All News Articles for 2019-12-16

Monday, December 16, 2019
A screengrab from Andrew Romanoff's first campaign ad entitled "Home." "Stop What You're Doing and Watch This": Intense Praise for Apocalypse-Themed Climate 2020 Campaign Ad
"It's a catastrophe of our own creation—but it doesn't have to end this way," says Andrew Romanoff, a Democratic hopeful for U.S. Senate running in Colorado.
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South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg attended a swanky fundraiser Sunday night at a winery owned by billionaire Democratic Party donors. As Buttigieg Attends Fundraisers of Ultra-Rich, Sanders Reminds Voters Billionaires Not Donating 'Through Goodness of Their Hearts'
"Why would many, many billionaires be contributing to candidates if they didn't think they were getting something out of it?"
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer holds a press conference on the anticipated impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump by the US Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 16, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images) As House Vote Looms and Senate Draws Battle Lines, Democracy Defenders Say No Choice But to Impeach Trump
"We know the facts. We know the Constitution. We know what needs to be done."
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U.S. Border Patrol Agents at Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach watch over personnel that are reinforcing the border wall with concertina wire. Democrats Urged to Reject $1.375 Billion for Trump Border Wall in Compromise Spending Bill
"It's time to stand up for border communities."
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Placards and messages in support of Julian Assange sit outside Ecuadorian Embassy stands in South Kensington on April 5, 2019 in London. 100+ Doctors Demand Julian Assange Receive Safe Passage to Australian Hospital 'Before It Is Too Late'
"That we, as doctors, feel ethically compelled to hold governments to account on medical grounds speaks volumes about the gravity of the medical, ethical, and human rights travesties that are taking place."
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'Astonishing' Trump Rule Could Let Banks Classify NFL Stadium Investments as Aid to Poor Communities
The financial institutions would get significant tax breaks for their investments, thanks to the 2017 Republican tax law.
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cover photo for WHO report Top Global Scientists Call for 'Profound Food System Transformation' to Combat Extreme Malnutrition
Unless radical changes are made, warns the lead author of a new WHO report, "the growth and development of individuals and societies for decades to come" are at risk.
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Sign reads: Finance the future not fossil fuels 'This Is a Big Deal': Goldman Sachs Rules Out Funding New Coal Projects, Arctic Oil Drilling
"The smart money on Wall Street is drawing red lines on oil and gas, and exiting coal."
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A protest against a controversial citizenship amendment bill turned violent when Delhi Police shot tear gas and beat students of Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi, India on December 13, 2019. Indian Crackdown on Dissent Over Bill Stripping Naturalized Citizenship From Muslims 'An Affront to Democratic Values'
"Is this democracy? Where are we living?"
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016. (Photo: Paul J. Richards /AFP/Getty Images) Asserting Authority to Dictate Process, Trump Claims 2020 'Debates Are Up to Me'
"My record is so good on the Economy and all else, including debating," declared the president as he derided the non-partisan, non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates.
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Amazon, Chevron, and Starbucks Among 91 Fortune 500 Corporations That Paid $0 in Federal Income Taxes in 2018: Report
"The 2017 tax law was a clear giveaway to corporations and their shareholders."
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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) 'The Bold Approach We Need': New Booker Ag Bill Includes First-Ever National Factory Farm Moratorium
"We need to fix the broken system," said the White House hopeful. "That means protecting family farmers and ranchers and holding corporate integrators responsible for the harm they are causing."
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'A National Disgrace': Trump Proposes Social Security Change That Could End Disability Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands
"Donald Trump and his advisers know that this will kill people, and they do not care. Every current and future Social Security beneficiary must band together to defeat this horrific proposal, or else all of our earned benefits will be next."
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Leading Among People of Color and Younger Voters, Sanders Right Behind Biden in New 2020 National Poll
The new survey shows the Vermont senator trailing the former vice president by just two points.
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