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'Should Send Shockwaves Across the Nation': Grave Warnings as McConnell Accelerates Right-Wing Takeover of US Courts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans will stop at nothing to stack the courts with
partisan judges who will push their radical agenda through at any cost."
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33 House Democrats Demand Resignation of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Over Secret Facebook Group
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a letter Thursday to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin
McAleenan, 33 House Democrats demanded that U.S. Border Patrol Chief
Carla Provost resign over her participation in a secret Facebook group
in which members of the federal agency shared racist, sexist, and
violent comments about migrants and members of Congress.
Shifting Subsidies to Renewable Energy Instead of Propping Up Fossil Fuel Giants Would Prompt 'Clean Energy Revolution', Study Shows
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
After two Democratic candidates in this week's presidential primary
debates called for an end to government subsidies for fossil fuel
companies, a new study revealed that even reducing the subsidies—as the
world's wealthiest countries pledged to a decade ago—would kickstart
"clean energy revolution."
Progressives Say Kamala Harris Team 'Inventing Conspiracies' About Tulsi Gabbard Rather Than Addressing Critiques
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Why are people attacking the messenger rather than addressing the
criticisms?"
Edward Snowden Shares His Story in New Memoir That Hits Shelves in September
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Exiled American whistleblower Edward Snowden, who rattled the U.S.
intelligence establishment and ignited a worldwide debate about
surveillance by leaking classified documents in 2013, announced Thursday
that his memoir, Permanent Record, is set to be published globally on
Sept. 17.
Support for Medicare for All Jumps When Right-Wing Talking Points Are Countered With Strong Progressive Response: Poll
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We can win this battle and guarantee health care as a human right, but
we need a nominee who is going to fight hard for Medicare for All."
'Outrageous': Lindsey Graham Breaks Senate Rules to Advance Sweeping Anti-Asylum Bill
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Lindsey Graham is so desperate to attack asylum seekers that he just
broke the rules of his own committee to advance his bill."
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Resistance to Private Prison Industry Mounts Amid Debate Over Trump’s Immigration Detention Policies
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by Lauren-Brooke Eisen
Controversy over immigration policy is shining an unwelcome spotlight on
the private prison industry, which runs detention facilities that house
tens of thousands of immigrants.
The Inner Nixon
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by Robert C. Koehler
Donald Trump, it turns out, is merely the inner Richard Nixon, live and
uncensored. He's also the inner Ronald Reagan—the inner voice, suddenly
made public, of every white male racist who has ever occupied the Oval
Office.
You Don’t Save Money By Forcing People to Go Hungry
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by Jill Richardson
Food stamps helped me get back on my feet during a tough time. Cutting
them is lose-lose.
The Politics of Petulance, From Donald Trump to Boris Johnson
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by Sarah Jaffe
Four decades of relentless there-is-no-alternative propaganda has so
many people believing that change is impossible, so you might as well
stick your middle finger up at the world instead.
Jay Inslee Just Wants to Save the World From Climate Change
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by Ryan Cooper
Kudos to Jay Inslee for trying to save America and human society.
How Deregulation Led to the Opioid Epidemic
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by Michael Felsen
In 2001, Congress rescinded the ergonomics standard that was designed to
stem a range of common disabling workplace injuries. Absent regulation,
injuries increased and large numbers of people were treated with
addictive pain medications.
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UN Secretary General Orders Investigation Into Atrocities in Idlib, Syria
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350 Action - Houston on Exxon fire in Baytown, Texas
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De Blasio Proposes Major Tax Plan to Address Income Inequality, Restore Fairness
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