All News Articles for 2019-12-09

Monday, December 9, 2019
"No one should be forced to use GoFundMe for health care," Bernie Sanders stated on Monday. "We are the richest country on Earth and we are going to take care of our people. Medicare for All now." (Photo: CD/flickr/cc) 'An Abomination': Sanders Decries Reality in Which GoFundMe Has a 'Six Cancer Fundraising Tips' Webpage
Not upset with with the crowdfunding service for providing resources to those in desperate need, 2020 presidential candidate lashed out against a system that creates the need for such campaigns in the first place.
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A new report shows that Americans under the current healthcare system are delaying care. Setting Gallup Record, Quarter of Americans Say They or Family Member Delayed Medical Care Over Cost in Last Year
"This is the 'choice based' system Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg want to preserve."
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A banner is hung across a roadway while people participate in direct action with Extinction Rebellion on April 17, 2019 in New York City. Calling for 'Climate President,' 500+ Groups Demand Next Administration Take Immediate Action
"Swift action to confront the climate emergency has to start the moment the next president enters the Oval Office."
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal of Kentucky's Forced Ultrasound Law, Allowing Law Intended to 'Shame' Patients Stand
"The goal is to shame and intimidate people ending pregnancies. It's scary when laws are used for that and scarier that the Supreme Court let it stand."
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President Donald Trump listens to Attorney General William Barr during the 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the west front of the Capitol May 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C. DOJ Inspector General Report Finds No Evidence of FBI Conspiracy Against President in Russia Investigation but Reveals 'Structural Problems' With FISA Court
The report addressed allegations of bias and impropriety on behalf of FBI agents investigating connections between the President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign and Russia.
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"The metrics were always manipulated for the duration of the war" 'Read Every Word of This': WaPo Investigation Reveals US Officials' Public Deception Campaign on Afghan War
Officials repeatedly told the public "progress" was being made, but new documents show they knew that wasn't true.
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Last month, a batch of emails obtained by Hatewatch exposed the racist source material that has influenced Stephen Miller's visions of policy. (Photo Illustration: Southern Poverty Law Center) Harris, Booker, Sanders, and Warren Among 27 Senate Democrats Calling on Trump to Fire White Nationalist Stephen Miller
A month after explosive emails exposed depth of Miller's hateful ideology, letter to president says his top policy advisor "must be removed."
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett are the three richest people in the U.S., with more combined wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images, Michael Cohen/Getty Images/The New York Times, Fortune Live Media/Flickr/cc) 'Staggering' New Data Shows Income of Top 1% Has Grown 100 Times Faster Than Bottom 50% Since 1970
"The bulk of a generation of economic growth has been captured and concentrated in a few hands, and many people have barely seen any of it."
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South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, speaks in Iowa Sunday in front of protesters. Update: Buttigieg Campaign Reverses Course, Will Open Doors to the Press for Big-Dollar Fundraisers
The move follows a weekend of sustained activist pressure demanding Buttigieg open the events.
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The mobile billboard will be traveling around Washington D.C. the entire week of December 9, looping in front of the White House and Interior’s office buildings throughout the metro area. Passersby and viewers are encouraged to take photos with the billboard, share them online with the hashtag #StopBernhardt, and sign an online petition demanding Congress hold Bernhardt accountable. (Image: Western Values Project) 'Corrupt & Corrupter': DC Billboard Ridicules Trump and Bernhardt as Two Greedy Idiots Destroying US Public Lands for Fossil Fuel Profits
"This billboard, which should turn some heads, would be funny if so much wasn't at stake."
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A Nativity scene in Claremont, California has sparked discussion and controversy. "It Is About Perseverance Against Cruelty": California Church's Nativity Scene Shows Holy Family Separated in Cages
"If this isn't your church's politics, you've got the wrong faith."
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House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (L), Democrat of New York, speaks alongside Ranking Member Doug Collins (R), Republican of Georgia, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment of US President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 4, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) WATCH LIVE: House Democrats Lay Out Their Case for Impeachment of President Donald Trump
"We need to make it clear within those articles that there is a pattern of conduct here, that Ukraine was the most egregious example of the president abusing his office while he was president of the United States," said committee member Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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Devin Nunes Claims He Was 'Stalked' After Reporter Asked Basic Questions About His Role in Trump's Ukraine Scheme
"Based on this video, Nunes' depiction is an outrageous smear. Nunes is out of control. He's a public servant. He's functioning as Trump's servant."
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