All News Articles for 2020-05-05
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Explosive Whistleblower Complaint by Ousted HHS Official Says He Was Pressured to Give Contract to Trump-Friendly Pharma Firm Vaccine expert Dr. Rick Bright was ousted from his HHS position last month in what he called a "retaliatory demotion." Read more |
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Despite CDC Prediction of Surging Death Rate to Come, Pence Confirms Trump's Coronavirus Task Force Winding Down "They are just going to declare victory, let thousands die, and hope nobody cares too much." Read more |
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As Gig Workers Struggle Amid Outbreak, California Sues Lyft and Uber for Refusing to Classify Drivers as Employees "Californians who drive for Uber and Lyft lack basic worker protections... Sometimes it takes a pandemic to shake us into realizing what that really means and who suffers the consequences." Read more |
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'What Kind of Human Being Sees the Suffering Here... and Does That?': NYC Mayor Slams Trump Over Covid-19 Relief The New York City mayor said that the president was "putting partisanship ahead of the needs of the nation." Read more |
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Barring Covid-19 Testimony by Top Officials, President Dismisses House Oversight as 'Set Up' by 'Trump-Haters' "What is the White House hiding?" Read more |
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Democrats and Climate Groups Say Covid-19 Relief Must Not Include Legal Immunity for Fossil Fuel Industry "The nation's efforts to respond to one catastrophic global crisis should not be the occasion to immunize polluters from the legal consequences of helping create another catastrophic global crisis." Read more |
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Critics Warn Covid-19 Digital 'Privacy' Bill Is Really 'Anti-Privacy' Bill in Disguise "This bill is truly a privacy 'cure' worse than the disease." Read more |
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Nurses Call on Pelosi to Enact Remote Voting So House Can Deliver Urgent Covid-19 Relief " Our government has treated us as if we are expendable." Read more |
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'Simply Unacceptable': Progressives Condemn Apparent Mercenary Coup Attempt on Venezuela in Midst of Pandemic "The U.S. is looking for excuses to invade Venezuela, and that is why it uses mercenaries." Read more |
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In Another Record 'We Should Not Be Breaking,' Daily Average of CO2 Levels Hits High of 418.12 ppm "Where we are is bad enough. We can't let these levels grow. We need #ClimateAction!" Read more |
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A Life of Heat 'Near Unlivable' for More Than 3 Billion People in Just Decades, Climate Report Warns "Clearly we will need a global approach to safeguard our children against the potentially enormous social tensions the projected change could invoke." Read more |
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Pressley Applauded for 'Honest and Courageous' Message on Sexual Assault Allegations Against Joe Biden "I reject the false choice that my party and our nominee can't address the allegations at hand and defeat the occupant of the White House." Read more |
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WHO Says It Has Seen Zero 'Data or Specific Evidence' to Support White House Claim That Covid-19 Came From Wuhan Lab The Five Eyes intelligence network composed of the U.S. and major Western allies is also casting doubt on the unsubstantiated claim. Read more |
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Court Requests Probe Into Whether McConnell Unethically Pressured Judge to Retire to Pave Way for His Unqualified Protégé "Justin Walker's nomination was already controversial, but this emerging investigation means an even darker cloud is hanging over his appointment. The hearing on Walker's nomination should not go forward until we know the truth." Read more |
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'Outrageous, Callous, and Cruel': Seniors Rip Trump for Holding Covid-19 Relief Hostage to Push Social Security Cuts "Trump's actions are a war on seniors. He is insisting on threatening Social Security on which most seniors rely for their food, medicine, and other basic necessities." Read more |