabotage Efforts, US and Iran Reach Interim Deal to End War
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'They Get Rich. Maine Pays the Price': Platner Campaign Takes Swing at Collins and Corporate Lobbyist Husband
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OpinionTrump, Hegseth, and Hell on Earth: Some of the very worst people history has devised have now landed on the beaches of our world, armed to the teeth ...
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OpinionEmbrace the US-Iran MOU, But Understand It's Only a First Step: What exactly has been agreed on? Much less than meets the eye.
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'Evidently Hoping to Sabotage' US-Iran Deal, Israel Bombs Beirut: Iran's chief negotiator accused the Trump administration of giving the Israeli government a ...
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Letting Big Tech Off the Hook, UK Kids' Social Media Ban Called 'Right Diagnosis' But 'Wrong Prescription'
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Paid articlePaywall 'Trillionaires Shouldn't Exist': Obscene Musk Milestone Spurs Calls for Aggressive Wealth Tax
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OpinionWhy the Mainstream Media Should Stop Using the ADL as Their Go-To Antisemitism Source
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OpinionWake Up America: All Humans Are Created Equal!: The Declaration of Independence is not merely as a gold-covered lie meant to be plunked in front of the White ...
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“Without Me, There Would Be No Israel,” Trump Says as Israel Remains in Lebanon: Critics say it’s not the first time a president has vented their anger with ...
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OpinionWhy Won't the Cowardly, Corrupt Democratic Leadership Act to Impeach Trump?: Small wonder that the huge number of Americans who despise Trump also do not trust ...
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OpinionWhy Are Crypto Billionaires and AIPAC Spending $8+ Million to Elect Adrian Boafo?
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OpinionDocumentary 'An Ordinary Insanity' Keeps Daniel Ellsberg's Anti-Nuclear Warning Alive
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Trump Plan Would Give Political Appointees More Control Over Federal Grant Money: The rule would also prohibit distribution of federal grants to organizations ...
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'This Is Oligarchy': Nearly 100 Billionaires Are Funding Susan Collins' Reelection Bid
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OpinionElon Musk Is the World's First Trillionaire—Let's Make Sure He's the Last: Musk’s trillion does not materialize from genius. It is extracted from systems that ...
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsElon Musk Becomes World's First Trillionaire
3 days ago · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.com
- Elon Musk achieved trillionaire status in 2026 following SpaceX’s record-breaking stock market launch.
- His estimated net worth of $1.11 trillion is largely derived from holdings in Tesla and SpaceX.
- Since 2020, Musk’s fortune surged from $28 billion to over a trillion despite periodic declines.
- Tech firms now occupy seven of the top ten richest spots globally, reflecting a major shift since 2015.
less than "0.1%" of his net worth was held in cash.— Elon Musk said on X that less than "0.1%" of his net worth was held in cash.
OpinionIn an Era of Hardening Borders, Wildlife Corridors Bridge Peoples and Species: From Costa Rica to Colorado, wildlife corridors have been about the connections ...
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OpinionPete Hegseth's D-Day Remarks Prove the US Is No Longer an Ally to European Democracy
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FBI Raids Ohio Voting Rights Organization: Ohio Organizing Collaborative board member Prentiss Haney accused the feds of using “straight-up intimidation tactics ...
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'He's Scared... and He Should Be,' Platner Says of Trump Calling Him Worst Person to Ever Run for Office
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'This Fight Isn't Over': Opponents Turn to State AGs After DOJ Approves Paramount-Warner Merger
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Dem Lawmakers Condemn Trump’s Attempts to Influence Upcoming Colombian Elections: Trump endorsed far-right candidate Abelardo De La Espriella, who has pledged to ...
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OpinionYes, Trump Did Promise No New Wars: His failing war in Iran and his campaign pledge not to start any wars should be held against Republicans in the House and ...
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'More Lawless, Performative Killing': Trump Says US Strike Executes Alleged Leader of Venezuelan Gang
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Judge Orders Trump Admin to Swear $1.8 Billion Slush Fund 'Is Not Happening': Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has insisted that the plan to pay taxpayer ...
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Sanders to Rally With Mamdani in Support of NY Progressive House Candidates: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the progressive candidates would create "a ...
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Trump Super PAC to Hold $1 Million-Per-Plate Fundraiser as Hunger Surges: The fundraiser comes as a recent study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed ...
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'Abolish ICE,' Summer Lee Says After Haitian Immigrant Daphy Michel's Death Ruled a Homicide
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Court Blocks 'Illegal' Trump Rule That Created Barriers to Affordable Care Act Coverage
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OpinionWhat the Knicks Can Teach Us About Surviving Unprecedented Times: On Wednesday night, the Knicks embodied hope as remaining present. Hope as remaining committed ...
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UK Palestine Action Activists Hit With ‘Completely Disproportionate’ Terrorism Sentences for Israeli Weapons Sabotage
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OpinionHow Western Media Normalizes Israel's Ethnic Cleansing in Lebanon: Like in Gaza, where genocide proceeds apace in spite of a declared ceasefire ...
fair.org/home/western-media-normalize-ethnic-cleansing-of-lebanon-by-viewing-it-through-israels-eyes/
While Slashing Food Aid and Healthcare, GOP Advances Trillion-Dollar Military Budget
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Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, Abducted by Israel in 2024, Renews Demand for 'Immediate Release'
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