Green New Deal, RIP
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to pay our final respects to the Green New Deal. We had such high hopes for it: hope that it would save our economy; hope that it would save our planet; and, most of all, hope that it would save our party from the coming November red tsunami. What killed the Green
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The Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on the Biden administration to arrange a meeting for him and other religious leaders with imprisoned WNBA player Brittney Griner. Sharpton said in a press release on Tuesday that he is deeply worried about Griner's physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing after speaking with her wife last week. Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and U.S. Olympic gold medalist who plays for a Russian professional team during the WNBA offseason, has been imprisoned in Russia for more than four months since she was arrested on drug charges. Her t
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