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U.S. oligarchs are backing Donald Trump and the neofascists surrounding him in a bid to roll back the clock to the Gilded Age.

“It is long past time for the President to live up to his word,” said the Democrat from New York.

A new poll shows public appetite for not just civil action but also criminal prosecution, and district attorneys are showing “real, serious interest” in the idea, one expert said.

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Reporters Without Borders says it has “reasonable grounds for thinking that some of these journalists were deliberately killed and that the others were the victims of deliberate IDF attacks against civilians.”

“We will never forget the images emerging from Rafah tonight. Human beings, including babies, were burned alive and torn apart. This genocide must end, it must end now,” said one group.

The arrest followed a CNN investigation that documented the hourslong attack and identified key perpetrators from the pro-Israel mob.

“This was intentional,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib. “You don’t accidentally kill massive amounts of children and their families over and over again and get to say, ‘It was a mistake.’”

“It’s very devastating that the leadership of the administration is not only not listening to their colleagues, but to the majority of the American people, who want a cease-fire, who are horrified by what’s happening in Gaza.”

“All these workers ever wanted was a fair shot at having a voice on the job and a say in their working conditions,” the union said.

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It might be wise to stop hyping how wonderful the economy is for working people who know one thing better than any so-called expert: the economic strain they and their families feel each day.

“This is how free speech is actually chilled—vengeful dipshit billionaires,” said one media executive, after more than a dozen staffers let go from nonprofit watchdog whose mission is to combat right-wing disinformation and propaganda.