All News Articles for 2020-02-26
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Sanders Says Trump 'Taking a Page From His Dictator Friends Around the World' With NYT Libel Lawsuit The 2020 Democratic frontrunner said the president is "trying to dismantle the right to a free press in the First Amendment by suing the New York Times for publishing an opinion column about his dangerous relationship with Russia." Read more |
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'Watershed Moment': Joining Warren and Sanders, Centrist Democrats Klobuchar and Buttigieg Agree to #SkipAIPAC "Because of grassroots pressure, the tide is turning." Read more |
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Approximately 120 Years Too Late, US House Passes Law to Make Lynching a Federal Crime "Today, we send a strong message that violence—and race-based violence, in particular—has no place in America." Read more |
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WATCH: Ocasio-Cortez Reads Full Green New Deal Resolution on House Floor to Help Improve GOP Comprehension "Over the last year, it has become clear that many of the Republicans crying about the #GreenNewDeal... have never actually read it!" Read more |
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Presidential Candidates Should Declare Their Stance on "Costly Failure of the NSA's Unconstitutional Mass Surveillance Program," Says Snowden The whistleblower's call follows reporting by the New York Times showing the agency's sprawling photo data collection effort came with a $100 million pricetag and nearly no success. Read more |
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In 'Infuriating' Bow to Right-Wing Hit Job, ABC News Suspends Veteran Journalist for Criticizing Network's Trump-Era Coverage "Would 'I consider myself a capitalist' be a suspendable offense at any news outlet?" Read more |
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'We Are Not That Stupid': Rev. Al Sharpton Says Black Voters Won't Be Fooled by Red-Baiting Attacks on Sanders "The civil rights movement always was targeted by those that would use the Red Scare. They accused Dr. King of being a communist. We've been down that road before." Read more |
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Netanyahu, Trump, and Kushner Named in 'War Crimes' Lawsuit Filed by Palestinians in US Court The suit claims that the behavior of U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a "violation of the Nuremberg principles." Read more |
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'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response The worst outbreak in decades has devastated crops across a region already enduring food insecurity, conflict, and climate impacts. Read more |
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'Red Alert': Anti-Muslim Violence in India Reaching Critical Levels as Homes and Businesses Burn and at Least 24 Dead "Who will help the Muslims of India?" Read more |
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Trump Reportedly Trying to Siphon $37 Million From Heating Assistance for the Poor to Fund Coronavirus Response "Because if we have to prevent the spread of an infectious disease, we might as well take the opportunity to make some poor families freeze." Read more |
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"Fire Chris Matthews," Women's Rights Group Says After MSNBC Host Grills Warren Over Discrimination Claims Against Bloomberg "He is not fit to continue to cover this election. MSNBC can and must do better, and they can start by firing Chris Matthews." Read more |
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'Horrifying': AOC, Green Groups Criticize Debate Moderators for Asking Zero Climate Questions It's "honestly shocking that CBS , in the final Democratic debate before Super Tuesday, didn't ask a single question about the defining issue of our lives," said the Sunrise Movement. Read more |
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Rising Number of Democrats Say Sanders Most Likely to Beat Trump as Senator Surpasses Biden in Black Voter Support The Reuters/Ipsos national polling results were released ahead of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate in South Carolina. Read more |
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'I Bough...—I, I Got Them': Bloomberg Almost Admits to Buying Members of Congress "When people show you who they are..." Read more |
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'Audience Full of Rich People'? $1,750+ Ticket Prices for Democratic Debate Spark Disgust "I think it speaks to the fundamental, endemic corruption of the Democratic Party establishment that you had to pay... multiple thousands of dollars to get into that room." Read more |
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'In Chile, In Guatemala, In Iran': Sanders Applauded for Highlighting US Record of Overthrowing Governments Around the World "Nobody on the debate stage except Bernie has the guts to say the truth about the legacy of U.S. foreign policy." Read more |