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Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle

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In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes ‘grotesque’ levels of economic inequalityBillionaires are “treading on very, very thin ice,” Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesday during a fiery speech in Los Angeles, imploring California voters to fight “grotesque” levels of economic inequality by approving a proposed tax on the state’s richest residents.The Vermont senator railed against the “greed”, “arrogance” and “moral turpitude” of the nation’s “ruling class”, calling it “fairly disgusting” that some ultra-wealthy tech leaders have fled California – or are threatening to do so, if the proposed wealth tax becomes law. Continue reading… More

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    Bernie Sanders rails against billionaire ‘greed’ amid California tax battle

    In a fiery speech in Los Angeles, the Vermont senator criticizes ‘grotesque’ levels of economic inequalityBillionaires are “treading on very, very thin ice,” Bernie Sanders warned on Wednesday during a fiery speech in Los Angeles, imploring California voters to fight “grotesque” levels of economic inequality by approving a proposed tax on the state’s richest residents.The Vermont senator railed against the “greed”, “arrogance” and “moral turpitude” of the nation’s “ruling class”, calling it “fairly disgusting” that some ultra-wealthy tech leaders have fled California – or are threatening to do so, if the proposed wealth tax becomes law. Continue reading… More

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    White House says Trump wants diplomacy with Iran as US reportedly could be ready for military attack – as it happened

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    Trump news at a glance: president’s ‘board of peace’ set to meet, minus some key US allies

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    US civil rights agency sues Coca-Cola bottler over event that excluded men

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    New York hospital ends transgender treatment program for minors

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    Trump has done more than harm the government’s ability to fight global heating | Jamil Smith

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    Conservative Georgia town pushes back against ICE detention center: ‘We are Americans after all’

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    Credit cards cancelled, Google accounts closed: ICC judges on life under Trump sanctions

    Kimberly Prost and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza vow US reprisals will not affect work of international criminal courtWhen the Canadian Kimberly Prost learned Donald Trump’s administration had imposed sanctions on her, it came as a shock.For years, she has sat as a judge at the international criminal court, weighing accusations of war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; now she is on the same list as terrorists and those involved in organised crime. “It really was a moment of a bit of disbelief,” she said. Continue reading… More