All News Articles for 2019-06-12
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Even the 1% Know They Aren't Paying Their Fair Share: New Poll Shows 60% of Millionaires Support Warren's Ultra-Wealth Tax "A majority of Americans, even the 1% of us, know that our inequality is out of control and we need to make some big changes if we want to fix things." Read more |
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'The Ocasio-Cortez Effect': Democratic Grassroots Ignoring Establishment Threats as Yet Another Progressive Announces Plan to Primary Incumbent Andom Ghebreghiorgis is, as of Wednesday, the latest young, left-leaning Democrat to challenge an incumbent member of Congress in a primary Read more |
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At White House Gates, Hundreds of Religious Leaders Demand Trump and His Enablers "Repent of Their Sins" "We must show up in person to deliver a prophetic indictment. " Read more |
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Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse "It's abundantly clear that climate change poses financial risk to the stability of the financial system." Read more |
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'What Is He Hiding?' Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Census Question Documents Subpoenaed by Congress "Another example of the administration's blanket defiance of Congress's constitutionally mandated responsibilities." Read more |
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'We Don't Have Time for This': Activists at Party Headquarters Demand DNC Hold Climate Debate "We're not giving up—and we're not settling for soundbites. We demand action." Read more |
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New Testing Revealed Popular Kids Cereals Contaminated With Weedkiller Roundup "Does General Mills really want to keep using a chemical that independent scientists say causes cancer?" Read more |
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Watch Bernie Sanders Deliver Speech on Why Democratic Socialism 'Only Way to Defeat Oligarchy and Authoritarianism' "We must recognize that in the 21st century, in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, economic rights are human rights. And that is what I mean by democratic socialism." Read more |
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CodePink Wants to Bring Giant 'Baby Trump' Blimp to DC for July 4th Protests "We will bring together people opposed to the pain and suffering caused by this administration, from family separation at the border to supplying weapons used by Saudi Arabia to kill Yemeni children." Read more |
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New Report Exposes Pentagon's Massive Contributions to Climate Crisis Post-9/11 Failing to curb the U.S. military's fossil fuel use, Costs of War Project co-director warns, "will help guarantee the nightmare scenarios" forecast by scientists Read more |
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Hung Jury in Humanitarian Aid Trial Shows Arizonans Still 'Standing Their Ground' for Justice "Scott Warren remains innocent, both as a legal matter and as a factual matter." Read more |
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WATCH LIVE: House Ways & Means Historic Medicare for All Hearing "The time is now for a bold push on a new system that will work for everyone. That system is Medicare For All." Read more |
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'This Is Sick': Horror as Trump Administration Plans to Detain Migrant Children at Former Japanese Internment Camp "It feels as though history can't yell any louder than this." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Says Former Brazilian President Lula Should Be Freed After Leaked Documents Expose 'Politicized Prosecution' "I stand with political and social leaders across the globe who are calling on Brazil's judiciary to release Lula and annul his conviction." Read more |
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Democratic Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal Reportedly Doesn't Want Phrase 'Medicare for All' Used During Medicare for All Hearing Neal, a major recipient of insurance industry donations, said he wants the hearing to focus on "universal healthcare and access," not Medicare for All Read more |