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Saturday, July 5, 2025 ■ The Week in Review
Reports from multiple outlets show the Times is vastly underselling its source's extreme views on race.By Brad Reed • Jul 4, 2025
"They do not deserve to be re-elected and they must be defeated," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.By Jake Johnson • Jul 4, 2025
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar called the Republican budget package "one of the most cruel, immoral pieces of legislation that Congress has ever voted on."By Common Dreams Staff • Jul 3, 2025
"Their bill will gut Medicaid and kill people, and they know it," said Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.).By Brad Reed • Jul 3, 2025
The amount set to flow to a "tiny sliver of affluent families" over the next decade is roughly equal to the Medicaid cuts included in the Republican bill, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.By Jake Johnson • Jul 3, 2025
"The top 1% are salivating over getting an extra $300,000 a year because of this dangerous bill," said one House Democrat. "Billionaires win."By Jake Johnson • Jul 3, 2025
"This budget betrayal is the largest cut to Medicaid and food assistance in history to give billionaires a tax break," said the Michigan Democrat.By Jessica Corbett • Jul 2, 2025
"It explodes our national debt, it militarizes our entire economy, and it strips away healthcare and basic dignity of the American people. For what? To give Elon Musk a tax break and billionaires the greedy taking of our nation."By Jake Johnson • Jul 2, 2025
"That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this mayor's time in City Hall," said the New York City mayoral candidate.By Jessica Corbett • Jul 1, 2025
"What happened to you J.D. Vance—author of Hillbilly Elegy—now shrugging off Medicaid cuts that will close rural hospitals and kick millions off healthcare as 'minutiae?'" asked Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).By Brad Reed • Jul 1, 2025
The provision, part of the Senate budget bill, was described as "a blatant giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry that would keep drug prices high for patients while draining $5 billion in taxpayer dollars."By Jake Johnson • Jul 1, 2025
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| | | ■ Opinion
And yet, as he was elected by the people, we need no revolution to overthrow him. What we must do is reclaim democracy for the common good and put back together what the MAGA movement has smashed.By Jeffrey C. Isaac • Jul 4, 2025
We who believe in justice, equality, diversity, love, sustainability, peace, and so much more, are still here, and we can still, ultimately, win.By Christopher D. Cook • Jul 3, 2025
It establishes an anti-immigrant police state in America, replete with a standing army of ICE agents and a gulag of detention facilities, and it was passed by a narrow margin despite popular opinion.By Robert Reich • Jul 3, 2025
How Medicare Advantage is hurting workersBy Spencer Carnes • Jul 3, 2025
Public grocery stores would not eliminate hunger. But they could function as stabilizing infrastructure in food systems that are currently brittle and uneven.By Matt Watkins • Jul 1, 2025
If the Big Ugly Bill becomes law, over half of nursing homes say they will have to reduce staff, and a quarter say they will close.By Alex Lawson • Jun 30, 2025
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