All Views Articles for 2019-09-23

Monday, September 23, 2019
President Donald J. Trump leaves after speaking to supporters at the Atlantic Aviation Hanger on March 10, 2018 in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The president made a visit in a bid to gain support for Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone who is running for 18th Congressional District in a seat vacated by Tim Murphy. (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) Jeffrey C. Isaac
The Trump "Whistleblower" Situation Is Very Dangerous for Democracy (and for the Democrats)
Biden's disingenuousness is no match for Trump
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The concept of conserving energy is an age-old philosophy embodied in use of the word “reduce.” Those who only see the horrible potential of climate change have an unfortunate tendency to mimic the behavior of climate change deniers as they themselves deny the dangers of alternative energy sources. (Photo: TLPOSCHARSKY/Flickr/cc) Don Fitz
What Is Energy Denial?
Our guiding principle needs to be that the only form of truly clean energy is less energy.
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From left, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calf., Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., conduct a news conference on the testimony of former special counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Jeff Hauser, Max Moran
Why Are House Democrats Afraid to Wield Their Subpoena Power?
Make no mistake: Democratic cowardice toward oversight has real, "kitchen-table" consequences for voters.
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Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (2nd L) looks at opposition member Javier Bertucci during the signing of the dialogue agreement between the government and the opposition in Caracas on September 18, 2019. (Photo: Matias Delacroix/AFP/Getty Images) Leonardo Flores
Dialogue in Venezuela Another Missed Opportunity for Democrats
Instead of aiding and abetting Trump's disastrous policy, the Democrats need to challenge it, and the most obvious candidate to do so is Bernie Sanders.
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A supporter of the former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva holds a flag during a national strike protest called by unions and students against the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's pension reform in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 14, 2019. (Photo: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images) Celso Amorim
Five Hundred Days of Injustice: On the Imprisonment of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
For normalcy to return to Brazil and for hope to be recovered, Lula's freedom—along with annulment of the faulty process by which he was condemned—is essential.
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The Squad does not agree with Nancy Pelosi about Democratic vulnerability in 2020, and thinks there will be an even bigger blue wave than in 2018, which will sweep conservatives from power and shift the country left. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP) Juan Cole
The Squad Was Right About Trump Impeachment
"At this point, the bigger national scandal isn’t the president’s lawbreaking behavior—it is the Democratic Party’s refusal to impeach him for it."
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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden works the grill at the Polk County Democrats' Steak Fry on September 21, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. Seventeen of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and more than 12,000 of their supporters made an appearance at the event. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Jeff Cohen
Will Joe Biden Be a Rerun of 2016 Tragedy?
As a throwback to the Clintonite 1990s, Biden says he feels the pain of victims but won’t name many villains. That approach no longer works—and actually plays into the hands of demagogues like Trump.
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The Obama administration further shattered the Greater Middle East and beyond through a string of military interventions. (Photo: Larry Downing/Reuters) Danny Sjursen
Just When I Thought Endless War Couldn't Get Any Worse…
A veteran in a world of never-ending wars and improvised explosive devices.
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Patti Lynn, Nnimmo Bassey, & Lidy Nacpil
Want Real Climate Ambition? Keep Polluting Industries Out and Make Them Pay.
The industries that have fueled this crisis should have no part in dictating the solutions—rather, they should be made to pay to address the massive damages they have caused and to finance real solutions to the crisis.
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The ruling elites and the corporations they serve are the principal obstacles to change. (Photo: Mr. Fish) Chris Hedges
Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites
We must organize to replace existing structures of power with ones capable of coping with the crisis before us.
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