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Sunday, November 8, 2026 Despite Midterm Win, Are Democrats About to Help GOP Pass 'Massive Giveaway' to Big Oil and Big Tech? "Handing Stephen Miller a loaded howitzer is not something any senator should even contemplate. Period." Know someone who would enjoy the Common Dreams newsletter? Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your family and friends.   'End the Genocide': 200,000 March for Gaza in Amsterdam "Too bad the US media can't find out about this," said one American critic recognizing that such displays of opposition to Israel's violent campaign of ethnic cleansing and forced displacement are rarely given much coverage.   'No More Excuses,' Thunders Bernie Sanders. 'Democrats Must Deliver' Last week's election results, says the Independent from Vermont, show that voters are done with "tinkering around the edges."   Bernie Sanders: Increasing Social Security Payments by $2400 Next Year a Top Priority "How? By scrapping the cap and demanding that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes."   'Enough. Have Mercy on Us!' Suffering in Gaza Escalates as 70,000 Tents Destroyed by Floods “We are poor people in Gaza," said one man whose family of our lost their makeshift home to the storm water. "We want to live. We do not want to die from the bombing or the cold."   Petition Calling for House Speaker Other Than Hakeem Jeffries Hits 1 Million Signatures "We are calling on every member of the incoming 120th Congress to vote against Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker in January 2027 and choose a different candidate."   'If He Wants to Pass Trumpcare-for-All, I'm OK With It,' Says Medicare for All Champion Abdul El-Sayed "Donald, if you're watching, we'll put your name on it. You get to be the American president who finally guaranteed health care for every single American."

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