All News Articles for 2020-03-06

Friday, March 6, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner are seen on the stage during a rally at Charleston Area Convention Center on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. 'This Is Unacceptable': Sanders Calls On Biden to Disavow Surrogate's Racist Attack on Nina Turner
"Joe must apologize to Nina and all the people of color supporting our campaign."
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Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden speak during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at Texas Southern University in Houston on September 12, 2019. Will Biden's Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?
"I helped lead the opposition to these agreements, Joe Biden supported those agreements," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "And that is a fundamental difference about our approach toward the trade union movement and towards the needs of working people."
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'Absolutely Chilling': Reports From Frontlines of Coronavirus Outbreak Reveal Roadblocks to Testing, Lack of Safety Protocols
"Recall that this refusal to test fits a pattern: This the same president who railed against attempts to count the dead in Puerto Rico post-Maria... Ignorance is a lethal political tool."
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Greta Thunberg and climate strikers Europe Wraps Up Warmest Winter on Record With Massive Youth #ClimateStrike in Brussels
"Young people, workers, communities at the frontlines of the #ClimateEmergency are taking it to the streets. They tell E.U. leaders that they must increase weak climate targets now."
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a campaign rally at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on March 5, 2020 in Phoenix. 'Plainly Ridiculous': Sanders Supporters Decry MSNBC for Not Covering Nazi Protester at Bernie Rally
" MSNBC pundits likened the Bernie campaign to Nazi Germany on air weeks ago. Yesterday, someone brought a Nazi flag to a Bernie rally."
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'Outrageous,' Says Bernie Sanders as Filings Show Top Healthcare CEOs Raked in Combined $300 Million in 2019
Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, vowed to "end the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and pass Medicare for All."
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Exxon Lobbyists Pushed European Officials to Water Down Green Deal With Carbon Pricing Plan for Vehicles
Climate activist Greta Thunberg called the deal, in which officials are still determining whether to apply the lobbyists' advice, a "surrender" to fossil fuel interests.
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"AT&T's announcement of more stock buybacks is an affront to the thousands of workers going through contract negotiations because it shows the company's primary concern is pandering to wealthy hedge fund managers," said CWA District 9 vice president Frank Arce. As Its Workers Fight for Better Wages, AT&T Announces Another $4 Billion in Stock Buybacks
The company's announcement this week comes amid of wave of buybacks since the "GOP tax scam."
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An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California. Russia Fears US Under Trump Now Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons as 'Viable Political Option'
"This dramatically increases the chance of a nuclear exchange due to miscalculation or human error."
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) After Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods, Ayanna Pressley Leads Fresh Calls for US to Abolish Death Penalty
"This INJUSTICE system is racist, sexist, and xenophobic," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "We need a system that centers shared power, freedom, equality, safety, and dignity."
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'Disturbing': Study Shows DOJ Prosecutions of White-Collar Criminals Hit All-Time Low Under Trump
"Never has white-collar crime gone so ignored."
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CNBC editor Rick Santelli on Thursday called for infecting the world population with coronavirus to protect stock prices. 'This Is Your Brain on Capitalism': CNBC Market Analyst Rick Santelli Calls for Infecting Global Population With Coronavirus to Help Wall Street
"The projected death of 11 million Americans would be a fair price to pay for better long term stock growth, says a capitalist extremist."
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'Absolutely Sickening—and Scary': Man Unfurls Nazi Flag at Bernie Sanders Rally, Heightening Security Concerns
"All people of conscience must condemn this anti-Semitism against the most visible Jewish politician in the country."
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'I Like That': Trump Hails Economic Impact of Deadly Coronavirus, Says People Are Now 'Spending Their Money in the US'
"The human impact is an afterthought."
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'Warning Shot to Our Party': Sanders Says Trump's Latest Vow to Cut Social Security Exposes Biden's General Election 'Vulnerability'
"One of us has a history of not only fighting cuts to Social Security but working to expand benefits," said Sanders. "And that's why we are the campaign best positioned to defeat Donald Trump."
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Nathaniel Woods 'Don't Look Away. This Nation Is So... Cruel': Rights Advocates Decry Execution of Nathaniel Woods by Alabama
"Not justice. Not closure. Not peace. Just more pain, more trauma, more death. Shameful."
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