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News & Views | Monday, January 25, 2021
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Biden Urged to Fire Entire Postal Service Board for Complicity in 'Devastating Arson' by Trump and DeJoy by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Trump confessed he was wrecking USPS to rig the election. His toady Postmaster General DeJoy carried out that arson. It's time to clean house." |
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'Abolish Billionaires': Oxfam Report Shows Combined Pandemic Wealth of Richest 10 People Could Vaccinate World by Jon Queally, staff writer "Rigged economies are funnelling wealth to a rich elite who are riding out the pandemic in luxury, while those on the frontline of the pandemic... are struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table." |
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Hawley Deploys "The 'I'm Rubber You're Glue' Defense to Treachery" by Jake Johnson, staff writer The Missouri Republican is facing growing calls for his resignation or removal from the Senate for inciting the deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. |
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Members of Congress Reportedly Facing Death Threats Ahead of Trump Impeachment Trial by Kenny Stancil, staff writer Amid "ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol," thousands of National Guard troops are expected to remain in Washington, D.C. as Trump's trial proceeds in the Senate. |
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Bernie Sanders Dares GOP to Criticize Him for Using Reconciliation to 'Protect Ordinary People, Not Just the Rich' by Jake Johnson, staff writer "If they want to criticize me for helping to feed children who are hungry or senior citizens in this country who are isolated and alone and don't have enough food, they can criticize me." |
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Susan Collins, Supporter of $1.5 Trillion in Tax Cuts for the Rich, Claims $1,400 Survival Checks Not 'Targeted' Enough by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Weird that Susan Collins didn't care so much about the 'rich people getting more than they need' issue when it was massive upper income tax cuts on the table." |
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'That's Insane... He Still Has the Money': SCOTUS Tosses Emoluments Lawsuits Targeting Trump by Jessica Corbett, staff writer One watchdog critic angered by the court's decision said, "Congress must act now to ensure that no future president can profit off the presidency." |
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'Jim Crow Relic': Progressives Ramp Up Efforts to Finally Get Rid of Filibuster by Common Dreams staff On the Filibuster: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: " A Cherished Tool of Segregationists" ; former President Barack Obama: " Jim Crow Relic "; and ex-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: " Outlived Its Usefulness ." |
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Dr. Birx Criticized for Failing to Speak Out on Trump's 'Parallel Data': Her 'Legacy is One of Sycophancy and Failure' by Common Dreams staff 'Dr. Birx went out of her way to praise Trump and just straight up lied' |
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John Dean: Insurrectionist Senators are Co-Conspirators and Should Not Sit in Judgment of Trump by Common Dreams staff AOC: "Sen. Hawley is trying to wiggle out of inciting a riot that killed 5" |
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Covid-19 Is a Massive Killer Home and Abroad—Just Like Our Endless Wars by Andrea Mazzarino The massive and unseen costs of America's post-9/11 wars at home and abroad. |
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Condemning Insurrectionists Is Easy, But If Corporate America Cared About Democracy It Would Support the 'For the People Act' by Robert Reich If they were actually committed to democracy, CEOs of big corporations would permanently cease corporate donations to all candidates. |
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Rob Malley for Iran Envoy: A Test Case for Biden’s Commitment to Diplomacy by Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold Biden’s response to the far-right uproar against Malley will be a test of his fortitude in standing up to the hawks and charting a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. |
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Walter Bernstein Survived the Hollywood Blacklist – And Lived to Be 101 by Michael Winship The screenwriter was my friend and my hero, a brave opponent of right-wing repression during a dark period of our history. |
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Five Ways the Biden Labor Team Can Defend Workers Against the Lawless Digital Economy by Bama Athreya The Biden administration must break the unprecedented nexus of capital concentration and big data hoarding or it will have no power to protect workers or citizens. |
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Bare-Knuckle Capitalism has No Place in Nursing Homes by Linda McQuaig Privatized profit-making in homes caring for the elderly |