All News Articles for 2020-07-28
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In Light of Supreme Court Ruling, ACLU Says Trump's Latest Move to Undermine DACA 'Patently Illegal' "There is absolutely no reason for this," said immigration rights activist Erika Andiola. "Nothing. Not a legal reason. Not a political reason. Just hate." Read more |
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Real Answers Demanded After Barr Dodges on Government Authority to Aim 'Intrusive Surveillance Tools' at Protesters "The public needs to know whether Attorney General Barr thinks President Trump can conduct mass surveillance of protesters without congressional authorization." Read more |
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'This Is How It's Done': Must-Watch TV as Jayapal Tears Into William Barr at Judiciary Hearing "Mr. Barr... I'm starting to lose my temper." Read more |
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'Voters Will Know Who to Blame': Poll Shows At Least 7 in 10 Americans Support $1 Trillion State and Local Aid GOP Refuse to Provide "Senators can no longer ignore the calls of voters, local elected officials, and economists who have repeatedly called for this relief." Read more |
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Progressive Caucus Demands Democrats Reject GOP Plan to 'Unleash Widespread Suffering' on the American People "The Republican proposal is nothing less than a policy of mass evictions, mass homelessness, mass poverty, and mass hunger." Read more |
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Majority of Americans Back Black Lives Matter Protests and Think Demonstrations Will Help Racial Justice: Poll A new Gallup survey shows that 65% of U.S. adults support the protests. Read more |
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Climatologist Michael Mann on 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: "Hate to Say, 'We Told You So'" Citing his pre-season forecast predicting as many as 20 named storms, the expert now warns that "if anything, that might be too low..." Read more |
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'Unacceptable, Un-American, and Unconstitutional': Six Mayors Demand Congress Block Federal Agents From US Cities "This provocation is resulting in direct physical harm to our communities and must end." Read more |
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Watchdog Group Lays Out Case for William Barr's Impeachment Ahead of Testimony Before Congress "An impeachment inquiry is the only way to put an end to the dangerous path we are on." Read more |
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"F-35s Don't Help Families Pay Their Bills": GOP Under Fire for Slipping $30 Billion Pentagon Gift Into Coronavirus Plan "Just how twisted is the Senate GOP coronavirus bill you ask? It includes $686 million for new F-35 fighter jets." Read more |
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Brazilian Health Workers File ICC Complaint Arguing Bolsonaro Covid-19 Response Has Been Crime Against Humanity Catholic bishops in Brazil are also accusing the government of systematically using "unscientific arguments... to normalize a Covid-19 plague that is killing thousands." Read more |
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'History Will Not Judge This Kindly': DNC Platform Committee Votes Down Medicare for All Amendment "It's like opposing the New Deal during the Great Depression. Unforgivable." Read more |
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'Pathetic Would Be Too Mild a Word': Sanders Rips GOP Plan to Subsidize Business Meals as Children Go Hungry "Millions of families in this country are facing hunger; there's not an additional nickel in their package for nutrition programs for children or for working people." Read more |
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'Utter Disgrace': GOP Proposes Legal Immunity for Corporations, $0 in Funding for States, and Deep Cuts to Unemployment Benefits "Republicans have wasted months coming up with a proposal that, remarkably, would make the pandemic and economic pain even worse—especially a corporate immunity provision that would be a literal death sentence to countless Americans." Read more |