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Your Week in Review
'Something Big Is Shifting': As Georgetown Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment, Students Across US Demand Their Schools Follow Suit
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Student-led anti-fossil fuel campaigns at universities across the
country pointed to Georgetown University Friday as the school's board of
directors announced it would divest from fossil fuels and redouble its
efforts to invest in renewable energy instead.
'Because I Got 6,000 More Votes': Bernie Sanders Declares Victory in Iowa Caucus
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by Jake Johnson & Jon Queally, staff writers
"From where I come, when you get 6,000 more votes that's generally
regarded to be the winner."
'No Better Distillation of Washington': Democrats and GOP Join Trump in Standing Ovation for Failed Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaidó
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Intervening in Venezuela's internal politics is the one thing that is
bipartisan! How sad," said CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin.
Senate Republicans Acquit Trump in 'Cowardly and Disgraceful Final Act to Their Show Trial'
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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."
#TomPerezResign: DNC Chair Under Fire for Iowa Disaster, Favoritism for Billionaire Oligarch Bloomberg
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The Dem establishment has been screaming that our movement is sowing
divisiveness and is going to ruin party unity but they're nailing that
to the wall all by themselves."
'My Word Stands': Sanders Co-Chair Nina Turner Offends MSNBC Pundits by Calling Billionaire Bloomberg an 'Oligarch'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Not sure why this is even a discussion but by any reasonable historical
or comparative standard Michael Bloomberg is literally the definition of
an oligarch."
Bloc of Muslim Nations Warns Trump Israel-Palestine Plan 'Destroys the Foundations of Peace'
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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.
Catholic Social Justice Group Calls McConnell-Run Senate's 2019 Record a 'Shocking' and 'Immoral' Failure
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Senate is broken, and only a change in leadership can fix it."
'Bridge to Climate Chaos': New Report Details Urgent Need for Total US Fracking Ban
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Unless we ban fracking, these terrifying climate trends will
intensify."
Divestment Fever Spreads as 'Eco Radicals at Goldman Sachs' Downgrade Exxon Stock to 'Sell' Status
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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.
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