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6/23 News Roundup & Open Thread

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Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the country’s largest abortion rights organization, officially backed the Democrat Graham Platner for Senate in Maine on Monday, selecting him over Senator Susan Collins, one of only two Republican senators who support abortion rights. A Maine affiliate of the organization had praised Ms. Collins’s “long history of supporting Planned Parenthood and access to essential health care” as recently as May 2025, cheering her opposition to efforts by congressional Republicans to slash federal funding for the organization. But at an event in Portland on Monday, Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and chief executive of the national organization, … Continue reading →

6/9 News Roundup & Open Thread

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Hi Birdies, Bernie spoke at the National Press Club, with Q & A by Robert Costa. The gap between inside the beltway chatter and the realities of American life are growing wider and wider. The American people are HURTING and extremely anxious about the future. They want to know how we can right this ship. https://t.co/nvBM9xINMJ — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 8, 2026 More news and your comments after the jump.

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6/1 News Roundup & Open Thread

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From the Guardian: The UK is failing to protect freedom of speech, prominent activists have said, after the government banned two leftwing US political commentators from entering the country to attend speaking engagements. Cenk Uygur, the host of the Young Turks online political talkshow, and Hasan Piker, who runs his own hours-long stream each day, were both due to appear at SXSW London, while the former said he had also been due to speak at an event run by University of Oxford students. The Home Office said the two men had their electronic travel authorisations (ETA) cancelled because their presence … Continue reading →