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World's Richest Man Jeff Bezos Hides Backstage as Amazon Workers Demand 'Bold, Rapid' Climate Action "How will we tell our children that we knew we had such a small window to act decisively, but instead we helped Shell, BP, and others find and extract oil more quickly?" Read more |
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Under Fire From Progressives, DCCC Chair Backs Out of Fundraiser for Anti-Choice Democrat Dan Lipinski "Rep. Lipinski does not represent the priorities of our community," said Marie Newman, who is mounting a progressive primary challenge against the conservative Illinois Democrat Read more |
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Labeled 'No Vacation Nation,' US Still Lags Behind Other Wealthy Countries in Giving Workers Paid Holidays "In the U.S., paid vacation and holiday benefits are based on luck in the boss lottery, not federal policy...We can't depend on the largesse of employers to do the right thing." Read more |
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Watch: Congresswoman Pressley Presses Mnuchin to Explain Delay of Harriet Tubman's $20 Bill "People other than white men built this county... Mnuchin agrees, yet he refuses to update our currency." Read more |
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'A Small Tax on Wall Street to Make Big Change': Bernie Sanders and Barbara Lee Introduce New Financial Transaction Tax "It is long past time for Congress to rein in the recklessness of Wall Street billionaires and build an economy that works for all Americans." Read more |
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'Dangerous and Disgraceful': HUD Proposal Would Let Homeless Shelters Turn Away Trans People Critics condemned the proposal as "yet another example of tragic cruelty of this administration." Read more |
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Abortion Laws in Saudi Arabia More Forgiving Than in Alabama: Report "We're not seeing right now in the Middle East and North Africa a desire to make laws more punitive and more restrictive for women who need abortions and providers. We are seeing that in the U.S." Read more |
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Time for 'New Vision' Clear as UN Expert Gives Blistering Takedown of UK Austerity "It is hard to imagine a recipe better designed to exacerbate inequality and poverty and to undermine the life prospects of many millions." Read more |
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Trump's So-Called "Conscience Rule" Would Allow Dangerous Discrimination Against Marginalized Patients, State AGs Say "We cannot rest until this 'healthcare refusal' rule is stopped." Read more |
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To 'Circumvent' White House Obstruction, New York Passes Bill to Give Congress Access to Trump Tax Returns "New York lawmakers are providing a new avenue for the House Ways and Means Committee to obtain these crucial financial documents." Read more |
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Gillibrand Introduces Sweeping Family Bill of Rights to Ease Financial Burdens and 'Level the Playing Field for Children' "Families and kids face huge disparities in opportunity and resources depending on their income and zip code, and the gap is wider for families of color. That isn't fair, and it isn't acceptable." Read more |
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'This Is Criminal': Whistleblower Reports Thousands of Gay, Trans, and Disabled Immigrants Have Been Held in Solitary Confinement by ICE After reviewing thousands of records of the use of solitary confinement by DHS, a policy adviser found that her agency's practices "fell within the description of what had been deemed torture" Read more |
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Four in 10 Americans Believe Socialism a 'Good Thing': Gallup It's likely not a coincidence that rise in popularity across all Americans came as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became two of the most prominent politicians in the U.S. Read more |
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Following 'Appalling' Deaths of Migrant Children in CBP Custody, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers From White House "You owe the public an explanation and a full accounting for the causes and circumstances of their deaths." Read more |
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President Donald Trump 'Engaged in a Cover-Up,' Says House Speaker Pelosi "We believe that no one is above the law, including the President of the United States," said the Democrat's most powerful elected leader Read more |
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As Republicans Target Roe, New Poll Shows Majority of Americans Don't Want Landmark Ruling Overturned "It isn't news that abortion is generally supported among American voters. But Republicans from state legislatures to the Supreme Court have been determined to ignore these constituents." Read more |
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Making Struggling Workers and Families Foot the Bill, Corporate America Paying Lowest Share of Taxes Since Eisenhower Era "Republicans sold the tax scam as a way to create jobs and help workers. They lied," wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders after Ford announced it is cutting 7,000 jobs Read more |
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'Absolutely Nothing to Offer': Beto's Answer on Medicare For All at CNN Town Hall Angers Progressives "Beto is lying." Read more |
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WATCH: House Democrats Hold Historic Second Hearing on Medicare for All National Nurses United called it "another step towards passing this vital piece of legislation." Read more |
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As 2020 Democrats Cozy Up to Wall Street Donors, Warren and Sanders Refuse to Play Big-Money Game Presumed frontrunner Joe Biden, meanwhile, is reportedly spending a lot of time "vacuuming up as much campaign cash as possible" at lavish high-dollar fundraisers Read more |
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'No Amount of Legal Advice Will Stop the Lawlessness and Lies': Leaked IRS Memo Says Mnuchin Must Hand Over Trump Tax Returns "It's long past time for Congress to stop letting the Trump administration run out the clock on any accountability for its continued abuse of power." Read more |
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Over 1,351 Climate Strikes in 110 Countries Planned for Friday as Global Revolt Escalates "Activism works. So act." Read more |
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No War With Iran, Say 62 Groups in Letter to Congress "Trump and his National Security Advisor John Bolton are taking this country to the brink of a completely avoidable military confrontation." Read more |
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'We Need More DAs Standing Up Like This': Georgia Prosecutors Vow Not to Charge Women Under State's Unconstitutional Abortion Ban "As a woman and mother, I am concerned about the passage and attempted passage of laws such as this one in Georgia, Alabama, and other states," said DeKalb County D.A. Sherry Boston Read more |
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'It's a Sure Winner—Except for the Profiteers': 200+ Economists Send Letter to Congress Endorsing Medicare for All "The time is now to create a universal, single-payer, Medicare for All healthcare system in the United States," the economists wrote Read more |
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Labor Leader Sara Nelson Says Workers of Disrupted Industries Must Be Engaged in Green New Deal Solutions "We have to be engaged in the conversation." Read more |
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Global Sea Level May Rise Faster Than Previously Projected, With 'Profound Consequences for Humanity' "What we decide to do collectively as a species politically, globally, over the next decade is going to determine the future of the next generations in terms of the habitability of the planet." Read more |
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'The Dam Is Breaking': Progressives Say Pelosi 'Running Out of Excuses' Not to Impeach Trump "The drum is beating," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, "and it is getting louder." Read more |
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'This Is Not A Drill': Amid GOP Attack, Pro-Choice #StopTheBans Rallies Take Place Nationwide "Now more than ever, we must unite against this unprecedented attack on our fundamental rights and freedoms...Because we are in the fight of our lives." Read more |
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'Sick and Tired of Being Paid Poverty Wages,' Walmart Workers Invite Bernie Sanders to Press Their Case at Shareholder Meeting "If hourly workers at Walmart were well represented on its board, I doubt you would see the CEO of Walmart making over a thousand times more than its average worker." Read more |
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'We Will Not Be Complicit': Protesting Assault on Yemen, Italian Dock Workers Refuse to Load Saudi Weapons Vessel "No EU state should be making the deadly decision to authorize the transfer or transit of arms to a conflict where there is a clear risk they will be used in war crimes." Read more |
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Outrage as Texas Senate Passes 'Unconstitutional' Bill That Would Hit Pipeline Protestors With Up to 10 Years in Prison "Big oil is hijacking our legislative system," said Dallas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network Read more |
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Revolting Against Speaker's Inaction, Pelosi's Own Leadership Team Demands Trump Impeachment Proceedings "If Pelosi won't do the job she was hired to do, then Dems should find someone who will." Read more |
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Trump Critics Call on Democrats to Heed GOP Rep. Justin Amash's 'Wake-Up Call' and Begin Impeachment Proceedings "How is it possible that a Republican member of Congress is willing to do more than House Democratic leadership to hold Donald Trump accountable?" Read more |
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Trump's FCC Chair Accused of Betraying Public Interest Mandate by Backing T-Mobile/Sprint Mega-Merger He "seems to take smug pleasure in being a blatant telecom shill." Read more |
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'This Is the Cover-Up': Trump DOJ Instructs McGahn to Disregard Subpoena by House Judiciary "Our democracy is built on an understanding that one branch of government won't systematically obstruct another," said Rep. Ro Khanna. "Mueller named McGahn as a critical witness: the American people need to hear his testimony." Read more |
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Deutsche Bank Officials Flagged Kushner/Trump Transactions as 'Suspicious' But Top Execs Killed Inquiry: Report "You present them with everything, and you give them a recommendation, and nothing happens." Read more |
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Without Tax Hikes on Corporations and the Rich, Critics Warn, $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan 'Another Empty Promise' From Trump "If major tax increases are off the table, there is no way to pay for a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, it's that simple." Read more |
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Bill to Ban Circus Animal Suffering Set for Introduction in US Congress "The suffering never, ever stops, until they die." Read more |
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'The Fight Is Not Over,' Say Groups, as Coal Lover Wins Re-Election in Australia "If the climate-wreckers in the coalition think we're going to go away quietly, they've got another thing coming." Read more |
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Pushing Pro-Coal Proposal, Trump's EPA to Downplay Plan's Danger Using Scientifically-Unproven Method "This cynicism and disregard for life is on brand for this administration." Read more |
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Despite Inclusive Rhetoric, Corporations Back Extremist State Legislators Waging War on Women "In their corporate literature, these companies present themselves as champions of women and gender equality. But they have collectively donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians seeking to roll back reproductive rights." Read more |
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Despite Anti-American 'Baiting' by NYT, Sanders Makes 'No Apologies' for Opposing Reagan-Backed Death Squads "I plead guilty to, throughout my adult life, doing everything that I can to prevent war and destruction." Read more |
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Because 'BP Fueling Climate Emergency': Greenpeace Blockades London HQ With Massive Metal Containers "The science is clear: we must stop searching for new oil and gas if we want a livable planet. BP must clean up or clear out." Read more |
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'Genocidal': Trump—Who Claims He Doesn't Want War—Threatens 'Official End of Iran' "President Trump's saber-rattling about Iran has reached a dangerous new low with his threat to 'end' Iran—a country of 83 million men, women, and children." Read more |
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'A Burning Indictment of Our Higher Ed System': Commencement Speaker Pays Off $40 Million in Student Debt Billionaire's gift to nearly 400 graduating seniors of Morehouse College earned him praise—but also sparked criticism of the cost of education Read more |
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Pete Buttigieg Calls for Carbon Capture and Tax—Climate Proposals Backed by the Fossil Fuel Industry Critics warn policies that allow dirty energy development to continue are "a distraction from real solutions to the climate crisis that we face." Read more |
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'Unfathomable Evil Recognizing Unfathomable Evil': Trump's Possible Pardons of War Criminals Provoke Outrage "If you were to make a list of 'top notorious U.S. war crimes of the post-9/11 era' it would look a lot like the president's pardoning plans." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Unveils 'A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education' With his 10-point proposal to overhaul the nation's schools, the presidential hopeful said he aims to "guarantee every person in our country a quality education as a fundamental human right." Read more |
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Progressives Demand House Dems Hold Mnuchin in Contempt for Defying Subpoena for Trump's Tax Returns "It is unconscionable for our country to have a Treasury secretary who repeatedly shows us that he will continue to obstruct justice at every turn in order to do Trump's bidding." Read more |
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'Speak Up and Be Allies': Men Asked to Join Women in Sharing Stories of Abortion "Women should not have to face this fight alone. Men, it's on us to listen, to speak out, and to take action." Read more |
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Texas State Bill Would Make Protesting Pipelines a Felony on Par With Attempted Murder "This needs to be a nation-wide story." Read more |
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New Lawsuit Challenges Energy-Intensive 'Disaster for Climate, Wildlife, and Colorado River Basin' The proposed massive oil shale project would drain more than 3 billion gallons of water per year from the Green River Read more |
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Citing Harm to Public Education, Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on For-Profit Charter Schools "Charter schools are led by unaccountable, private bodies, and their growth has drained funding from the public school system." Read more |
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LGBTQ Advocates Cheer Historic Victory After US House Passes Equality Act "This vote is a monumental step forward in the fight for true, lived equality for LGBTQ people." Read more |
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As Irish PM Says Public Protest 'Welcome,' Trump Pushes for Private Meeting at His Own Golf Club "Protest is allowed, and welcome." Read more |
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Nationwide Protests and State Boycotts Planned Amid Wave of GOP Attacks on Abortion Rights "They're coming for women. They're coming for doctors. They're coming for Roe . But we're the majority—and we're NOT going back." Read more |
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Amid Wave of Anti-Choice Laws Across US, Warren Introduces Plan to Protect Abortion Rights "We must build a future that protects the right of all women to have children, the right of all women to not have children, and the right to bring children up in a safe and healthy environment." Read more |
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It's "Xenophobia and Racism," Says Sanders, as Trump Threatens "Removal Forces" for Immigrants President's new tweet forshadowing "removal forces" comes on heels of reporting that his administration will invoke arcane law to use military force to drive out immgrants Read more |
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Countering Trump's Inhumane Proposal, Ilhan Omar Presents 'Only Immigration Plan Worth Hearing About' "We should be welcoming immigrants into our country and providing them a simple and accessible path to becoming documented, not treating them like criminals or dehumanizing them." Read more |
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Sanders Launches Petition Urging Lawmakers to Block Military Action Against Iran Without Congressional Approval War with Iran, warned the senator and 2020 candidate, "will be an unmitigated disaster." Read more |
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Amid Murky Intel, Experts Say Time to Be Clear: Threat of War With Iran "Solely and Unequivocally" Trump's Fault "Trump action provokes Iran reaction provokes U.S. reaction and suddenly march to another quagmire catastrophic war." Read more |
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'This Is Unprecedented': Judge Orders Chelsea Manning Jailed, Imposes Daily $500 Fine After 30 Days Behind Bars "The U.S. government's harassment of whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning is intensifying." Read more |
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Thinning Five Times Faster Than Just Two Decades Ago, Study Shows Antarctic Ice Melting at Terrifying Rate "The speed of drawing down ice from an ice sheet used to be spoken of in geological timescales, but that has now been replaced by people's lifetimes." Read more |
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Venezuelan Government Denounces US Seizure of Embassy, Arrest of Peace Activists as Violation of Vienna Convention "We do not authorize any of the coup leaders to enter our embassy in Washington D.C.," said deputy foreign minister on behalf of Maduro government Read more |
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'Spoiler: Because Australia Has Universal Healthcare': Watch Ocasio-Cortez Ask Pharma CEO Why HIV Drug Costs $8 Overseas But $1,780 in the US "We the public, we the people, developed this drug, we paid for this drug. There's no reason this should be $2,000 a month. People are dying because of it." Read more |
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Amid GOP Assault on Abortion Rights, DCCC-Backed Fundraiser for Anti-Choice Democrat Blasted as 'Demeaning to Women' "At a time when we need every pro-choice voice we can get, this is reprehensible for a leader in the Democratic Party." Read more |
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Inslee's $9 Trillion Climate Plan Praised for Showing Why Rapid Mobilization a 'Massive Economic Opportunity' "When we have people in Iowa seeking high ground," the governor said, referring to recent flooding there, "we can't have a middle ground proposal." Read more |
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In Old Tweets, Trump Warned a President Would Attack Iran in 'Desperate' Attempt to Win Reelection "Barack Obama will attack Iran in the not too distant future because it will help him win the election," Trump tweeted in 2011 Read more |
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As One Million People Face Hunger in Besieged Gaza, Israel Shoots 16 Palestinians at Nakba Day Protests "It is a race against time." Read more |
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Sorry, Critics Tell Warren, Greening US Empire's "Powerful War Machine" No Answer to Climate Crisis "Fighting the climate crisis is not about enabling the largest and most powerful military in human history to be more efficient in its destructive missions." Read more |
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Major Victory for Climate Campaigners as NY Gov. Cuomo Rejects 'Dangerous' Williams Pipeline "Along with our allies, we will continue to ensure this reckless project is shelved forever." Read more |
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'Unacceptable and Uncalled For': Iranian Foreign Minister Denounces Trump Administration's March to War Javad Zarif said Iran is exercising "maximum restraint" in the face of repeated threats of force from the Trump administration Read more |
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'Good,' Says Warren, After Trump Bank Regulator Calls Her Tough Questioning on Wells Fargo 'Insulting' "People all across this country were scammed and squeezed by Wells Fargo," said the Massachusetts senator Read more |
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'Corporate Greed, Plain and Simple': Sanders Leads Senate Letter Pressuring Delta to End 'Demeaning' Anti-Union Campaign "We urge you to end Delta's anti-union tactics, and allow Delta workers to decide the question of unionization free from fear, intimidation, or retaliation." Read more |
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Despite Christchurch Massacre and Others, Trump Refuses to Join 'Unprecedented' Global Effort to Tackle Racist Extremism Online "To be honest, I do not understand the United States," said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Read more |
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In Victory for Grassroots Campaign, Met Museum Will Stop Accepting Donations From Opioid Crisis-Fueling Sackler Family A number of protests led by artist Nan Goldin has made the owners of Purdue Pharma "pariahs," one observer said Read more |
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'We Will Do No Such Thing': Nadler Rejects White House Demand to Call Off Obstruction of Justice Inquiry "This flies in the face of the American idea that no one is above the law, and I reject it." Read more |
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Tulsi Gabbard Says She Would Pardon Snowden and Drop All US Charges Against Assange If Elected President in 2020 The Hawaii congresswoman said Assange's possible extradition to the U.S. poses a "great threat to our freedom of the press and to our freedom of speech." Read more |
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Attacks Meant to 'Silence' First Two Muslim Women in Congress Won't Succeed, Says Rep. Ilhan Omar "I think we are seeing what happens when people really see these attacks for what they are." Read more |
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To Counter Trump's Hawks, CodePink's Medea Benjamin Says It's Time to "Build Up an Anti-War Movement Again" "We have to be pushing our members of Congress to speak out forcefully against what the Trump administration is now doing," says the activist. Read more |
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'This Is Awesome!': Maine on Track to Ensure More Equitable Access to Abortion With New Insurance Rules The effort by Maine's Democrat-controlled Legislature to expand access to the procedure comes as Republican lawmakers in other states work to roll back reproductive rights nationwide Read more |
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As Palestinians Mark 71st Anniversary of Mass Eviction, Trump's Ambassador to Israel Claims Country Is 'On the Side of God' "Israel can not be the only country of the 194 countries on Earth that stands on the side of God." Read more |
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Trump Administration Orders Diplomatic Staff Out of Iraq in Latest Move to Cement Narrative of Iranian Threat Development comes as EU calls for "maximum restraint." Read more |
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'Stinks to High Heaven': Calls to Investigate Trump Labor Board's Gift to Uber Amid Stock Market Struggles "In a move that seems aimed at pushing up Uber's stock price after its disappointing IPO, Trump's business-friendly NLRB issues an advisory memo saying Uber drivers aren't employees." Read more |
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"Alarming" Report Details Emissions Danger of Plastics Production and Disposal—And It's Set to Get Worse "It has long been clear that plastic threatens the global environment and puts human health at risk. This report demonstrates that plastic, like the rest of the fossil economy, is putting the climate at risk as well." Read more |
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Turns Out "Spooky 'Socialist' Proposals" Are Popular, Says AOC, As Poll Shows 70% of GOP Voters Back Plan to Cap Credit Card Rates Progressive proposals are "winning over vast majorities of GOP voters because they are common-sense, humane policies," said the New York congresswoman Read more |
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Alabama's "Worst-of-Its-Kind" Abortion Ban an Explicit Effort to Destroy Roe, Warn Rights Groups "Anti-choice Republicans no longer even pretend to respect the law or the women that it protects." Read more |
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Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran "Intelligence and military officials in Europe as well as in the United States said that over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Delivers Online Address: 'We Must Not Go to War With Iran' "Let me be as clear as I can be: a war with Iran would be an absolute disaster," said the 2020 Democratic candidate Read more |
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#LindseyGrahamResign Goes Viral After Senator Advises Don Jr. to Refuse Congressional Subpoena Trump Jr. was subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee to answer questions about his contacts with Russia Read more |
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After Front Row Seat to Obama Years, Biden Called 'Remarkably Naive' for Saying He Expects GOP 'Epiphany' After 2020 "He's literally saying there will be a divine revelation and Republicans will come around." Read more |
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Amnesty International Marks Nakba Day With Palestinian Refugees' Testimonies Detailing 'Seven Decades of Misery' "There can be no lasting solution to the Palestinian refugee crisis until Israel respects Palestinian refugees' right to return." Read more |
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'Disgraceful': While Reaping $21 Billion Windfall From Trump Tax Cuts, Report Shows, AT&T Slashed 23,000 Jobs "Taxpayers aren't going to let AT&T get away with receiving over $21 billion in tax cuts and then destroying the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people." Read more |
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While Americans 'Have Been Waiting Two Years For Congress to Do Its Job,' Arrests End Impeach Trump Sit-In Within Two Minutes "If Congress won't defend the Constitution then we the people will." Read more |
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Objections by Nielsen and Others to Trump Plan for Mass Arrests Were 'Logistical and Technical,' Report Shows, Not Moral or Ethical " To be clear, the heads of DHS/ICE had no issue with the depravity of the plan, they just wanted it to be better organized." Read more |
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"Middle-of-the-Road" Climate Plans From Centrist Democrats Won't Save Us, Warns AOC at Green New Deal Rally "I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try and come back today and say we need a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives." Read more |
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Denouncing Fox News as a 'Hate-for-Profit Racket,' Warren Turns Down Town Hall Invite " Fox News balances a mix of bigotry, racism, and outright lies with enough legit journalism to make the claim to advertisers that it's a reputable news outlet." Read more |
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Warnings of 'Gulf of Tonkin 2.0' as Trump Officials Blame Iran for Oil Tanker Attacks "It's obvious that Bolton and Pompeo are trying to create a Gulf of Tonkin incident with Iran." Read more |
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New Warren, Jayapal Report Details Corporate Crime Free-for-All Under Trump Administration "Our justice system's soft touch with huge corporations and billionaires is not a new phenomenon. But under President Trump, it is far worse than it has ever been." Read more |