Jon Queally, staff writer
Jon Queally is managing editor for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @jonqueally
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News Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez Forced to Explain Marginal Tax Rates to 'Far-Right Former Governor' Scott Walker In response to a tweet by the former Republican of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Tuesday afternoon offered a tax lesson of her own and once again showed why she remains a rising star when it comes to messaging progressive ideas, navigating social media, and... Read more |
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News Monday, January 14, 2019 TSA Strike? As Trump and GOP Refuse to End Shutdown, Call Grows for Federal Workers to Rise Up As the current partial government shutdown has become the longest in U.S. history—even with the latest polls showing President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans increasingly seen as the ones to blame for the crisis—it remains to be seen how the Democrats, with no reason to give ground , can... Read more |
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News Monday, January 14, 2019 'Do As I Say, Not As I Do:' Rand 'Socialized-Medicine-Is-Slavery' Paul Headed to Canada for Some Surgery Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), one of the most vocal libertarians in Congress, is reportedly headed to Canada later this year to receive hernia surgery and it's pretty clear that a lot people on Monday are going to be calling him out for this. While building a career on promoting the libertarian myth of... Read more |
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News Friday, January 11, 2019 Amid Report Dems Trying to "Rein In" Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman Responds With Fiery Comic Book Reference After Politico put out a story on Friday characterizing a group of Democrats in the House as " exasperated " over the manner in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has used her media savvy and unabashed progressivism to challenge party norms, the newly-elected congresswoman let it be known... Read more |
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News Friday, January 11, 2019 'New Party, Who Dis?': Ocasio-Cortez Takes No Guff From 'Irrelevant' Joe Lieberman In a jab at former Democratic (and Independent ) lawmaker and " corporate shill " Joe Lieberman—who has continued to lobby for powerful private interests after leaving Senate just as did while serving in the body —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to his criticism of her brand of... Read more |
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News Thursday, January 10, 2019 Mike Pompeo's Cairo Speech Denounced as Ahistorical 'Imperial Hogwash' A speech delivered by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday was immediately chided by critics as bellicose and ahistorical "hogwash" that did more to reveal the incoherence and dangers of the Trump administration's foreign policy than anything else. "What the world needs... Read more |
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News Thursday, January 10, 2019 'Shock Doctrine' Author Naomi Klein Worries 'What Next?' If Trump Succeeds in Inventing a 'National Emergency' As a result of creating a fake crisis in order to appease his far-right base and achieve a policy goal that has majority public opposition, President Donald Trump continues to threaten to declare a "national emergency" as a way to commandeer military funds in order to build a wall along the U.S.-... Read more |
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News Wednesday, January 09, 2019 Despite Nationwide Effort to Insulate Deputy AG From Trump, Rosenstein Reportedly Has Exit Plan While an aggressive push by grassroots organizations and congressional lawmakers was made to ensure Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosentein was not improperly removed or forced out of his position at the U.S. Justice Department, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday morning that he has indicated... Read more |
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News Tuesday, January 08, 2019 'Trump Is the National Crisis': Primetime Address Denounced as 'Bigoted, Childish Con Job' on American People The national televised address by President Donald Trump was widely denounced on Tuesday night after his performance from the Oval Office—in which he used well-worn racist tactics to dehumanize immigrants and refugees by painting them as violent criminals, but said nothing new or convincing about... Read more |
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News Tuesday, January 08, 2019 Democrats Don't Just Support Medicare for All, 84% in New Poll Want Party Leaders to Make It 'Extremely Important Priority' ' Are you listening ?' That was the question posed by healthcare justice advocates to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi—and potential Democratic presidential candidates as well—after another new poll showed overwhelming support for Medicare for All by... Read more |