All News Articles for 2020-12-09
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Eco 'Sabotage': Trump EPA Issues Last-Minute Rule to Make Action on Climate and Pollution Harder for Biden "This is an egregious 11th-hour attempt to handcuff the incoming administration and undercut the benefits of clean air—in the worst days of a global health crisis." Read more |
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Nina Turner Files to Run for Congress in Ohio The former Ohio state senator and Bernie Sanders 2020 national campaign co-chair filed the requisite FEC paperwork on Wednesday. Read more |
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'Severe Blow to Iraqi Torture Survivors': Despite Evidence of UK War Crimes, ICC Drops War Crimes Probe The decision "will doubtless fuel perceptions of an ugly double standard in justice: one approach to powerful states and quite another for those with less clout." Read more |
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The Anthropocene Is... Heavy: Scientists Find Human-Made Objects Now Outweigh All Life on Earth "The science-fiction scenario of an engineered planet is already here." Read more |
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Offshore Tax Havens 'Deep Wells of Profit' For Oil Giants, Report Shows "These companies are deliberately exploiting gaps in tax law and weak enforcement, and they are doing so in order to make enormous profits. The victims are the countries and their budgets and their people." Read more |
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Senate Confirms Nathan Simington, Trump's Unqualified and 'Worse Than Ajit Pai' FCC Nominee "By confirming Simington, they're not 'owning the libs' or 'sticking it to Biden,' they're just hurting our kids, small businesses, and our communities. It's up to us to make sure they regret it." Read more |
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'Big Step' for Antitrust as FTC and State AGs Sue Facebook as Illegal Monopoly "Good," said Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more |
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Govt Watchdog Group Gives Biden Blueprint to Rectify Trump's "Transparency Abuses" "Don't you wish you knew who visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago?" Read more |
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As Pandemic Overwhelms Hospitals, 1/3 of Americans Live in Areas Where ICUs Close to Capacity The declining rate of hospitalizations as ICUs fill up "suggests that there's some rationing and stricter triage criteria about who gets admitted," said Dr. Thomas Tsai. Read more |
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'Beyond Incomprehensible': Bipartisan Covid Relief Package Would Let Paid Sick and Family Leave Expire "Extending emergency paid leave at the height of a pandemic is not only something we can afford, it's something we can't afford not to do." Read more |
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New UN 'Emissions Gap' Report Emphasizes Necessity of Green Recovery From Covid-19 Pandemic "We need profound shifts in how we live, travel, eat, and generate electricity: for ourselves, our societies, and economies." Read more |
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With Fudge's Ohio Seat Opening, Progressives Say "Congresswoman Nina Turner Has a Nice Ring to It" "I'm a public servant through and through, but I'm just going to leave it there for now," the former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair coyly replied when asked if she will run. Read more |
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Rich Nations Hoard Vaccines While 90% of People in Poor Countries Denied 'Escape Route From the Pandemic' "Unless something changes dramatically, billions of people around the world will not receive a safe and effective vaccine for Covid-19 for years to come." Read more |
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Major Victory as $226 Billion New York Pension Fund Announces Largest Fossil Fuel Divestment of Its Kind New York is the first U.S. state to release a fossil fuel divestment plan. Read more |
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New Research Shows 'Pandemic Profits' of Billionaires Could Fully Fund $3,000 Stimulus Checks for Every Person in US "America's billionaires could pay for a major Covid relief bill and still not lose a dime of their pre-virus riches." Read more |
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'A Terrible Decision': Progressives Denounce Biden Pick of 'Mr. Monsanto' Tom Vilsack as Ag Secretary "We need a USDA Secretary on the side of everyday people. If this is not the fox guarding the henhouse, it's pretty damn close." Read more |
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Ilhan Omar Rips Congress for Approving $740.5 Billion Bill to 'Appease Defense Contractors' While Skimping on Covid Relief "It is unconscionable to pass a Pentagon budget that continues to fund unnecessary projects and endless wars during a time of widespread suffering across our country." Read more |
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'This Is Atrocious': Trump White House Proposes Covid Relief Plan With $0 Weekly Unemployment Boost "The president's proposal starts by cutting the unemployment insurance proposal being discussed by bipartisan members of the House and Senate. That is unacceptable." Read more |