No U.S. Troops in Haiti: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Military Mission Would Not Help Country

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• Two Different America's (Sic)
  Hoo boy. With the approach of what bleakly promises to be "the super-Islamophobic midterms," the Bigot-In-Chief is letting his racist freak flag fly by attacking Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, whose smarts, strength, hotness, accomplished wife and Michigan win clearly terrify him. Cue charges of "communist," "man of hate," and, probs soon, AI slop featuring suicide vests. […]
• PEER and Allies Push Back on FCC’s Approval of Reflect Orbital’s Plan to Light Up the Night
  PEER, DarkSky International, the American Bird Conservancy, and Environment America — represented by Earthjustice — filed a formal Application for Review asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse its Space Bureau’s approval of Reflect Orbital Inc.’s Earendil-1 satellite.Earendil-1 is a commercial satellite that will reflect sunlight back to Earth at night.The Space Bureau granted […]
• As El Niño and heatwaves dry up fields, governments must act fast
  Climate campaigners warned that record high temperatures and a strong El Niño is resulting in severe drought in many countries, hitting crop yields and raising food prices. 350.org urged governments to move fast to protect farming communities and consumers, and mobilize the necessary funds through higher, permanent taxes on fossil fuel profits.As the world’s top […]
• Blanche Is (Still) Unfit to Be Named Attorney General
  Today, Senator Bill Cassidy, announced that he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General.Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response:“This is an appalling outcome for the rule of law. Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s lawyer. He is committed to lawfare and Donald Trump’s political vendettas, not rule of […]
• Food & Water Watch Applauds Failure of Bad Senate Farm Bill
  Today Republicans failed to move their disastrous Farm Bill, the Agricultural Act of 2026, out of the Senate Agriculture Committee. A fierce movement of advocates built enough pressure to keep poison pills, like the Save Our Bacon Act, out of the Committee’s debate on the bill.Instead of serving everyday people, this Farm Bill was designed […]
• Congress Must Strengthen Farm Bill to Fight Unfolding Hunger Crisis
  A child hunger crisis is unfolding in plain sight: it’s very likely that more than 1.5 million children nationwide have lost food assistance in the wake of unprecedented SNAP cuts in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. While the farm bill considered by the Senate Agriculture Committee today would take a step in the right direction […]