All News Articles for 2019-11-06
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After Racist Attacks, Former Refugee Makes History as First Somali-American Elected to City Council in Lewiston, Maine "You might smear us. You might hurl racist attacks at us. But we will always rise up to serve our communities." Read more |
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Despite Front Seat to Last Four Decades of US Politics, Biden Repeats Claim That GOP 'Epiphany' Coming Soon "Make it stop." Read more |
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Time to 'Break Facebook Up,' Sanders Says After Leaked Docs Show Social Media Giant 'Treated User Data as a Bargaining Chip' "As I have been saying the privacy frame is bullshit," said another critic. "Facebook is all about criminal behavior to monopolize ad money." Read more |
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Applauding Senator's Commitment to Putting 'Power in the Hands of the People,' Rep. Pressley Endorses Warren "You've all heard about the senator's plans, but here's the thing," Pressley said. "The plans are about power: who has it, who refuses to let it go, and who deserves more of it." Read more |
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'Great News!': Federal Court Voids Trump Administration's Discriminatory 'Conscience Rule' Trump's Department of Health and Human Services, wrote District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, promulgated the rule "arbitrarily and capriciously." Read more |
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As Bevin Refuses to Concede, Critics Warn Kentucky GOP 'Totally Gearing Up to Steal' Gubernatorial Election "Pay attention. They're going to try to steal the Kentucky election right out in the open, in front of everyone." Read more |
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Amazon's Major Money Dump in Seattle's City Council Election Seen as 'Dangerous and Ominous Development' "It's supposed to be a democratic process and it's not a democratic process when Amazon can contribute that much to basically a small election." Read more |
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As Fires Rage in World's Largest Rainforest, NASA Warns 'Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon' One scientist said that "if this continues, the forest may no longer be able to sustain itself," which would seriously hamper efforts to limit global temperature rise and avert climate catastrophe. Read more |
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Despite Low Approval Rating and Impeachment Inquiry, Poll Shows Majority of Voters Believe Trump Could Win in 2020 The belief that Trump could win in 2020 is making voters across the political spectrum "very motivated" to go to the polls, according to a new survey. Read more |
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'Vindication' for Climate Activists as UK Court Rules London Ban on Extinction Rebellion Protests Unlawful "XR protesters have been raising the alarm about the climate crisis. We need to listen to that alarm, not outlaw it." Read more |
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Biden Accuses Warren of 'Elitism' While Wooing Rich Donors at Big-Money Fundraiser "Biden attacking the grassroots-funded daughter of a janitor as an 'elitist' while attending a high-dollar fancy fundraiser full of very rich people is... a sign of desperation." Read more |
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'Sweet Justice': Juli Briskman, Who Lost Her Job After Flipping Off Trump, Unseats GOP Incumbent on County Board "She flipped off the president, got fired, and now got elected." Read more |
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'Huge Win for Democracy': Nationwide Celebrations as NYC Residents Approve Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure With the new system, said one supporter, "candidates will have to knock on the door of not just a certain plurality, but on the diverse doors of NYC's mosaic majority." Read more |
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As 'Working Class Revolt' Topples Kentucky's Trump-Backed Governor, a Warning to McConnell: 'You're Next' "Kentucky Democrats did not win by launching esoteric attacks on Bevin. They did it by staying lightning focused on the way that Bevin had hurt working class families." Read more |
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'This Is the Roadmap': Running on Green New Deal, Virginia Democrats Take Full Control of State Government for First Time in Decades "Tonight showed that running on the Green New Deal is a key part of how Democrats can win elections." Read more |