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All News Articles for 2019-12-30

Monday, December 30, 2019
	'Unprecedented National Crisis': Australians Flee to the Water as Fires Consume Coastal Town on Southern Coast in Victoria " Absolutely devastating." Read more
	Fukushima Reactor Cleanup Delayed by Five Years as Japanese Public Demands End to Nuclear Energy The delay comes days after Japan's government proposed releasing contaminated water from the plant into the ocean. Read more
	Because of Small Donations, Sanders 'Out-Raised Literally Everyone Else in the Field' in 2019 #PresidentSanders trended on Twitter as the senator approached 5 million donations for the year. Read more
	Turkey Could Deploy Troops to War-Torn Libya in January, Latest Acceleration of Multi-Country Proxy War The country's main opposition opposes the move and warned on Monday that the conflict could spread across the region. Read more
	Bolstered by People-Powered 'WV Can't Wait' Campaign, Gubernatorial Hopeful Stephen Smith Proposes First State-Level Wealth Tax A victory by Smith "would deliver a roadmap for how to organize in rural towns thought to be lost to the right wing forever," wrote journalist David Dayen. Read more
	Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report "Trump is the most corrupt president in history, and here's the latest example of how that corruption helps giant corporations." Read more
	'New Day' for Queens Democratic Machine as Sanders and Warren Supporters Defeat Attempt to Ram Through Biden Endorsement Backers of the 2020 bids of Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were "united behind a transparent inclusive process." Read more
	Greta Thunberg Offers Advice to Young People, Dismisses Climate-Denying Politicians in BBC Radio Program "Be an active democratic citizen...because democracy is not only on election day, it's happening all the time." Read more
	'Clear Example of Terrorism': Iran Denounces Deadly US Bombings in Iraq and Syria "Thousands of miles away from its own border, the United States is causing bloodshed and destruction against the people of Iraq and Syria in the name of defending itself." Read more
	In Wake of Hanukkah Attack, Sanders Calls on US to Stand Together to 'Defeat Bigotry, Violence, and Anti-Semitism' "Jane and I send our love and support to our Jewish brothers and sisters during this difficult time." Read more
	'Destruction of Checks and Balances': WH Lawyers Reportedly Argued Trump Could Override Congress to Freeze Ukraine Aid "That's unconstitutional. If they had a real legal justification, they wouldn't resort to such absurd claims." Read more
	Iraqi PM Condemns 'Dangerous Escalation' as US Kills 25 With Airstrikes and Threatens Iran "We consider it as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty." Read more