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News & Views | 2/5/20

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Demonstrators in favor of President Donald Trumps removal of office conduct a protest in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. After the House impeached Trump last year, the Senate votes today on whether to acquit or convict the President on two articles of impeachment as the trial concludes. (Photo: Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Make no mistake about it, this was nothing more than an attempted partisan coverup for the shameless and illegal conduct of Donald Trump."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Senate has failed to hold Trump accountable, so the American people will."


Demostrators with climate group Sunrise NYC, rally in front of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's office in Midtown Manhattan demanding that he support the Green New Deal.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"There is no way to build a greener, more inclusive economy without strong, thriving labor unions."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Calling on her fellow lawmakers to pass legislation she put forward last year to fully recognize poverty in the U.S. and work to eradicate it, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testified before her own House committee Wednesday about the U.S. government's willful failure to understand how many Americans are living in poverty.


Putin, Trump

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
With just a year until the last remaining nuclear treaty between the United States and Russia expires, the Global Zero movement on Wednesday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to extend the pact and warned of the potential consequences if it ends.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is genuinely scandalous that the Iowa Democratic Party has only released 75% of the results to the caucus."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Gun control advocates on Wednesday insisted that Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting two years ago, need not apologize for yelling in protest at President Donald Trump during the State of the Union address Tuesday night.


TMX protest

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate and Indigenous activists reiterated their dedication to blocking the planned expansion of the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline after Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday unanimously rejected four challenges from First Nations in British Columbia to the government's approval of the project.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"President Trump is turning his back on the children of America and on future generations, and dooming them to live in a planet increasingly unhealthy and uninhabitable."


American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin (1912 - 1987), spokesman for the Citywide Committee for Integration, at the organization's headquarters at Silcam Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York City.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
In addition to the posthumous pardon for Rustin, Newsom announced a new initiative for clemency for others who fell victim to the state's criminalization of the LGBTQ community.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The president's campaign is quickly realizing that the only way to attack someone who spent his entire life standing with the working class is to lie."

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Senate Republicans chose to stage a shameful cover-up and protect a lawless, corrupt president. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Diallo Brooks
The Senate failed to do their job—but ordinary citizens can’t fail to do ours.



by Michael Winship
A speech not worth the paper Nancy Pelosi tore apart.


Watching impeachment through the lens of the New York Times. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Dorothee Benz
The New York Times was content to cover it as a Washington drama and no more; its impeachment landing page even lists a "cast of characters."


Two of the most outspoken proponents of a more restrained U.S. foreign policy in the current House are Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Erica Fein
If Democrats continue to trend in this direction, they’ll finally be meeting voters where they are : seeking an end to forever wars, unconditional support for tyrannical governments, and blank checks for the military-industrial-complex.


The good news is that the issue of family leave is at the top of the policy agenda.(Photo: Eye DJ/Flickr/cc)

by Jared Gaby-Biegel
The FAMILY Act represents the best chance to pass a national paid family leave program that provides new benefits to families without asking them to sacrifice their financial futures.


Officials from the 68th caucus precinct overlook the results of the first referendum count during a caucus event on February 3, 2020 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

by Jeff Biggers
My caucus in Iowa City had 60 fewer people than four years ago. Tepid turnout will re-elect Trump for sure.

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