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[] [Pentagon Spending Set to Hit Near-Record Levels, But 'Establishment Says We Can't Afford' Progressive Policies](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Very few in Congress are questioning how the U.S. can afford to spend $7.5 trillion on the military." [] [] News... [] [Decrying 'Toxic Alliance' of Macron and Polluters, Climate Campaigners Stage One of France's Largest Ever Acts of Civil Disobedience](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) [climate activists](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Parts of a major business district just outside of Paris city limits were "paralyzed" Friday when more than 2,000 climate campaigners staged what organizers described as one of France's largest ever acts of civil disobedience. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Oppressed Labor' Not Backing Down as Stop & Shop Strike Enters Second Week](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) [A striker at a New England Stop & Shop.](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "We want our pension to be left the way it is, our healthcare not to be taken away from us, to keep our time and a half." --------------------------------------------------------------- [ACLU Demands Investigation Into Pro-Trump 'Fascist Militia' Unlawfully Detaining Migrants at Gunpoint](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The Trump administration's vile racism has emboldened white nationalists and fascists to flagrantly violate the law." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Common Dreams is fueled by readers, like you. 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The violence claimed the life of journalist Lyra McKee.](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer A journalist whose work focused on Northern Ireland's troubled past was killed Thursday night in the latest in a series of militant escalations that are increasing in frequency as the United Kingdom and Ireland reckon with Brexit. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) [] [] Views... 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Koehler Maybe the problem is the lack of courage among those in control to challenge the insanity not simply of the military budget but of militarism itself. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Outlets Denounced as ‘Enemies of People’ Still Promote Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Narratives](1f9d0/ct31_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) [Washington Post depiction (3/27/19) of a “Border at ‘Breaking Point'”](1f9d0/ct32_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) by Joshua Cho Establishment outlets have helped spread the Trump administration’s message --------------------------------------------------------------- [Armed Bounty Hunters Raided Our Clients’ Home to Prevent Private Companies from Losing $1,670](1f9d0/ct33_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip) 1f9d0/ct34_0/1?sid=TV2%3AW9jWaWQip by Andrea Woods, Alex Rate Around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, 2017, Eugene Mitchell, Shayleen Meuchell, and their four-year-old daughter were in bed at their home in Lolo, Montana, when they heard a violent crash. “It sounded like a truck had driven straight into our house,” Mitchell later said. 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