A proposal by Sens. Angus King (I-ME) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70 would be a massive benefit cut, particularly affecting low-wage workers. If Congress enacts it, millions more Social Security taxpayers would not live long enough to collect a cent in retirement benefits.
Raising Social Security’s retirement age would slam low-wage workers yet again
Related:
Social Security Solvency: Raised Retirement Age More Likely as Congress Fails to Compromise
“The invasion of Iraq was twenty years ago, but the U.S. government hasn’t learned a single lesson,” said American journalist and activist Eugene Puryear, also an organizer of Saturday’s anti-war rally north of the White House.
Washington protesters call for stop to endless U.S. wars, reflection on Iraq invasion
The White House has come out against a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow to potentially mediate between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart in Kyiv.
White House Says It Opposes a Ceasefire in Ukraine
The Biden administration has quietly resumed deportations to Russia, an apparent reversal of the position adopted after Russia invaded Ukraine just over a year ago, when such removals were suspended, the Guardian has learned
Biden administration quietly resumes deportations to Russia
You may have heard that the Biden administration has told TikTok that it must be divested from ByteDance or it will be banned in the US. At least that’s what TikTok said the administration has said. The end result of this might well be that ByteDance divests of TikTok, but we should be clear: the threat, and any potential block, would be a clear, blatant, dangerous violation of the 1st Amendment.
Yes, The US Government Threatening To Block TikTok Violates The 1st Amendment
Previously:
The US government is trying to force ByteDance to sell TikTok
U.S. intelligence was too quick to leak information about the German investigation to The New York Times. It raises the distinct impression that the real culprit is nervous about the investigative work of Seymour Hersh.
The Nord Stream-Andromeda Cover Up
Ignore GOP hype about the “liberal” tech industry — reckless, entitled libertarianism is what fuels Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley Bank wasn’t “woke”: Tech billionaires are just as bad as Wall Street bros
Related:
Elizabeth Warren: Silicon Valley Bank Is Gone. We Know Who Is Responsible.
On Thursday the New York Times ran yet another report about Saudi Arabia’s entry into an “Abraham Accord,” but if only certain conditions could be met. It quoted longtime Israel lobby heavyweight Martin Indyk and reported on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s think tank the Washington Institute for Near East Policy “expert” delegation’s visit to Riyadh to finalize a deal. Then on Friday explosive news broke that China had successfully concluded a secret peace agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Israel and its US lobby Dealt Major Blow by China Saudi Iran Peace Initiative
The timing of a new report suggesting rogue ‘pro-Ukrainian group’ might be to blame for pipeline blast is questioned today.
On NYT Nord Stream theory, German official raises specter of ‘false flag’
Peace in Ukraine! Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars! Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine!
On Saturday, March 18, people from all across the country will gather outside the White House in Washington, D.C., to demand an end to the war in Ukraine and all the endless wars the government is waging with our blood and our tax dollars.
ALL OUT FOR MARCH 18!
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