“If Republicans take over Congress, they plan to hold the government hostage and ransom our future,” said one climate advocate. In addition to threatening cuts to Social Security and Medicare, congressional Republicans are reportedly plotting to use the debt ceiling and an end-of-year clash over government funding to target popular climate investments approved in August as part of […]
“This is obviously totally incompatible with liberal democracy and an open society,” said one commentator. Video footage released Friday night showing armed individuals sitting near a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona is heightening alarm over right-wing intimidation efforts as early voting kicks off across the United States. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office told a local ABC affiliate that it […]
“This is Republicans’ own words and Americans need to hear them loud and clear,” said Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell. Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell said Tuesday that every congressional Republican and GOP candidate should be pressed on whether they support their party leaders’ stated plan to hold the U.S. economy hostage to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare, […]
“All nuclear exercises imply willingness to mass murder civilians, wipe out entire cities, and risk all-out nuclear war,” said ICAN. “They also risk accidents and escalation, and will legitimize Russia’s dangerous nuclear rhetoric.” As NATO on Monday began its annual rehearsal for nuclear war in Europe and Russia prepared to conduct its own nuclear drill amid […]