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News & Views | 2/3/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The whole world is looking at Iowa. The whole world is asking whether or not the people in Iowa are prepared to stand up and fight for justice," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Senate is broken, and only a change in leadership can fix it."


At more than 160 events across the country on Wednesday evening, organizers say protestors will hold Donald Trump and Republican Senators accountable for betraying the American people and the Constitution. (Image: Indivisible Guide)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We the people do not accept this disgraceful attempt to cover up Donald Trump's abuse of the powers of the presidency and we will make our voices heard in protests Wednesday and on Election Day."


Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Joining global critics of a plan that President Donald Trump unveiled last week to address the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Monday rejected the "biased" proposal and urged members states not to cooperate with U.S. efforts to enforce it.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Three days after CNBC host Jim Cramer pronounced fossil fuel investments as being "in the death knell phase," Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs downgraded oil giant Exxon's stock, advising investors to sell their shares.


MSNBC host Chris Matthews on "Morning Joe" Monday said he was unhappy with the direction voters are taking the Democratic Party.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The Bernie surge has Chris Matthews on the verge of tears."


Storage tanks for radioactive water stand at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on January 29, 2020 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The Japanese government told embassy officials from nearly two dozen countries that releasing the water into the ocean was a "feasible" approach that could be done "with certainty."


Hatice Cengiz,

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an effort to pressure President Donald Trump to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the brutal 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Democratic congressman announced Monday that his guest for Tuesday night's State of the Union speech will be Khashoggi's fiancée, Hatice Cengiz.


Former Vice President Joe Biden believes that if elected he can work with Republicans.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The former vice president made the comments Monday morning in an interview with NBC News .


Anti-fracking demonstrators hold a banner and signs

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Unless we ban fracking, these terrifying climate trends will intensify."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The horrors at our border and throughout our immigration system are too often ignored by the public and politicians."

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to a crowd of over 3,000 supporters during a campaign rally on February 1, 2020 in Cedar Rapids, United States.

by Cari Hernandez
When Bernie says it's not about him, I see my values and fears and hopes represented in a way I never have before.


Congressional hearings must be held and the Afghanistan War must end now. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Mary Hladky
We must stop the killing, take the trillions of dollars devoted to endless war and instead invest in our people, invest in our environment, and invest in our future.


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks while introducing healthcare legislation titled the "Medicare for All Act of 2019" with Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) during a news conference on Capitol Hill, on April 9, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Robert Dodge
It is at long last time for the United States to move from providing the world's most expensive sick care to providing the world's greatest healthcare.


PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer (1934-2020) poses for a portrait in his studio in Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, May 12, 2011. Lehrer, the veteran and celebrated journalist and news anchor, died last month. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
In Washington, two events on the same day show the promise of American democracy – and the mortal danger to it.


Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg arrives on stage at Northwest Junior High School during a Get Out The Caucus rally February 2, 2020 in Coralville, Iowa. Iowa holds the state's caucuses tomorrow, the first test for prospective presidential candidates in the 2020 election. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
The deft spin from the Buttigieg apparatus and the huge media hype about him have obscured the significance of his deep-pocketed backers.


We have poked the bear (actually a big, fat, orange elephant) and he is now angrier than before. Now we must take him down. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Trump must be defeated politically.

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