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All News Articles for 2019-10-08

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
	'Seriously Folks This Is Actually a Constitutional Crisis': Trump Tells Congress White House Won't Cooperate With Impeachment Probe "There is no legal basis for Trump's position. Hard stop." Read more
	After US Withdrawal, Turkey Announces Troops Are in Place for Planned Offensive Against Kurds in Syria "There are huge concerns about the security ramifications this operation could have. It's very difficult to predict when any military operation might start." Read more
	After Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Flouts 2018 Ruling, Judge Reminds Her of Consequences—Including Jail Time "I'm not sending anyone to jail yet, but it's good to know I have that ability." Read more
	Ecuador's President Moves Government From Capital as Protests Over Austerity Measures Continue "The measures are a blow to the people. Stuff is getting more expensive, and wages are not rising." Read more
	As Democrats Threaten Subpoena for Sondland, Calls Grow for Contempt Order If He Refuses to Comply The president's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said Tuesday that members of the Trump administration do not intend to cooperate with the House's impeachment inquiry Read more
	'Literally Relitigating Watergate': Trump DOJ Argues Court Was Wrong to Hand Over Grand Jury Material in Nixon Impeachment Inquiry "Wow," said the federal judge hearing the case. "The department is taking an extraordinary position." Read more
	Ocasio-Cortez Takes Aim at Crowley and Kennedy For Challenge to Green New Deal Co-Champion Ed Markey "Joe Kennedy thinks that with the backing of the establishment and the old guard of the Democratic Party that he can beat a progressive champion for justice. Let's show Kennedy that he's wrong." Read more
	LGBTQ Advocates Flood Capitol Hill on Day One of Supreme Court's First Trans Civil Rights Case in US History "We are here. No one can take that away. #RiseUpOct8" Read more
	'What Is the Trump Administration Trying to Hide?' Asks Sanders After President Blocks Amb. Gordon Sondland Testimony "When you have no defense you stonewall." Read more
	To Stop Threat of 'For-Profit Surveillance,' Rights Groups Demand End to Partnerships That Give Cops Access to Amazon Ring Data "Our elected officials are supposed to protect us, both from abusive policing practices and corporate overreach. These partnerships are a clear case of both." Read more
	In European First, Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Sweden Would Enshrine Rights of Nature "When we're in the beginning of an ecological and climate collapse," said the lawmaker who introduced the measure, "I hope we can re-think our relationship with Nature." Read more
	'The Tide Has Shifted': New Poll Shows Nearly 60% of Americans Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry The Washington Post-Schar School poll also found 49 percent of Americans want the House to call for president's removal from office Read more
	'Good!' Says Sanders as Lobbyists Lash Out at Proposal to End Corporate Domination of US Politics "We welcome their hatred," said Sanders adviser Warren Gunnels Read more