#Let’s make the farm bill a people bill

#Let’s make the farm bill a people bill

It’s that time again: every five years Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill, a critical piece of legislation that establishes rules and incentives that shape our food system and its impacts on the environment and on the workers who plant, harvest, process and transport our food. With intersecting climate, health and economic crises looming, this year’s…

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#Boy killed, 5 wounded in Cincinnati mass shooting

#Boy killed, 5 wounded in Cincinnati mass shooting

A shooter fired 22 shots into a crowd in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, killing an 11-year-old boy and wounding four other children and an adult, according to local authorities. The Cincinnati Police Department on Sunday said the occupant of a sedan car fired 22 rounds in “quick succession” shortly before 9:30 p.m. Friday in Cincinnati’s…

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#Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no’

#Stephanopoulos presses Scalise on whether 2020 election was stolen: ‘Yes or no’

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) refused to answer whether the 2020 election was stolen when pressed eight separate times in a Sunday interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. Asked about conservative Rep. Ken Buck’s (R-Colo.) decision to leave Congress and his departing remark that “too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that…

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#Israeli ambassador says military can’t distinguish between civilians, terrorists in Gaza death toll

#Israeli ambassador says military can’t distinguish between civilians, terrorists in Gaza death toll

Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog on Sunday said the Israeli military is unable to distinguish between civilians and terrorists in Gaza’s reported death toll amidst the war with Hamas. When presented with reports of thousands of Palestinian civilian casualties on CBS News’s “Face The Nation,” Herzog said, “I will be very careful, very…

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#Michigan AG calls for Tlaib to retract remark on Israel-Hamas conflict 

#Michigan AG calls for Tlaib to retract remark on Israel-Hamas conflict 

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) called for Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) to retract viral remarks she made Friday on the Israel-Hamas conflict. The congresswoman criticized the Biden administration’s support for Israel in the war, saying the president is “supporting the genocide of the Palestinian people.” Tlaib has received criticism since making the comments, including…

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