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McConnell Urged to 'Finish the Job' and Reconvene Senate to Put Twice-Impeached Trump on Trial

The unsigned article of impeachment is pictured before a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 2021. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

After Inciting Deadly Invasion of US Capitol, Twitter Permanently Suspends @realDonaldTrump

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After years of resisting suspension demands, the social media company said that the move was "due to the risk of further incitement of violence."

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Supreme Court Punts on Trump Attempt to 'Use the Census as a Political Weapon to Disempower Communities of Color'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Demonstrators rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2019 to protest a proposal to add a citizenship question in the 2020 census. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

"If this policy is ever actually implemented, we'll be right back in court...

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Civil Rights Groups Urge Biden to Nominate Attorney General Dedicated to 'Bedrock Principle of Equal Justice'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Protesters in a Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2020. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

"We need an attorney general... committed to ending discrimination; addressing...

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Wisconsin electors cast their votes for president in Madison on December 14, 2020. (Photo: Morry Gash/Getty Images)

'The Will of the American People': Official Electoral College Vote Finalizes That Biden Won and Trump Lost

Philadelphians held a rally at Independence Mall to celebrate President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election on November 7, 2020. (Photo: Cory Clark/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

'A Win for Voters': Rights Advocates Celebrate After Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Attempt to Block Certification of PA Election Results

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says goodby to members of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee afters testifying during a hearing on June 16, 2020. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FCC Accused of Prioritizing Corporate Interests Over Needs of American People by Doubling Down on Net Neutrality Repeal

In response to Facebook's attempt to cancel a NYU research project that has been collecting data about the company's ad-targeting practices, Common Cause has launched a petition imploring the social media giant to "shut down disinformation on their platform—instead of trying to shut down the advocates and academics who are trying to expose it." (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Watchdog Fights Back as Facebook Attempts to Shut Down Research Exposing 'Political Disinformation' in Ad Practices

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So-Called 'Election Integrity' Panel in Pennsylvania Seen as GOP Trojan Horse to Help Trump Steal Election

Common Cause called out Facebook's "pattern of making incremental concessions when its existing policies cause controversies and public outcry." (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

'Sewer of Political Disinformation': Facebook Slammed for Half-Measures and Dangerous Profiteering as Election Nears

The man who identified himself as James Fortune, photographed on a fishing boat off Cape Hatteras. He asked to accompany an employee of a nonpartisan voter education organization on the day-long trip, claiming he was an experienced fisherman. It turns out Fortune appears not to be who he claims to be. (Photo courtesy of the employee)

Right-Wing Operatives Accused of Trying to Entrap Progressive Pro-Democracy Groups in North Carolina to Undermine Their Election Work

'What a Healthy Democracy Should Look Like': Connecticut Small-Dollar Campaign Program a Model for Restoring Power to the People

Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) remotely questions U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

'No Statute of Limitations for Felony' in North Carolina: Watchdog Group Files Official Complaint Demanding DeJoy Probe

Citing 'Criminal Exposure' in Straw-Donor Scheme and Possible Perjury, House Announces Investigation Into DeJoy

A mailman wearing a mask and gloves loads a postal truck with packages at a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office location in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2020.

Sanders Warns of Trump Effort to 'Destroy the Post Office to Sabotage This Election'

On 55th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act, Advocates Call on Congress to Fully Restore Law to Honor John Lewis's Fight for Justice

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The NRA Enemies List: AARP to YMCA to Britney Spears to Hallmark Cards

Wow. Recently surfaced is an NRA list of several hundred "anti-gun" organizations, celebrities and cor porations who have lent support to evil overlords who would steal our assault rifes and our liberty. Among them: The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Nurses Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, U.S. Catholic Conference, Tony Bennett, N Sync, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Time Warner. Man, the NRA world must be getting lonesome.

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Trump FCC Attempt to Greenlight Media Consolidation At Expense of Media Diversity

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Common Cause Calls on House to Swiftly Impeach Donald Trump

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Violence Will Not Alter Outcome of This Democratic Election

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Trump and His Allies Cannot Ignore the Will of the American People

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U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Census Apportionment Case

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Electoral College Follows the Will of The American People

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Karen Hobert Flynn

Congress Has No Other Option Than to Impeach and Remove the President From Office

Paul Seamus Ryan

The Smoking Gun for Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Campaign Committee

Dale Eisman

'State of the Swamp' Spotlights Trump Team's Ethical Blindness

Allegra Chapman

Enhancing Voter Turnout: A Primary Concern

Lisa Gilbert, Stephen Spaulding

On Sixth Anniversary of Citizens United, Obama Still Has Chance to Act

Miles Rapoport

Democracy's New Moment

Rajesh Makwana

Equity + Sustainability = Sharing Globally

Michael Winship

A Free and Open Internet: The Latest from the Frontlines

Amy Goodman

The Monstrous Merger of Comcast and Time Warner Must Be Stopped - Now

John Nichols

Merging Cable Giants is ‘an Affront to the Public Interest’