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Colonialism and Greed: Trump Considers Afghan War Expansion to Exploit Minerals Trump is reportedly being encouraged by corporate executives to take advantage of Afghanistan's mineral wealth Read more |
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ACLU Objects After Capitol Hill Police Tell Journalists to Delete Protest Photos At least one journalist reported being forced to delete his photos of the scene Read more |
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Utilities Knew, Too: Despite Warning Decades Ago, Industry Lied and Deceived on Climate New report reveals the utilities industry encouraged coal use and public doubt while conducting "cutting-edge" climate research Read more |
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On Capitol Steps, Warren Rips GOP for Attack on 'Our Basic Humanity' "How many Republicans are out there to answer to the American people why they want to take healthcare away from millions of people who need it?" Read more |
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'Blow Up the Phones': Resistance Vows Fight as Senate Debates Trumpcare Constituents in West Virginia, Nevada, and other states expressed anger after their senators voted in support of a debate on Trumpcare Read more |
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Scary Dairy: You Scream, I Scream... Monsanto Roundup Ice Cream Traces of "probable human carcinogen" found in samples from ten Ben & Jerry flavors Read more |
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'Kill the Bill, Don't Kill Us!': Protests Erupt as McConnell Begins Trumpcare Vote Resistance ramps up anti-Trumpcare effort as Republicans meet behind closed doors Read more |
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Jimmy Carter Latest Ex-Democratic Leader to Back Single Payer. When Will Current Ones? "I think eventually we'll have a single-payer system," said former President Jimmy Carter. Read more |
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Boy Scouts Jamboree Compared to Hitler Youth Rally After Trump's Speech President's appearance transformed a traditionally non-partisan event into a pro-Trump rally Read more |
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Psychiatric Group Tells Members It's OK to Break Silence on Trump's Bizarre Behavior Easing "gag order" on public diagnosis, professional association entrusts mental health experts to use their "knowledge responsibly" Read more |
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'Walking Conflict of Interest': Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbyist Now Second-in-Command at Interior Dept. "David Bernhardt is absolutely the wrong choice for deputy secretary of the Interior. All you have to do is look at his record." Read more |
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No Public Figure Has Even Thought About Dragging Trump's 11-year-old Son into Russia-Election Controversy. But His Dad Just Did. 'Every major-media journalist on the White House beat has more conscientiously protected Barron’s privacy than his father has done.' Read more |
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'Hiding It Like Cowards': McCain Returns to Help GOP Pass Secret Trumpcare Bill "They're....asking a doctor....if McCain can come vote....to take away peoples' healthcare." Read more |
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EPA Decided Preventing a West, Texas-Style Accident Wasn't a Priority. So 11 AGs Are Suing 'The Trump EPA continues to put special interests before the health and safety of the people they serve," said New York Attorney General Schneiderman Read more |
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#Rexit: Report Indicates Tillerson Contemplating Early Departure Could Secretary of State be next to jump ship? Read more |
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Despite Court Ruling, Privacy Watchdog Vows to Keeping Fighting Against Trump's Election Panel 'The Commission cannot evade privacy obligations by playing a shell game with the nation's voting records,' says group Read more |
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'Obscene': 70 Top Healthcare CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010 "The median household income in 2015 was $56,515, which the average healthcare CEO made in less than a day." Read more |
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Three Years After Gruesome Execution, Ohio Set to Resume State-Sanctioned Killing Flouting recommendations made by task force, state schedules slew of executions, with first set for Wednesday Read more |
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Critics Slam Kushner for Arguing Inexperience Excuses Russian Contacts If he can't fill out disclosure forms accurately, how can Trump's son-in-law create peace in the Middle East? Read more |
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In Announcing 'Better Deal' Platform, Dems Admit Status Quo Not Working "Americans believe they're getting a raw deal from both the economic and political systems in our country. And they are right." Read more |
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Trump: Sessions 'Beleaguered,' Schiff 'Sleazy,' and Maybe Giuliani Should Be AG Series of tweets comes as Axios reports that Trump is weighing replacing Sessions with former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Read more |
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With Trumpcare Vote Looming, Medicare For All Supporters Set to March "Now is the time to guarantee healthcare as a right for everyone and we will take that message to Congress every day until it happens." Read more |
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Scaramucci Has Anonymous Source Who Told Him Russians "Maybe Didn't" Hack 2016 Election (Okay, He Admits, It Was President Trump) New communications director is having a great first weekend on the job Read more |
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Video from Underwater Robot Shows Melted Nuclear Fuel in Bowels of Fukushima Reactor Since disaster in 2011, this is the first time plant operator has found something likely to be melted fuel Read more |
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Will Trump Let the White House Bring Back Cameras? If president approves, says Scaramucci, administration should resume regular on-camera briefings Read more |
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Connecting McCain's Tragic Diagnosis to Trumpcare 'Is the Goddamn Point' "The personal hell that John McCain and his loved ones are walking through right now is the point of it all," writes pastor in viral blog post Read more |
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Donald Trump and the Coming Fall of American Empire A new book by the famed historian Alfred McCoy predicts that China is set to surpass the influence of the U.S. globally, both militarily and economically, by the year 2030 Read more |
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"Full Transparency," Says Scaramucci, I'm Deleting My Past Public Statements Trump's new communications director has peculiar notion of what word "transparency" means Read more |
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With Sessions Under Renewed Fire, Trump Claims 'Complete Power to Pardon' Any attempt by Trump to pardon his way out of stewing controversy, says one critic, would create a "constitutional crisis that would make Watergate look like a minor event" Read more |
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Environmentalists Urge Democrats to Join Sanders in Opposing Dirty Energy Bill 'As a nation, our job is to move away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy and energy efficiency,' says Sanders. 'This bill does the opposite.' Read more |
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Your Guide to Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci: Trump's New Commander of Communication Apparently, an ex-Wall Street exec with the nickname "Mooch" is now the White House communications director Read more |
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Protests in Poland as Right-Wing Ruling Party Dismantles Democracy 'This is a blatant attack by Poland's government on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law' Read more |
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Trump Furthers War on Science With 'Illegal' Nomination of Climate Denier for Top USDA Scientist 'Science plays a crucial role in a healthy democracy, but this administration has taken a wrecking ball to it' Read more |
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Six Months After Women's March, Invigorated Resistance Sees Impact Women have become more engaged in politics since Donald Trump's inauguration, a new poll finds Read more |
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Message to Democrats: Get on Board With Medicare For All or Go Home For universal healthcare to become a reality, "it's going to take a movement of movements, and it's going to take the American people making it toxic for our elected officials not to get on board." Read more |
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Spicey Is Out: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Resigns White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned on Friday, the New York Times first reported . His departure was reportedly in response to President Donald Trump's appointment of Anthony Scaramucci to White House communications director. Scaramucci is a Wall Street financier and was a campaign... Read more |
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Red Alert: Team Trump Unveils Anti-Planet, Anti-Worker Corporate Wish List "At the behest of big corporations, the Trump administration is laying the foundation for a new wave of deregulatory disasters." Read more |
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Amid Ongoing Israeli Crackdown, Three Palestinians Killed in Al-Aqsa Mosque Protests Thousands of Palestinians and Israeli forces clashed Friday during protests against security devices recently installed at one of the world's holiest sites Read more |
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As Mueller Probe Widens, Trump Team Exploring Presidential Pardon Powers Advisers attempt to portray Trump as displaying normal curiosity about legal powers, while legal experts balk Read more |
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Defending Public Schools, Demonstrators Greet Betsy DeVos at ALEC Annual Meeting Education Secretary promotes school vouchers in her keynote address to state legislators Read more |
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Proposed Law Seeks to Reform System That Jails People Just for Being Poor 'In our country,' said bill co-sponsor Sen. Kamala Harris, 'whether you stay in jail or not is wholly determined by whether you're wealthy or not – and that's wrong.' Read more |
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Worker Wages Flat, But Since 1978 CEO Pay Has Soared by 'Outrageous' 937% New analysis shows how corporate bosses rake in huge salaries and bonuses as inequality continues to soar Read more |
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Warren Flunks Trump: Report Card Details Broken Promise to 'Drain Swamp' 'Instead of turning away lobbyists and Washington insiders, he welcomed them into the White House with open arms' Read more |
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NYT Trump Interview Makes Waves, But Did Reporters Go Too Easy? Critics demand accountability from Trump for lies on healthcare Read more |
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After Exxon Fined for Sanctions Violations, Calls for Rex Tillerson to Resign When secretary of state was CEO of ExxonMobil, says Treasury, the oil giant showed a "reckless disregard" for sanctions Read more |
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'Don't Let Up': Progressive Groups Warn Trumpcare Fight Still Far From Over "Stay focused, keep fighting. We can't ease up now." Read more |
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Condemnation Grows for Bipartisan Attack on Free Speech Rights of BDS Supporters Lawmakers urged to reject bill that would punish Americans for supporting boycotts of Israel Read more |
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Watch Live: Bernie Sanders and Al Gore Senator and former vice president talk politics in Facebook live inteview Read more |
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'Message Loud and Clear' Says NAACP After Latest Trump Snub For second time, and unlike predecessors, president refuses to attend civil rights organization's annual gathering Read more |
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New Poll Shows Nation Moving Left on Healthcare, Embracing Medicare for All The poll shows that 62 percent of Americans believe it is the federal government's responsibility to guarantee healthcare for all Read more |
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'Unbelievable': Trump Slams Sessions' Recusal; Warns Mueller to Steer Clear of Finances President calls attorney general recusal "unfair" and warns Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller should not go near his financial dealings Read more |
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After Six Months, A Detailed Look at 'Giant Bait and Switch' Trump Presidency New report reveals how billionaire president has 'abandoned populism in favor of giveaways to industry' Read more |
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'A Dark Moment': Voting Rights Groups Condemn Trump's Election Commission Trump accuses states of hiding information while Pence attempts to give meeting an air of credibility Read more |
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Children Among Civilian Dead in Latest US-Backed Saudi Coalition Airstrike in Yemen The deadly airstrike "once again demonstrates the extreme dangers facing civilians in Yemen, particularly those attempting to flee violence, as they disproportionately bear the brunt of conflict." Read more |
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Trump's NAFTA Plan Looks a Lot Like Corporate-Friendly Deals He Campaigned Against Trump railed against NAFTA and TPP on the campaign trail, but the objectives released this week beg questions about his promises to help working people Read more |
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'The People Deserve Better': Watch Warren Rip Trump's Union-Busting Labor Nominee The Massachusetts senator said she is "not at all convinced" that Trump NLRB pick William Emanuel will stand up for the rights of workers Read more |
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Amnesty Slams Latest Supreme Court Ruling on 'Cruel and Discriminatory' Muslim Ban 'Congress must intervene and end the ban once and for all.' Read more |
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Study Calls for Rapid "Negative Emissions" as Scientist Warns "Shit's Hitting the Fan" New study, led by James Hansen, is meant to bolster climate kids' case against the federal government Read more |
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Warnings as GOP Aims to Gut Protections for Endangered Species House and Senate committees consider bills to roll back longstanding protections for vulnerable plants and animals Read more |
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"Fundamental Existential Threat": Lawmakers Warned of the Risks of Killer Robots Top U.S. general and inventor Elon Musk join those sounding alarm on artificial intelligence Read more |
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The I-Alone-Can-Fix-It President Vows to Make Trumpcare Better at 'Lunchtime' Though Trump has never offered any compelling evidence he even understands the policies in play, he urges Republicans to talk more about "how good their healthcare plan is" Read more |
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Joining Single-Payer Chorus, Al Gore Says For-Profit System Had Its Chance "The private sector has not shown any ability to provide good, affordable healthcare for all. I believe we ought to have single-payer healthcare." Read more |
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Barbara Lee Slams Paul Ryan for Killing Endless War Repeal 'In Dead of Night' "This is underhanded and undemocratic," says congresswoman from California. "The people deserve a debate!" Read more |
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Trump White House Ridiculously Blames Democrats for Republicans' Repeal Failure In closed press briefing, deputy press secretary condemns Democrats for defending their own law from repeal effort Read more |
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GOP's Deja Vu Budget Slashes Social Programs to Fund Tax Cuts for Rich House GOP budget blueprint would boost military spending and give tax cuts to the wealthy while slashing nation's safety net Read more |
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Resistance Not Enough: Progressive Groups Push Democrats to Back #PeoplesPlatform "Democrats in Congress must lay out a bold vision for how we create a country that works for everyone—not just the very wealthy." Read more |
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As 'Repeal Only' Effort Stalls in Senate, Resistance Urges Medicare for All Three Republican senators announced Tuesday afternoon they would not back GOP leadership's latest ploy to repeal Obamacare Read more |
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Against Warren or Sanders, 2020 Looks Like 'A Lot of Losing' for Trump New poll shows Trump losing hypothetical match-ups with Warren, Sanders, Biden, and other possible 2020 presidential contenders Read more |
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Downplaying Atrocities? Trump Plan to Close 'War Crimes Office' Sparks Concern The US 'is essentially downgrading the importance of accountability for the commission of atrocity crimes' Read more |
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As 75 Percent of Americans Fear 'Major War' Under Trump, Most Favor Diplomacy New poll finds Americans want a cautious approach to North Korea's recent actions Read more |
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Seriously? New GOP Budget Would Defund Election Security Agency "Eliminating the Election Assistance Commission would pose a risky and irresponsible threat to our election infrastructure." Read more |
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McConnell Admits Defeat, But Opposition Vows Vigilance Against Trumpcare Zombie "Republicans have been determined to take a wrecking ball to the Affordable Care Act and the protections it provides. They will not give up. And neither will we." Read more |
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Former Diplomats Urge Tillerson to Keep Refugee Office Where It Belongs Letter to Secretary of State cautions against putting crucial mission in hands of DHS Read more |
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'Kill the Bill, Not Us': Trumpcare Resistance Turns Up the Heat on GOP "It's time to defeat this bill and ensure that every American is guaranteed the right to healthcare." Read more |
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Transparency Victory: Trump Forced to Release Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs 'The public deserves to know who is coming to meet with the president and his staff.' Read more |
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To Block Pipeline, Nuns in Court to Defend Cornfield Chapel 'We're not looking for money. We want to preserve this land.' Read more |
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It Took Obama More Than Two Years to Kill This Many Civilians. It Took Trump Less Than Six Months. Civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria from coalition strikes were roughly 80 per month during the Obama White House, compared to roughly 360 per month during Trump's administration Read more |
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This Billionaire Mega-Donor Gets It: The Democrats Need Bernie Sanders "When people say Bernie is crazy, no. Bernie is talking about inequality. That is the burning issue in the United States." Read more |
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US Inequality Crisis Worst in Industrialized World. Trump Will Make It Worse. If the policies favored by the Trump administration—including massive tax cuts for the rich and reductions in spending on Medicaid and education—go into effect, the U.S. will only fall further in the global rankings Read more |
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Sad! Trump's Six-Month Approval Rating Lowest of Any President in 70 Years New poll also shows that people believe it's more important for the government to provide health coverage to low-income Americans than to provide tax cuts Read more |
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Trump Is Endangering Nuclear Deal, Says Iranian Foreign Minister The president has urged other leaders to end business ties with Iran, undermining the 2015 deal Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Denounces Trumpcare as 'The Most Anti-Working Class Legislation Ever' President Donald Trump "is supporting the most anti-working class legislation ever presented in the modern history of this country—a disastrous healthcare bill," Sanders said. Read more |
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Trumpcare Vote Delayed as White House Promotes Alternative Facts on Bill Protests expected to continue at so-called moderate GOP senators' offices this week Read more |
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New Lawsuit Aims to Stop Trump's 'Sham Commission' Dead in its Tracks Suit filed a day after White House releases commenters' personal information in comments that show hatred for voter commission Read more |
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A Year After Coup Attempt, Turkish Opposition Accuses Erdogan of Exploiting Crisis 7,400 civil servants were fired Friday as government attempts to punish those linked to coup Read more |
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#SleevelessFriday: Congresswomen Protest Outdated Dress Code After a reporter was kicked out of the House chamber for violating the code, Rep. Jackie Speier called for a revolt Read more |
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House Passes Defense Bill Sure to Make 'War Profiteers Rejoice' "Every year, Congress authorizes billions of dollars of Pentagon pork at the expense of other security needs and other taxpayer priorities." Read more |
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Resistance Rallies as So-Called 'Moderate' GOP Senators Decide on Healthcare One Republican vote is needed to keep 22 million Americans from losing health coverage Read more |
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Undeterred by DC Heat Advisory, Women's March Against NRA Begins Demonstrators rallied at NRA headquarters, kicking off an 18-mile march to the Department of Justice Read more |
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Jerry Brown's Climate Plan Just Another 'Handout to Big Oil,' Green Groups Say Gov. Brown's legislation " doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable communities or to achieve California's ambitious targets for reducing carbon pollution," argued 350.org's Masada Disenhouse Read more |
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Rejecting 'Cruel and Discriminatory Policy,' Federal Judge Deals Blow to Muslim Ban 2.0 Judge writes that "the Government's definition [of 'close familial relationship'] represents the antithesis of common sense." Read more |
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Poll: Most Americans Oblivious, But Not Uncaring, to Overseas Suffering "Near-famine, which is affecting 20 million people in Africa and the Middle East, is likely the least reported but most important major issue of our time." Read more |
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Women and Men Worldwide Cringe After Trump's Latest Sexist Behavior President offered French First Lady his unsolicited opinion on her looks Read more |
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Jeremy Corbyn Talks With Naomi Klein About Creating a Better World 'When people's minds are opened up, there is no end to the possibilities,' says Corbyn Read more |
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Texas Study Shows How Defunding Planned Parenthood Actually Increased Abortion Rates State's teen abortion rate and teen birth rate both spiked after lawmakers cut funding and closed more than 80 family planning clinics Read more |
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Among Wealthiest Nations, US Healthcare System Comes in Dead Last "The United States spends far more on healthcare than other high-income countries. Yet the U.S. population has poorer health than other countries." Read more |
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Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: 'Watch Your Back , Bitch' After hearing Rachel Maddow discuss our recent story about Kasowitz, a man emailed the attorney urging him to resign. Kasowitz responded with threats and profanity Read more |
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Paris Against Trump: Demonstrations Greet US President in France Parisians and Americans alike speak out against Trump during Bastille Day visit Read more |
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Can You Say Oligarchy? 75% of Americans Think Wealthiest Have "Too Much" Power Bolstering 2014 study detailing how elite interests dominate policy-making, survey shows "rare" agreement that elites run the show while workers and the poor left out Read more |
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'Total Garbage': Senate GOP's New Trumpcare Bill Even Worse Than Original "I knew this bill was unfixable . What I didn't count on was that it would get worse." Read more |