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Jessica Corbett

Maine, Portland

Freelance Writer and Fact-Checker at Freelance

Senior Editor at Common Dreams

@commondreams senior editor | freelance writer & fact-checker: https://t.co/x2zogUqqc2 | @ithacacollege, @icparkschool, @parkscholars ’15 (she/her)

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  • Disability Advocates, Civil Rights Groups Sound Alarm on RFK's Reported Autism 'Registry'

    1 day ago | autism.einnews.com | Eloise Goldsmith |Jessica Corbett |Julia Conley

    Dozens of public health, disability rights, and civil rights groups on Monday raised "significant concerns" about a walked-back proposal from the National Institutes of Health—an entity within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—to create a national autism registry. Their concern stems from April comments first reported by CBS News from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who said during a meeting that NIH intends to create national disease registries, including one for autism.

  • '1.5ºC Is Dead': Climate Movement Holds Funeral for Paris Agreement Target | Common Dreams

    4 days ago | commondreams.org | Jessica Corbett

    Extinction Rebellion and other climate organizations on Saturday held a funeral for the Paris agreement's 1.5°C temperature target in Cambridge, England. "The mock funeral idea grew out of the need to process the enormity and sadness of this moment," Alex Martin of Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge said in a statement.

  • New text makes clear 'House Republicans are proposing more tax cuts for the wealthy'

    4 days ago | alternet.org | Jessica Corbett

    Since Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday evening released tax-related legislative language and announced a markup for President Donald Trump's "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," economic justice advocates have sounded the alarm.

  • New Text Makes Clear 'House Republicans Are Proposing More Tax Cuts for the Wealthy'

    4 days ago | commondreams.org | Jessica Corbett

    Since Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday evening released tax-related legislative language and announced a markup for President Donald Trump's " One, Big, Beautiful Bill," economic justice advocates have sounded the alarm.

  • 'Clear excess of authority': Judge slams Trump for sidestepping Congress

    5 days ago | rawstory.com | Jessica Corbett

    A federal judge in California on Friday temporarily blocked what at coalition of labor unions, local governments, and nonprofits argued was "the unconstitutional dismantling of the federal government by the president of the United States on a scale unprecedented in this country’s history and in clear excess of his authority." Since returning to office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump—aided by his Department of Government Efficiency and its de facto leader, billionaire Elon Musk—has...

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Jessica Corbett @corbett_jessica
11 May 25

RT @BernieSanders: I don't know who needs to hear this, but NO, Donald Trump cannot accept a $400 million flying palace from the royal fami…

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Jessica Corbett @corbett_jessica
11 May 25

RT @RepPressley: Rümeysa Öztürk is back home in the #MA7 where she belongs. Her unlawful detention was shameful. We won’t stop until she’…

Jessica Corbett
Jessica Corbett @corbett_jessica
11 May 25

RT @RepLaMonica: We came to Delaney Hall to do our job: Oversight. Like we’ve done many times before. We didn’t come for chaos or to “brea…