The New York bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Pamela Hunter, D-Syracuse, would eliminate the “clearly established” standard as a defense for violations of the state and federal constitutions, opening the courthouse door to plaintiffs stymied by that high bar. They’ll still have to prove their claims to a judge. But…

The inflation panic is causing some Democrats to pivot from social spending to deficit reduction. That’s exactly the wrong approach. Read on In These Times

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Invest in easing childhood poverty, not an aquarium. Sign & Share this petition at change.org to oppose Onondaga County spending $85 million on an expensive aquarium with taxpayer money. Spend 85 million on Families, Not Fish.

Ehrlichman: “We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.” Read the Article on the Equal Justice Initiative

In this week’s Zoom with Czarny, Dustin talks to Jeff Wice of New York Law School. As the foremost expert on redistricting in New York this is a timely discussion on the implications of the latest New York Redistricting ruling throwing out the State Senate and Congressional lines and restarting…

Trump and the Republicans’ far more ambitious objective is to execute successfully, in 2024, the very same plan they failed in executing in 2020 and to overturn the 2024 election if Trump or his anointed successor loses… Read it on Alternet

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Noam Chomsky spoke with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill in a wide-ranging discussion on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read or Listen on The Intercept

The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic. By Bill McKibben “The reason we have a system of voluntary pledges, not a binding global agreement, is that the world finally figured out there would never be 66 votes in the US…