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News & Views | Sunday, January 19, 2020
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'Naked, Unapologetic and Insidious' Corruption: Democrats Respond to Trump's Official Statement on Impeachment Charges by Common Dreams staff "Though the President describes this conduct as perfect," said the House Managers assigned to prosecute the Senate trial, "the Founders had a different word for it: impeachable." |
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'The Facts Are Very Clear': Sanders Team Hits Back After Biden Claims Social Security Video Was 'Doctored' by Jon Queally, staff writer "Biden not only pushed to cut Social Security—he is on tape proudly bragging about it on multiple occasions," said Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir in response to accusations by the former vice president. |
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'Our Planet Is Seriously Burning and the Adults Keep Letting Us Down': Youth Climate Lawsuit Thrown Out by Jon Queally, staff writer "Seeking to quash this suit, the government bluntly insists that it has the absolute and unreviewable power to destroy the Nation," wrote Judge Josephine Staton in a scathing dissent opinion. "My colleagues throw up their hands, concluding that this case presents nothing fit for the Judiciary." |
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'Why No One Trusts the Media': MSNBC Slammed for Featuring 'Body Language Expert' Who Calls Sanders a Liar by Jon Queally, staff writer While the Sanders campaign demanded an apology from the network, critics of Joy Ann Reid's morning show said the segment was "fraudulent garbage" and a "disgrace." |
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'Government Can't Airbrush History': National Archives Denounced for Erasing Anti-Trump Signs in Women's March Photos by Jon Queally, staff writer "It is the job of the National Archives to document history, not alter it to serve the president's ego." |
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'Pete Takes Money From Fossil Fuel Billionaires': Climate Activists Disrupt Buttigieg Rally in New Hampshire by Jon Queally, staff writer "We are really concerned about candidates who have taken money from fossil-fuel executives. So that includes Joe Biden as well as Pete Buttigieg." |
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Millions Expected to Join Global Women's March to 'Act as a Catalyst for Political and Social Change' by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Millions of advocates for women's human rights are expected to take to the streets in dozens of cities worldwide on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the fourth annual Global Women's March. |
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"Let's Be Clear About Who Is Rigging What": Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump Effort to Divide Democrats by Jon Queally, staff writer 2020 candidate says only reason for impeachment trial is president's effort to "use the power of the federal government for his own political benefit." |
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For Abuse of Office and Covering for Trump, Watchdog Group Files Formal DOJ Complaint Against AG William Barr by Jon Queally, staff writer "The attorney general has acted in biased ways and violated Justice Department norms, standards, and rules to protect President Trump at the expense of fulfilling his responsibilities to provide fair and impartial administration of justice." |
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IMF Head Gives 'Stark Message' of Looming Inequality-Fueled Global Financial Disaster by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Further fueling the potential threat are "climate-related shocks." |
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Why Americans—and the World—Ought to Be Concerned About Julian Assange's Extradition Case by Nozomi Hayase The indictment of Assange is recognized by many free speech groups as the most important press freedom case of our time. Yet, with mainstream media blackout and utter silence of political leaders on this important issue, criminalization of journalism goes on without much of the public being aware... |
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Of Course There Is a Class War, David Brooks by Josh Bivens Though absolutely wrongheaded and naive, his latest New York Times column is very useful. |
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Hindu Fascism: An All-American Threat by Sameena Mustafa, Arti Walker-Peddakotla We, as Muslim and Hindu women of color, have watched in horror as both the country of our ancestors, India, and the country of our birth, the United States, have devolved into nationalism and fascism. |
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Voters in Iowa Care More About Key Issues Than Warren-Sanders Unity by Laura Flanders "What people are talking about on the doors is nothing like what's on social media." |
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As Citizens United Turns 10, We Need Candidates Who Will Fight to Get Money Out of Politics by Tiffany Muller In the decade since this disastrous Supreme Court ruling, just 11 wealthy people have made 20 percent of super PAC donations. |
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Here's the Truth: Trump's Economy Is an Absolute Disaster for People and the Planet by Joseph Stiglitz It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. |