Jake Johnson, staff writer
Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @johnsonjakep
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News Thursday, March 14, 2019 'Don't Sell Out to Big Cable': Internet Defenders Warn Democrats Against Watering Down Net Neutrality Bill Internet defenders are raising alarm and warning against telecom-backed sabotage after several Democratic lawmakers signaled they would be willing to water down their party's net neutrality legislation in order to appease Republican objections. "The message from net neutrality supporters and the... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 14, 2019 Born to Run? As Beto Enters 2020 Race, Progressives Still Unclear Where Texas Democrat Stands on Key Priorities Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke announced Thursday that he is running for president in 2020, but commentators and reporters say his policy agenda and vision for the country remain unclear. "This is a defining moment of truth for this country, and for every single one of us," O'Rourke said in... Read more |
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News Wednesday, March 13, 2019 'This Is Historic': US Senate Passes War Powers Resolution to End Complicity in World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis In a major step toward ending U.S. complicity in the world's worst humanitarian crisis, the Senate on Wednesday passed a War Powers resolution to cut off American military support for the Saudi-led coalition's assault on Yemen. "This Senate vote moves us one step closer to ending U.S. support for... Read more |
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News Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Spanish Investigators Believe CIA Was Involved in Violent Attack on North Korean Embassy: Report Two individuals involved in a violent attack on the North Korean embassy in Madrid have reportedly been linked by Spanish authorities to the CIA. According to the Spanish newspaper El País , which first reported the findings of Madrid investigators, "two of the 10 assailants who broke into the... Read more |
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News Wednesday, March 13, 2019 With 'Ecological Foundations of Society' at Risk, Warns UN, Hope Resides in Urgent Global Action A comprehensive United Nations report released on Wednesday found that while global human health is under dire threat from the climate crisis and industrial pollution, there is still a window for bold and urgent action if world leaders would but seize it. "We are at a crossroads. Do we continue on... Read more |
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News Tuesday, March 12, 2019 'No Excuses': Net Neutrality Scoreboard Calls Out Hundreds of Lawmakers Still Not Committed to Saving the Internet Hundreds of congressional lawmakers still have not signed on to Democrats' bill to restore net neutrality , and open internet advocates are putting them on notice. With a new " scoreboard " detailing where members of Congress stand on net neutrality and how much money they have received from the... Read more |
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News Tuesday, March 12, 2019 'They May Have the Money... We Have the People': Sanders Calls for Citizen Co-Sponsors of Medicare for All With his new and improved Medicare for All legislation coming in the next few weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday issued a call for "citizen co-sponsors" of the bill to show the insurance industry and the political establishment that the public is "ready to fight harder than ever for the... Read more |
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News Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Greenpeace Calls BS After Trump Cites 'Paid Lobbyist' Masquerading as Co-Founder to Peddle Climate Denial President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to boost "Greenpeace co-founder" Patrick Moore's claim on "Fox & Friends" that the climate crisis is "not only fake news, it's fake science." "Moore often misrepresents himself in the media as an environmental 'expert' or even an '... Read more |
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News Tuesday, March 12, 2019 With Blocked Ads Proving Her Point, Warren Says Facebook Shouldn't Have Power to Decide What Is and Isn't Allowed for 'Robust Debate' In a move Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) described as a perfect example of why her plan to break up tech giants is necessary, Facebook late Monday took down ads from Warren's presidential campaign that promoted the proposal and denounced tech corporations—including Facebook itself—for exploiting... Read more |
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News Monday, March 11, 2019 'Nowhere to Hide': Billboard to Target Kyrsten Sinema as Only Senate Democrat Standing Against Net Neutrality When Senate Democrats unveiled legislation to fully restore net neutrality last week, every member of the party's caucus signed on to the bill—except one. "We're crowdfunding this billboard so she knows that there's nowhere to hide—she can do the right thing or be sure that the entire internet will... Read more |