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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Georgia Voters Continue Push to Disqualify Marjorie Taylor Greene From Office

The new complaint also notes that Greene’s original defense relied “almost entirely on her claimed lack of memory.”
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Chris Walker,
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May 16, 2022
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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 2020.
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Politics & Elections

Manchin and Sinema “Sabotaged” Their Own Party’s Agenda, Sanders Says

The two senators spent months watering down Democrats’ social spending bill just to kill it in the end.
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Sharon Zhang,
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May 16, 2022
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Senators Ted Cruz, right, and Josh Hawley are seen outside the Senate chamber on May 3, 2022.
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Politics & Elections

SCOTUS Decision in Cruz Case Makes It Easier for Mega-Wealthy to Influence Races

The ruling removes caps on the amount of post-election funds a candidate can raise to repay personal campaign loans.
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Chris Walker,
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May 16, 2022
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Capitalism is pushing to expand on the backs of working masses who can tolerate no more hardship and deprivation.
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Mass Protest Is Rising — Can It Confront Global Capitalism?

Capitalism is pushing to expand on the backs of working masses who can tolerate no more hardship and deprivation.
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William I. Robinson,
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May 14, 2022
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About 200 union workers stage a picket along the street and then in front of the entrance to Ralphs in Tustin, California, on February 28, 2022.
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Politics & Elections

Activists Have Gathered Enough Signatures to Put $18 Wage on California Ballot

Proponents of the Living Wage Act announced that they’ve gathered over 1 million signatures to qualify for the ballot.
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Sharon Zhang,
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May 13, 2022
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President Joe Biden speaks on the infrastructure investments made at Portland International Airport, at the Portland Air National Guard 142 Fighter Base in Portland, Oregon, on April 21, 2022.
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How Did Biden Not Notice the Far Right Lurch of the Republican Party Until Now?

“I never expected the ultra-MAGA Republicans who seemed to control the Republican Party now,” Biden said on Monday.
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William Rivers Pitt,
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May 13, 2022
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Sen. Bernie Sanders holds a campaign rally at Salina Intermediate School on March 7, 2020, in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Politics & Elections

Sanders Slams AIPAC and Billionaires for Spending Millions Against Progressives

During a rally for House candidate Summer Lee, Sen. Bernie Sanders called out super PACs as corrosive to democracy.
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Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
May 13, 2022
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, right, speaks with Rep. Jim Jordan as they walk to a press conference on November 17, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas 5 GOP Members of Congress — Including Kevin McCarthy

The committee said it was forced to subpoena the five lawmakers because they refused to voluntarily testify.
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Chris Walker,
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May 13, 2022
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, walks past Sen. Joe Manchin during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee mark up on Capitol Hill on May 3, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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Sanders Asks Why Manchin’s a Democrat After His “No” Vote on Abortion Bill

“Why are you caucusing with the Senate Democrats?” Sanders asked in a pointed tweet.
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Sharon Zhang,
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May 12, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida's 15-week abortion ban into law at Nacion de Fe church in Kissimmee, Florida.
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Politics & Elections

DeSantis’s Congressional Maps Deemed “Unconstitutional” by Judge He Appointed

The circuit judge said the maps diminish “African Americans’ ability to elect the representatives of their choice.”
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Chris Walker,
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May 12, 2022
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