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Forcing the Vulnerable in Alabama to 'Choose Between Voting and Staying Alive,' SCOTUS Upholds Ban on Curbside Ballot Drop-Off " An outrageous 5-3 ruling that puts Alabama voters at risk." Read more |
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Iran Denies 'Malign and Dangerous' US Allegations of Election Interference as Critics Note Dubious Nature of Claims "Note that this is the same administration who has twice in the last 12 months nearly gone to war with Iran." Read more |
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With 220,000+ Dead From Covid-19 on His Watch, Trump Says 'Not Much' He Would Do Differently "Now 225,000 dead Americans, virus spread raging, millions out of work, an economy spiraling down, and Trump today says he'd do the same things all over again." Read more |
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Trump State Department Plan to Declare Human Rights Groups 'Anti-Semitic' Slammed as 'Desperate,' 'Obscene' The designation would target humanitarian organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam, sources said. Read more |
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Demanding Investigation, Amnesty International and UN Official Condemn Killing of #EndSARS Protesters by Nigerian Forces "There need to be immediate, independent, transparent, and thorough investigations, not just into last night's killings, but also into all the previous violations committed by security forces." Read more |
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'Unprecedented and Desperate': As Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Nears Entry Into Force, Trump Administration Urges Withdrawals "This is completely outrageous and yet somehow not at all surprising," one nuclear expert said of the U.S. effort. Read more |
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Report Details How Trump Downplays, Ignores Grave Human Rights Violations Around the World One expert accused the administration of "using all the tools at its disposal to undermine our asylum system." Read more |
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DEA's "Project Safeguard" Latest Salvo in Failed US War on Drugs "It is astonishing that in the midst of a pandemic and calls for police reform, the DEA is using the same old heavy-handed tactics to address a public health issue." Read more |
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Pope Francis Signals 'Historic' Shift for Catholic Church, Publicly Supporting Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples The pope won praise for " pushing the Church into the 21st Century." Read more |
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Calling Trump a 'Clear Threat to Our Democracy,' Civil Rights Group Sues Admin. Over Voter Intimidation "The court should protect the fundamental right to vote by blocking Trump's attempt to prevent a free and fair election." Read more |
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Merkley Unveils Pioneering Bills to Make Financial Institutions 'Stop Bankrolling Climate Catastrophe' "This is how we stop the money pipeline between Wall Street and the fossil fuel industry." Read more |
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'Prosecute the Sackler Family': Critics Say DOJ Settlement Not Nearly Enough for Purdue Pharma's Deadly Role in Opioid Crisis "Today's guilty plea comes too late for the millions of lives that Purdue's crimes destroyed over the past decade." Read more |
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'Final Line of Accountability Lies With You': 40+ Progressive Groups Urge House Democrats to Impeach Barr "The best time for the House of Representatives to consider an impeachment of Attorney General Barr was months ago. The second-best time is right now." Read more |
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ACLU Sues Trump Admin. to Obtain Key Records on 'Dishonest and Incompetent' Federal Handling of Coronavirus Pandemic in Prisons The suit seeks "the immediate release of improperly withheld agency records related to federal government's failed response to the spread of Covid-19 in prisons in jails." Read more |
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'Stop Financing Climate-Wrecking Companies': Campaigners Light Earth on Fire Outside European Central Bank HQ Critics call out the bank for "purchasing bonds from some of the world's worst climate criminals through its trillion-euro Covid recovery package." Read more |
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Ocasio-Cortez Holds 'Biggest Get Out the Vote Rally of 2020' as Nearly Half a Million People Watch Gaming Stream In addition to urging viewers to support Joe Biden, the congresswoman wove comments about universal healthcare and renewable energy into the livestream. Read more |
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'Vote These Monsters Out': Trump Officials Weigh Deep Funding Cuts to Covid-19 Relief, Newborn Screenings in Democrat-Led Cities "Besides shameless graft, Trump's central agenda is tormenting the people who didn't vote for him." Read more |
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'Just Babies at the Time': ACLU Says It Can't Find Parents of Over 500 Children Separated From Families by Trump "We will not stop looking until we have found every one of the families, no matter how long it takes." Read more |
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Pressed on Climate Views and Ties to Shell Oil, Barrett Once Again Calls Established Climate Science 'Controversial' "Barrett again followed the standard script of climate denialists, repeatedly attempting to cast climate science as unsettled and a matter of controversy that she could not offer an opinion on." Read more |
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McConnell Admits He's Been Working to Sabotage Covid Relief Talks Behind the Scenes to Prioritize Rushing Barrett Confirmation "Mitch McConnell is rushing to steal a Supreme Court seat before the election. Senate Republicans would rather help him do it than help millions of Americans." Read more |
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Trump Called 'Mass Murderer' After White House Docs Show He Lied About Recent Covid-19 Surge The congressman who released the reports said they reveal "Trump's contempt for science and refusal to lead during this crisis have allowed the coronavirus to surge." Read more |
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Rights Advocates and Dems Reiterate Calls to #BlockBarrett as McConnell Vows to Confirm Trump Nominee on Monday "If we're to have courts that protect equal justice for everyone, we need a nominee who will defend our civil and human rights. Amy Coney Barrett is not that nominee." Read more |
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Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Speaks Out, Accusing AG Cameron of Misrepresenting Proceedings A judge ruled that grand jury records regarding the Taylor case should be released so the public can determine whether "publicly elected officials are being honest." Read more |
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Proposal by Katie Porter, House Dems Would Fund Mental Health First Responders to Reduce Police Violence The co-sponsors cited research showing people with mental illnesses are 16 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement officers. Read more |
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Advocates Welcome 'Inspiring' Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act as 'Exactly What America Needs Right Now' "By presenting smart, focused solutions to the climate crisis, this pioneering legislation propels the oceans into the heart of the climate debate in Congress." Read more |
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'A Source of Inspiration' for Egalitarians Everywhere: Progressive International Celebrates Triumph of Democracy in Bolivia "Bolivia's election not only showed the world how to defeat authoritarianism and its imperialist allies. It also revealed the power of international solidarity to defend democracy around the world." Read more |
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Coalition of Advocacy and Business Groups Call On Election Officials to Uphold 'Sacred Responsibility' to Democratic Principles "We know you understand the importance of your role in preserving our fragile democracy," the groups wrote. Read more |
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Amid Trump's Politicization of FDA, California Joins New York in Vowing to Independently Review Coronavirus Vaccines "L ike our approach to Covid-19, when it comes to a vaccine, California will be guided by science." Read more |
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'The Gilded Age Is Here Again': Billionaire Wealth Has Surged by $931 Billion During Seven Months of Pandemic, Economic Collapse "The juxtaposition between surging billionaire wealth and the imploding livelihoods of ordinary Americans is grotesque and unseemly." Read more |
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'Exciting and Historical Moment': Their Rights Restored, 67,000+ Former Felons Set to Vote in Florida Amid Record Early Turnout "There are thousands upon thousands of energized and inspired returning citizens throughout the state that will not be denied, that will be a voice, and will have an impact in determining who wins Florida." Read more |
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Investing $2 Trillion in US Clean Energy and Infrastructure Could Create Millions of 'Good Jobs,' Analysis Finds "We don't have to choose between a strong economy or a healthy environment—we can have both," says an EPI data analyst. Read more |
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Using DOJ 'to Crush a Victim,' Barr Claims Trump Cannot Be Sued for Denying E. Jean Carroll's Rape Accusation "There is not a single person in the United States—not the president and not anyone else—whose job description includes slandering women they sexually assaulted," Carroll's lawyers said. Read more |
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'Long Overdue': Justice Department Sues Google in Antitrust Case The filing, announced Tuesday morning, accuses the tech giant of violating law to stifle competition. Read more |
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As Deadline for Covid Relief Deal Looms, Poll Shows Voters Support $2 Trillion Stimulus by 51-Point Margin The new survey shows 72% of likely voters—including 56% of Republicans—support an ambitious coronavirus relief package. Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Applauds People of Bolivia for 'Year-Long Fight to Restore Democracy' in Wake of Military Coup "The Bolivian people made their voices heard in yesterday's election," said Sanders, who was among the first U.S. lawmakers to condemn the coup that ousted Evo Morales last year. Read more |
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'One of the Most Significant Rulings' of 2020 as Supreme Court Blocks GOP Effort to Curb Ballot Deadline in Pennsylvania "This decision could have easily gone the other way if Amy Coney Barrett was on the court." Read more |
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Amid Trump Failure to Get Pandemic Under Control, Canada Extends Border Closure With US "The United States is not in a place where we would feel comfortable reopening those borders," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. Read more |
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Indigenous Women to Financial CEOs: Stop Abetting 'Climate-Wrecking' Tar Sands Sector or Expect More Resistance "Join us putting the proverbial nail in the coffin of these dying unneeded industries." Read more |
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Study Confirms Paid Sick Leave is Crucial in Fight Against Covid-19 "It's not a magic bullet, but it's one tool that's been shown to work. Over and over again." Read more |
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National Guard Spy Plane Monitored Racial Justice Protest in Sleepy Sacramento Suburb Where Commander Lives: Report Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has acknowledged that the surveillance "should not have happened." Read more |
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Amid US Sanctions, Venezuelan Oil Tanker at Risk of Spilling 1.3 Million Barrels and Devastating Caribbean Ecosystems "T he Caribbean Sea would never be the same" should the oil spill, climate scientist Eric Holthaus tweeted. Read more |
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'An Appalling Environmental Crime': Japan to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Pacific Ocean "The moment that I hear the word 'treated' being used instead of 'contaminated,' I can't think differently than this is a kind of newspeak," said one Greenpeace official. Read more |
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Goldman Sachs: Benefits of 'Blue Wave' and $2.5 Trillion Stimulus Outweigh Wall Street Concerns Over Tax Hike on the Rich "As right-wing hacks predict economic disaster if Biden wins, worth pointing out that private-sector analysts are remarkably bullish." Read more |
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As Pandemic Surges in US, Trump Says 'People Are Tired of Hearing Fauci and All These Idiots' "People are tired of a science-denying president that has allowed over 218,000 people to die from Covid," responded Rep. Mark Pocan. Read more |
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Victory for 'Basic Human Decency': Judge Strikes Down Trump Effort to Slash Food Stamps for 700,000 Americans " There's a lot of competition for Vilest Policy Ever, but slashing food stamps during a pandemic that's causing massive unemployment is way, way up there." Read more |
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1,000+ CDC Officials Condemn Trump's Disastrous Pandemic Response, 'Silencing' of Agency "The absence of national leadership on Covid-19 is unprecedented and dangerous," reads statement from current and former staffers. Read more |
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'Demented': Oil Giant Refreezing Rapidly Melting Permafrost So It Can Keep Climate-Killing Arctic Drilling Alive The effort represented such "mindless idiocy" for many that 350.org ran a "help us out with this caption" contest in response. Read more |
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With Biden Path to Victory Still Fraught, Senate Democrats Issue All-Hands-on-Deck Warning Against Trump and GOP Election Threats "The reality is that this race is far closer than some of the punditry we're seeing on Twitter and on TV would suggest," Biden's campaign manager cautioned over the weekend. Read more |
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'No Wonder the US Leads the World in Covid Deaths': Trump Mocks Biden for Vowing to 'Listen to the Scientists' The president also claimed the economy is rising "like a rocket ship," a claim belied by ongoing layoffs and widespread economic suffering. Read more |
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'Democracy Has Won': Year After Right-Wing Coup Against Evo Morales, Socialist Luis Arce Declares Victory in Bolivia Election "Brothers and sisters: the will of the people has been asserted," Morales declared from exile in Argentina. Read more |
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'As American as Apple Pie': #MyNameIs Hashtag Celebrates Beauty of Diversity After David Perdue's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris "Let's build an inclusive America," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.). Read more |
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To Avoid Cleaning Up 'Dumpings of This Elephant,' Pelosi Gives White House 48 Hours to Agree on Covid-19 Relief Package The two-day deadline, which means by the end of day Tuesday, said the Democratic House Speaker, "relates to if we want to get it done before the election, which we do." Read more |
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'We've Had Enough': Women-Led Marches and Rallies in US Cities Nationwide Call for Trump's Ouster and GOP Defeat "His presidency began with women marching and now it's going to end with women voting," said head of the Women's March. Read more |
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Nearly One Year After 2019 'Right-Wing Coup,' Bolivians Head to the Polls for National Elections "It is very important that each and every one of us calmly wait for each and every vote to be counted," said Evo Morales, the nation's ousted democratically-elected leader, from exile in Argentina. Read more |
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From 'Twelve More Years!' to 'Lock Her Up!' Trump Whips Proto-Fascist Michigan Crowd Into Frenzy "Trump held a Nazi rally in Michigan. There is no other way to describe it." Read more |
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With 'Absolute Drubbing' of Right-Wing, Progressive Champion Jacinda Ardern Wins Historic Landslide Reelection in New Zealand The incumbent prime minister's Labour Party received a higher share of the vote than at any time in more than half a century. Read more |
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Critics Say Deregulatory Rush Shows Even If Defeated the Trump White House Willing to 'Scorch the Earth Before They Go' From bomb trains to biometrics to workers' rights, the administration is pushing for last-minute rollbacks that could prove hard for its successor to overturn. Read more |
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Despite Warnings of Otherwise 'Preventable Deaths,' Trump Heads to Wisconsin for Super-Spreader Rally As the Trump campaign continues to make attendees sign liability waivers in case they become infected, one public health expert said that "indicates they know the reality because if they weren't worried about it then they wouldn't bother." Read more |
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'Well That Is Incredibly Racist,' Says Kamala Harris Campaign After David Perdue's Dogwhistle Attack at Trump Rally "This kind of vile, race-baiting trash talk is what President Trump has unleashed from sitting Republican members of the Senate," said Perdue's Democratic challenger, Jon Ossoff, in response. Read more |
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Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Activists Sentenced for 2018 Anti-Nuclear Protest at Georgia Naval Base Father Stephen Kelly and Patrick O'Neill were sentenced to nearly three years and 14 months in prison, respectively. Read more |
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With 170+ 'Protect the Results' Events Planned for Nov. 4, Pro-Democracy Groups Vow to 'Ensure Voters Have the Last Word' "We will honor the valid results of the 2020 election, ensure that every vote is counted, and show up to demand that the losing candidate put their ego aside and concede for the good of our country." Read more |
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Trump Advisers Privately Warned GOP Donors About Covid-19 in February While Telling Public Virus Was 'Very Much Under Control' "Apparently, if Americans want to hear the full truth from the Trump administration about the severity of Covid-19, they need to be wealthy and well-connected donors." Read more |
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Trump's Millionaire Economic Adviser Celebrates 'Gales of Creative Destruction' as Millions Lose Their Jobs and Go Hungry "Wonder how the 14% of households with kids who reported that they didn't get enough food to eat in the last seven days feel about the 'gales of creative destruction.'" Read more |
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AOC and Other Top Progressives Urge Biden—If Elected—to Deny K Street, Wall Street Execs Top Cabinet Posts "The next White House should belong to the people, not corporate America," said Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat. Read more |
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Town of Great Barrington Joins Health Experts in Condemning 'Herd Immunity' Death Cult That Bears Its Name "Many town leaders believe herd immunity is a dangerous Covid-19 strategy... Please wear a mask." Read more |
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As Memory of 2016 Clinton Defeat Lingers, Biden Campaign Manager Warns 2020 Race 'Far Closer' Than You Think "Like a lot closer.” Read more |
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'These Two Things Are Related': As Big Oil Ups Donations to Dems, Biden Says Banning Fossil Fuels Within Next Decade 'Not Possible' "Yes it is. And we're going to do it," countered Jamie Henn of Fossil Free Media. Read more |
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As White House Embraces Dangerous 'Herd Immunity' Strategy, Covid-19 Deaths Predicted to Spike 80% in US by February "This is the time when we could be entering one of the worst periods of our epidemic and one of our worst periods in modern American public health. I'm very worried for the nation." Read more |
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'Sadistic and Depraved': Trump Rejects California Request for Federal Disaster Aid to Recover From Catastrophic Wildfires "That a sitting president—of any party—would deny their own citizens help during their time of greatest need, amid literal hellfire raining down on American cities, is beyond shameful." Read more |
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As McConnell Vows No Vote on Major Covid Skinny Relief Bill, GOP Seen as Strategizing for Austerity Under Biden Instead of helping Trump's chances of electoral victory, Republicans appear to be jockeying to "restrain a Biden administration on federal spending." Read more |
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Up in Arms Over Failed Barrett Hearings, Watchdog Calls for Feinstein's Removal as Ranking Member on Senate Judiciary Allowing the California Democratic senator to remain, argues Demand Justice's Brian Fallon is a "monument to our side's weakness on the fight for the courts." Read more |
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'Craven Ratings Stunt:' NBC Rebuked for Booking Trump Town Hall Opposite Biden's on Rival ABC Calls for #NBCblackout on Thursday night after network accused of "caving to the Trumpian impulses the network helped hone." Read more |
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Resurgence of Child Labor Amid Global Pandemic Offered as Proof That 'Capitalism Is Monstrous' "Good time to remember that a number of free market economists defend child labor as being a good thing." Read more |
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Critics Call Upcoming Pentagon Visit by Indonesian Defense Minister—Accused of Horrific Atrocities—a 'Human Rights Catastrophe' Prabowo Subianto—who led a notorious commando unit implicated in genocidal violence—was invited to Washington by Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Read more |
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To Oppose Trump Politicizing of Covid-19, DC Rally to Demand "People's Vaccine" Be Free and Accessible to All "Our best chance of staying safe is to ensure a Covid-19 vaccine is available for all as a common good." Read more |
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'This Is Unprecedented': Lindsey Graham Openly Violates Committee Rules to Schedule Vote on Barrett Nomination "Senator Graham just further proved the illegitimacy of this sham process by again breaking the rules to ram through a justice to rip away healthcare from millions in the middle of a pandemic." Read more |
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California Republicans Double Down on Defying Order to Cease and Desist Deployment of Bogus Ballot Boxes "Let me be clear: unofficial, unauthorized ballot drop boxes are not permitted by state law," said California's secretary of state. Read more |
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As Trump and GOP Refuse Aid Package, Studies Show 8 Million Forced Into Poverty Since McConnell Let Relief Expire "It's really important that we reinstate some of the lost benefits" that were extended as part of the CARES Act, one researcher said. Read more |
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Greta Thunberg Rebukes Amy Coney Barrett Over Her Anti-Science 'Views on Climate Change' "To be fair, I don't have any 'views on climate change' either. Just like I don't have any 'views' on gravity." Read more |
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Progressives Warn Against Accepting—Let Alone Applauding—Twitter Ban of "Garbage" NY Post Story "Look carefully at what Twitter is saying to justify censoring the Biden story. If applied consistently, it'd mean that some of history's most consequential journalism—the Pentagon Papers, WikiLeaks' war logs, Snowden docs, Panama Papers, our Brazil Archive—would be banned." Read more |
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To Remedy 'Absolutely Anemic' Social Security Increase Amid Pandemic, Democrats' Bill Would Boost Payments by 3% in 2021 "Congress should immediately pass their legislation, which will boost the economy and save lives," said Nancy Altman of Social Security Works. Read more |
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Applause for All Who 'Never Gave Up This Fight' as US Postal Service Agrees to Reverse Changes That Slowed Mail Nationwide "We are ensuring mail services will be immediately restored," said Montana's Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock. Read more |
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'A Crime in Plain Sight': Lindsey Graham Under Fire for Soliciting Campaign Donations in Senate Building "Senator Graham might need a lawyer." Read more |
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'What Right-Wing Extremism Is All About': Sanders Slams Barrett for Refusing to Say If Social Security, Medicare Are Constitutional "This is exactly what we would expect from a justice handpicked by Trump and McConnell: A corporate judge who will help them gut Social Security and Medicare." Read more |
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Nearly 5.2 Million Americans Will Be Disenfranchised in 2020 Election Due to Felony Convictions: Study Black and Latinx people are disproportionately affected by disenfranchisement laws, which are still in effect in most U.S. states. Read more |
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Planet Earth, Says NOAA, Just Had Its Hottest September on Record "We've broken the climate system. We are in a climate emergency." Read more |
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'Totally Under Control': New, Secretly-Filmed Documentary Details Trump's Colossal Covid-19 Failures "We, the scientists, knew what to do for the pandemic response," says former federal vaccine expert Dr. Rick Bright in the film. "It is time to lay our careers on the line and push back." Read more |
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Sen. Warren Slams Disney for 28,000 Fired Workers Amid Stock Buyback Spree "It appears that—prior to, and during the pandemic—Disney took good care of its top executives and shareholders—and now is hanging its front-line workers out to dry." Read more |
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'Millions of Real People's Lives Are at Stake': As Pelosi Battles White House, Ro Khanna Says Democrats Can Win Morally—and Politically "It is in the interest of progressive Democrats to show that government can be a force of good, and this is the time for us to act." Read more |
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Imperial Irony: New York Times Announces Halt to 'At War' Section Even as Endless US War Continues "The forever war outlasting the NYT section on the forever war is a very forever war thing to happen." Read more |
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'No Time to Lose': New Study Shows 50% Coral Decline on Great Barrier Reef "We expect this decline to continue," predicted one of the study's authors, who said that unless urgent climate action is taken, "the reef will be unrecognizable." Read more |
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WATCH: Sunrise Movement Makes 'Most Explicit Pitch to Fossil Fuel Workers' Yet With Ad for US House Candidate Mike Siegel " What use is a country if you can't work to better the lives of yourself and your neighbors?" Read more |
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Issued 'When No One Was Looking,' Critics Warn New Trump Guidance on Eviction Moratorium a Blow to Renter Protections and Public Health "Public health evidence is clear: Eviction increases Covid-19 deaths and spread." Read more |
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Democratic Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over Esper's Refusal to Rule Out Deploying Troops During Election "We have not received a direct commitment from Secretary Esper that he will refuse commands from an illegitimate president," lamented Rep. Mikie Sherrill. Read more |
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Public Health Experts Raise Alarm as Trump White House Embraces 'Fringe' Declaration Pushing Herd Immunity "It's being presented as if it's a major alternative view that's held by large numbers of experts in the scientific community. That is not true." Read more |
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Bolstering Public Health Fears, Harvard Study Finds Elevated Airborne Radiation Levels Downwind of US Fracking Sites "If you asked me to go and live downwind [of fracking sites], I would not go," said the lead author of the new study. Read more |
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'We Don't Need a Climate Denier on the Supreme Court': Outrage as Barrett Says She Has No 'Firm Views' on Climate Crisis "If you're neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends." Read more |
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'Look for Power in the Shadows': Watch Sheldon Whitehouse Shine Light on 'Dark Money Operation' Behind GOP Supreme Court Takeover "Something is not right around the court. And dark money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it." Read more |
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Civil Rights Advocates Warn Supreme Court Order—a Victory for Trump—Will Result in 'Irreversible Damage to 2020 Census' Justice Sonya Sotomayor issued a dissent warning the "harms caused by rushing this year's census count are irreparable" and that "respondents will suffer their lasting impact for at least the next 10 years." Read more |
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Amazon Workers in Germany Strike on Prime Day for Better Pay and Right to Organize 'Without Big Brother Watching' "While Amazon claims that they respect workers' right to join and form trade unions, it has not publicly disavowed... claims about surveillance and tracking of worker organizing and labor union activity." Read more |