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US President Greeted With Thunderous Boos and 'Impeach Trump' Banner at World Series "After years of horrifying footage of people wildly cheering Trump's deranged rambling at his rallies, it's reassuring—restorative, even!—to know that the rest of the country hasn't forgotten how to greet tyrants." Read more |
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'Justice and Safety for All': Sanders Uses Criminal Justice Forum to Push Case for Systemic Overhaul "The primary goal of a criminal justice system should not be punishment, but whenever possible, rehabilitation." Read more |
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Over 1 Million Chileans Take to the Streets to Demand Political Reforms, Change to Country's Neoliberal Economic System "Chile is not the same as it was yesterday." Read more |
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'This Is Who I Am': Bernie Sanders, Citing Long Record of Fighting for Progressive Politics, Calls Age a Strength for 2020 "What distinguishes my candidacy from the others is I have been fighting for the working families of this country for many, many decades." Read more |
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'For Sale': News That Trump Selling DC Hotel Draws Criticism, Protest "We've long known that Donald Trump has put our democracy up for sale." Read more |
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'Utterly Disqualifying': Pete Buttigieg Panned for Praising Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Critics pointed out that the retired justice "voted to uphold Trump's Muslim ban, voted for the Janus decision gutting labor unions, and voted to uphold voter suppression in Husted ." Read more |
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'Too Many Lives Were Ruined': Bernie Sanders Releases Plan for Federal Legalization of Marijuana "We will legalize marijuana and vacate and expunge past marijuana convictions." Read more |
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'Not How We Defeat Trump,' Says Sanders Campaign After Biden Opens Door to Super PACs "The former Vice President has been unable to generate grassroots support, and now his campaign is endorsing an effort to buy the primary through a super PAC that can rake in unlimited cash from billionaires and corporations." Read more |
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'Outrageous': Analysis Shows $1.7 Billion Payout for WeWork CEO Equal to Years of Salary for Company's Expected 4,000 Laid Off Workers "This is likely only the beginning of a jobs massacre." Read more |
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ACLU Celebrates Settlement Ending Unconstitutional Efforts to Silence Pipeline Protesters in South Dakota "Let this be a lesson to other states: If you criminalize protest, we will sue." Read more |
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'Lifeline for Millions': Sanders and Warren Urge Congress to Increase Community Health Center Funding Before It Expires Next Month "Congress must expand—and not allow any cuts to—the comprehensive medical treatment that so many millions of people depend on through community health centers." Read more |
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'Vulnerable Communities Continue to Pay the Price' of Climate Inaction as PG&E Cuts Power to 180,000 More Californians "For the second time in two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Californians will be left in the dark by their electricity company and public officials who haven't done enough in the face of climate change." Read more |
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Sanders Campaign Calls on Biden—and All 2020 Democrats—to Reject Any Help From Shadowy Super PACs Such groups, said campaign manager Faiz Shakir, "exist for one reason and one reason only: to help billionaires and corporations bankroll a presidential campaign." Read more |
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#NoMusicForICE: 300+ Musicians Pledge to Boycott Amazon-Sponsored Events and Partnerships Over Contracts With US Agencies "Nobody should ever have to live under the kind terrorism that ICE has inflicted upon countless immigrant communities." Read more |
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Nuclear Industry's $23 Billion Bailout Request Shows Why It Should Have 'No Role to Play' in Solving Climate Crisis: Study "For the sake of taxpayers, electricity consumers and the climate, Congress must stop this endless nuclear boondoggle." Read more |
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'We Have to Get This Right': Historic Bill in US House Would Create Specific Protections for Climate Refugees "If we are going to meaningfully discuss comprehensive climate equity and climate justice, we must inject security assistance and resettlement opportunities for climate-displaced persons into our conversations." Read more |
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Led by Pharma-Friendly Rep. Richard Neal, Democrats Crush Progressive Amendments to Signature Drug Pricing Bill Neal has received over $670,000 in campaign cash from pharmaceutical companies since 2007, according to Kaiser Health News Read more |
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House Homeland Security Chair Demands Sergeant at Arms 'Take Action' Against Republicans Who Stormed Impeachment Hearing Rep. Bennie Thompson called the GOP stunt an "unprecedented breach of security." Read more |
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'Perhaps You Believe You're Above the Law': Zuckerberg Grilled Over Libra, False Political Ads, and More Facebook founder and CEO is warned that lawmakers have "serious concerns" about Facebook's size and reach. Read more |
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NYC Bar Association Calls on Trump's AG William Barr to Recuse Himself—or Resign If attorney general refuses to recuse or step aside, the association said he should "be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress." Read more |
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'Establishment Fears' Grow as Sanders and Warren Reveal Energy of Democrats' Progressive Wing "You need to run on things that half the country agrees with you," said presidential candidate John Delaney, who is polling below 1%. Read more |
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At Pro-Fracking Conference, Trump Addresses Companies 'Whose Profits He Has Put Above the Health and Safety of the Planet' Outside of Pittsburgh conference, activists declare, "We need to step up today and protect our water! Because without water there is no life." Read more |
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'Nothing Could Be Done': Trump Lawyer Argues President Could Shoot Someone on 5th Avenue and Avoid Consequences While in Office "There is no such thing as presidential immunity for tax returns... they're making this up." Read more |
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House Democrats Hold Historic Hearing on How Big Oil Spent Decades Trying to 'Suppress the Truth' About the Climate Crisis "This hearing put the industry's deception front and center. Congress owes it to the American people to keep the pressure on." Read more |
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'Illegal and Unconstitutional': Sanders Rips Trump Plan to Use US Troops to Exploit Syria's Oil Fields "Last I checked, Congress never authorized U.S. forces to be deployed to secure Syria's economic resources." Read more |
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Trump's Regulatory Rollbacks Linked to Worse Air Quality and Thousands of Premature Deaths "This is happening at a time when the EPA has disbanded its scientific panel reviewing fine particle air pollution." Read more |
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'No Other Path to Redress': South Carolina Prisoners Appeal to UN After State and Federal Officials Ignore Pleas for Livable Conditions "Beyond the basic level of terror in U.S. prison conditions, conditions in South Carolina have been specifically repressive for a few years now." Read more |
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New Report Details How Giants Like Coca-Cola Are Trashing the Planet With Plastics While Pushing 'False Solutions' "Only by highlighting the real culprits can we push them to change their packaging and destructive throwaway business model." Read more |
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'Physically Obstructing Justice,' Dozens of Republicans Storm Closed-Door Impeachment Hearing The Republican stunt "essentially shut down the impeachment inquiry for a time," said the Washington Post 's Rachel Bade. Read more |
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In Just Six Months, London's "Brave" Vehicle Emissions Rule Slashed Air Pollution by a Third Designated zone for low emissions "shows what we can achieve if we are brave enough to implement such ambitious policies." Read more |
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'This Is a Lie': Critics Challenge Trump Suggestion That Ukrainians Didn't Know Military Aid Was Being Withheld The president tweeted a "lackluster" attack in response to a career diplomat's "explosive" testimony to House impeachment investigators. Read more |
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'A Clear-Cut Example of a Potential Conflict of Interest': Four Democrats in Zuckerberg Hearing Own Facebook Stock "Just one of those crazy things about the U.S. Congress, that we all know and love: members can hold stock in companies they oversee on their committees!" Read more |
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'Beyond Horrific': UK Police Find 39 People Dead in Truck Container, Possible Victims of Human Trafficking Effort "People who are forced to take dangerous journeys to reach Europe, in this case the U.K., often do so because current immigration policies deny them safe and legal options." Read more |
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'We Need Medicare for All': Progressives Condemn Bezos Decision to Shift More Health Insurance Costs onto Washington Post Staffers "Just one more example of why employer-based healthcare is not stable and not just. Jeff Bezos, the richest man in America, gets to decide on a whim whether Washington Post employees get to see a doctor or not." Read more |
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'Whoa,' Says Edward Snowden as Sanders Vows to End Prosecution of Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act "This is the most important stance any candidate has taken affecting press freedom so far. Hopefully this will force others to follow," said Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press foundation Read more |
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Testimony by Top Diplomat Bill Taylor on Trump and Ukraine Elicits 'Holy Sh*t' Responses From Members of Congress Taylor was told in July that Ukraine would not receive military aid unless President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly launched an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden Read more |
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As Modi Hobnobs With Kissinger and Other War Criminals, Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal Criticize US Support for Indian Regime "At what point do we no longer share values with India? Are we waiting for the Muslims in Assam to be put in those camps?" Read more |
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With 'Propaganda Channel' Fox News Creating Firewall for Trump, Critics Says Mass Mobilization Needed to Oust President "The Fox effect is protecting Trump from removal, and mass mobilization is likely the only way for impeachment supporters to overcome it." Read more |
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'This Is Big Oil's Big Tobacco Moment': Trial Over ExxonMobil's Climate Crimes Begins in New York As historic fraud case is heard, campaigners say that "it's time to make them pay for their destruction." Read more |
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Ocasio-Cortez Endorses 'Powerful, Progressive Fighter' Jessica Cisneros in Primary Fight With Centrist Henry Cuellar "When Jessica is elected, not only will I no longer be the youngest person in Congress—I'll have a strong new ally in the fight for Medicare for All, getting corporate money out of politics, and fixing our broken immigration system." Read more |
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'Everyone in America Should Support You,' Says Elizabeth Warren at Rally With Striking Chicago Teachers "I'm here to stand with every one of the people who stand for our children every day." Read more |
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'This Is How We Change the World': To Address Climate Crisis, Video Explains, Democracy Movements Must Rise To get "sweeping policies enacted," says The Leap, "our movements have started taking the next step: winning elections and entering government." Read more |
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Sanders Dominates Youth Vote and Regains Second Spot in New National 2020 Poll "Young people polled across the country have consistently chosen Bernie as their guy. Maybe it's because they know he's gonna cancel student debt!" said Sanders adviser Winnie Wong. Read more |
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Climate Justice Champion Mary Robinson Warns Extinction Rebellion of Perils If Unwise Tactics 'Alienate the Public' "I think it is very, very important that the public display of disruption is seen by the public as being in their interests, and that has happened. But if they lose that, that would be very serious." Read more |
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'This Is Just Cruelty and Exclusion': Amid Trump's Attack on Poor, One Million Fewer Kids Receiving Medicaid and CHIP "This is not people reaching self-sufficiency," warned Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Read more |
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'The Revolution Is Lit': Jubilant Lebanon Uprising Fueled By Music, Dancing, and... 'Baby Shark' "Only in Lebanon would a song like 'Baby Shark,' which is now being played at every crowd gathering, become the anthem of a revolution." Read more |
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As Trudeau Clings to Power, Progressives in Canada Celebrate Victory of 'Green New Deal Squad' Now, said Naomi Klein, his Liberal party "will be pushed by a new squad of climate champions—on the inside and outside—demanding a #GreenNewDeal." Read more |
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'Do Us a Favor': 4-Page Pelosi Fact Sheet Uses Trump's Own Words to Make Case for Impeachment The document comes as polls show growing public support for impeaching and removing the president. Read more |
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'What the Hell Is Wrong With You?': Outrage Erupts After Racist Trump Calls Impeachment Inquiry 'A Lynching' "Do you know how many people who look like me have been lynched, since the inception of this country, by people who look like you?" asked Rep. Bobby Rush Read more |
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Global Millionaires—Just 0.9% of Population—Now Own Nearly Half of World's $361 Trillion in Wealth, Study Shows The bottom 56 percent of the population owns just 1.8 percent of the world's wealth Read more |
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'So Awful': Military Returns to Streets in Chile as Unrest Simmers The president's suspension of the public transporation fare hike has not stopped protests. Read more |
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In 'Bow to Reality,' Trump Scraps 'Stunningly Corrupt' Decision to Hold G7 at His Doral Resort "His reversal does not change how astonishing it was that he ever thought that it was appropriate, or that it was something he could get away with." Read more |
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Backs Bernie Sanders at Packed NYC Rally "With Alexandria, with Ilhan, and others on board, we're going to put together a coalition that is going to win and win big," Sanders said ahead of the event. Read more |
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The Pro-Trump Super PAC at the Center of the Ukraine Scandal Has Faced Multiple Campaign Finance Complaints Randy Perkins donated $500,000 to America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC, a day after his company won federal money as part of a contract. The same PAC was dubbed “Committee 1” in a federal indictment alleging illegal donations from two Rudy Giuliani associates. Read more |
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'A Real Movement Boost': Sam Waterston and Jane Fonda Among Those Arrested Demanding Green New Deal in DC This was Waterston's first-ever time being arrested. The climate crisis, he said, is "worth it." Read more |
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Demanding 'Education Justice and Equality,' Striking Chicago Teachers Call on Mayor to Put Campaign Promises In Writing "We mean business. It's got to be about shifting and transforming the infrastructure of inequity." Read more |
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Jill Stein Challenges Hillary Clinton to Debate After 'Russian Asset' Smear "It's past time to give the American people the real debate they deserved in 2016." Read more |
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Blasts in Afghan Mosque Kill 62 as UN Says Violence Across Country Causing 'Unprecedented' Level of Civilian Casualties "Civilian casualties are totally unacceptable, especially in the context of the widespread recognition that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan." Read more |
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House Democrats Demand Probe Into 'Suspicious' Stock Trades Surrounding Economy-Shifting Statements by Trump "Multiple large trades, resulting in billions in profit, occurred shortly before geopolitical events or statements by the president of the United States that moved the markets significantly." Read more |
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To Combat Dishonest Marketing, New 'Farm vs. Factory' Website Contrasts Industrial and Sustainable Agriculture The educational website was launched by U.S. nonprofit Food & Water Watch, which campaigns to outlaw factory farming nationwide. Read more |
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Daniel Ellsberg Backs Anti-Nuke Activists Now Facing 25 Years in Prison for Acting to 'Avert a Much Greater Evil' "The sign they displayed during their action on the base—'The Ultimate Logic of Trident is Omnicide'—is exactly right." Read more |
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As Zuckerberg Defends False Trump Ads as Free Expression, Critics Say Facebook's Assault on 'Foundations of Democracy' Must Be Stopped "To save democracy and the free press, we must eliminate Google and Facebook's control over the information commons." Read more |
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It's Not the End of the Fight, Say Justice Advocates, as New York City Passes Plan to Close Notorious Rikers, Open New Jails "We should be fighting mass incarceration and all cages." Read more |
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Sallie Mae's Hawaii Retreat While Millions Struggle to Repay Loans Bolsters Argument to 'Cancel All Student Debt,' Sanders Says "When we talk about Sallie Mae celebrating its 'profits,' we are actually talking about the company's success in creating a business model and payment terms that exploit borrowers." Read more |
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Extinction Rebellion Faces Backlash Over 'Self-Defeating' Disruption of London Public Transit "Everyone can relate to the annoyance of a delayed commute, but the people who suffer the worst consequences are society's most vulnerable." Read more |
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As Trump Downplays Attack on Kurds, Amnesty Details Turkish War Crimes and 'Utterly Callous Disregard for Civilian Life' "Killing defenseless people in cold blood is utterly reprehensible and a blatant war crime," said Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo Read more |
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'Absolutely No Respect for Human Life': Trump Compares Turkish Assault on Kurds to Two Kids Fighting in a Parking Lot "The president is talking about genocidal slaughter and hundreds of thousands of war victims like it's a playground squabble." Read more |