Jon Queally, Author at Flux https://flux.community/creator/jon-queally/ A platform for change Mon, 19 Sep 2022 06:09:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 As migrants confirm they were misled, calls for prosecution of DeSantis and Abbott grow https://flux.community/jon-queally/2022/09/as-migrants-confirm-they-were-misled-calls-for-prosecution-of-desantis-and-abbott-grow/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:00:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12336 As Republican Governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbott of Texas continued over the weekend to defend their plot to put refugees and migrants from Latin America on planes and busses to northern cities and communities, critics of the ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ actions have said the two should face investigation and ultimately criminal prosecution for […]

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]]> ‘Buckle up, it’s going to be a rough ride’: Far-right Liz Truss named new UK prime minister https://flux.community/jon-queally/2022/09/buckle-up-its-going-to-be-a-rough-ride-far-right-liz-truss-named-new-uk-prime-minister/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:00:31 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12223 Labour Party members, progressives, and critical voices worldwide registered concern and condemnation Monday after the Conservative Party in the U.K. voted to make Liz Truss, formerly the Foreign Secretary, the nation’s next Prime Minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson. In a runoff with former finance minister Rishi Sunak, Truss won out by a historically […]

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]]> White House ‘some activists’ comment roils progressive abortion rights champions https://flux.community/jon-queally/2022/07/white-house-some-activists-comment-roils-progressive-abortion-rights-champions/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:00:22 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11638 Comments by White House communications director Kate Bedingfield over the weekend have touched a fresh nerve among progressives already frustrated by the Biden administration’s tepid response to the right-wing attack on abortion rights including the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade last month. Quoted in a detailed piece of reporting by the Washington Post, Bedingfield referred dismissively to […]

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]]> Raskin says what Trump did ‘makes the Watergate break-in look like the work of cub scouts’ https://flux.community/jon-queally/2022/07/raskin-says-what-trump-did-makes-the-watergate-break-in-look-like-the-work-of-cub-scouts/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 18:00:41 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11633 Congressman Jamie Raskin said Sunday that more explosive testimony before Congress in the week ahead will help the American public better understand that what former President Donald Trump perpetrated on and before January 6, 2021 was a series of offensive actions and decisions unprecedented in all of American history. Asked on “Face the Nation” by host […]

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]]> Oxfam report: Billionaires ‘had a terrific pandemic,’ everyone else not so much https://flux.community/jon-queally/2022/01/oxfam-report-billionaires-had-terrific-pandemic-everyone-else-not-so-much/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:58:17 +0000 https://flux.community/2022/01/oxfam-report-billionaires-had-terrific-pandemic-everyone-else-not-so-much/ The post Oxfam report: Billionaires ‘had a terrific pandemic,’ everyone else not so much appeared first on Flux.

]]> ‘Facebook papers’ spur global outrage and calls to break up tech behemoth https://flux.community/jon-queally/2021/10/facebook-papers-spur-global-outrage-and-calls-break-tech-behemoth/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:25:46 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/10/facebook-papers-spur-global-outrage-and-calls-break-tech-behemoth/ The post ‘Facebook papers’ spur global outrage and calls to break up tech behemoth appeared first on Flux.

]]> Pharmaceutical companies launch lobbying blitz to keep patent monopolies on coronavirus vaccines https://flux.community/jon-queally/2021/04/pharmaceutical-companies-launch-lobbying-blitz-keep-patent/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/04/pharmaceutical-companies-launch-lobbying-blitz-keep-patent/ The post Pharmaceutical companies launch lobbying blitz to keep patent monopolies on coronavirus vaccines appeared first on Flux.

]]> Progressives urge Kamala Harris to overrule Senate parliamentarian and allow $15 minimum wage vote https://flux.community/jon-queally/2021/02/progressives-urge-kamala-harris-overrule-senate-parliamentarian-and-allow-15/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:33:15 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/02/progressives-urge-kamala-harris-overrule-senate-parliamentarian-and-allow-15/ The post Progressives urge Kamala Harris to overrule Senate parliamentarian and allow $15 minimum wage vote appeared first on Flux.

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