Ilhan Omar Tells Oil Company Executives to Resign Over Climate Disinformation, Pollution

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Democratic Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar told executives of oil companies that they should resign over the pollution and climate change disinformation to which their companies have contributed.”Fossil fuel companies have polluted our air, land, and water for profit despite knowing the devastating impact,” Omar said. “It seems like you all achieved that victory of leading…Continue Reading

NAACP Encourages Professional Athletes to Not Sign With Texas Teams

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Two members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) have released a letter encouraging professional athletes to not sign with any Texas teams.On Thursday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson and NAACP Texas President Gary Bledsoe released the full-length letter on the organization’s website. Johnson and Bledsoe both stated that their…Continue Reading

Voting Machine Missing After GOP Clerk Who Shared QAnon Memes Is Stripped of Authority

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A criminal investigation was opened by Michigan State Police on Thursday following the disappearance of a voting tabulator after a Republican county clerk was stripped of her authority to conduct the next local election.Stephanie Scott, the Adams Township clerk and a poster of QAnon memes on social media, refused mandatory maintenance on the machine because…Continue Reading

To Build Back Better, Progressives Need to Fight Back Harder

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez walked into Thursday’s meeting between House members and President Joe Biden with precisely the skepticism that the moment required. As the president prepared to outline another “framework” for a scaled-down domestic agenda, the progressive Democratic representative from New York said, “We need certainty.” “I think legislative text is one mechanism of us…Continue Reading

Cover the COP26 Climate Summit Like Our Lives Depend on It

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Summit reporting is always rife with tabloid-style clickbait. COP26 demands better. October 28, 2021 This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by CJR and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is CCNow’s deputy director. This June, at the G7 summit held in Cornwall, England, journalists…Continue Reading

Congress Has Oil Executives Cornered. But Will They Lie Under Oath?

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This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of “Climate Crimes,” a special series by The Guardian and Covering Climate Now focused on investigating how the fossil fuel industry contributed to the climate crisis and lied to the American public. Mark Hertsgaard is Covering Climate Now’s executive director. Today is a day of…Continue Reading

Brad Raffensperger Says GOP Lawmakers Lack ‘Moral Courage’ On The Big Lie

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In early January 2021, then-President Donald Trump tried to persuade Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the state’s election results. Raffensperger rejected Trump’s requests as well as his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. Now, Raffensperger is facing a primary in 2022 from Rep. Jody Hice, whom Trump has endorsed for Georgia secretary of…Continue Reading