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News & Views | 2/11/20
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Mega-Billionaire Bloomberg's $350 Million Ad Spending Blitz Is 'What Plutocracy Looks Like'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Money is not speech. Bloomberg's attempt to buy the presidency is a
corruption of our democracy."
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'We're Just Getting Started,' Says Union Leader, as Worker Strike Activity Hits 35-Year High Under Trump
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In yet another rebuke to President Donald Trump's claims that the U.S.
economy is "roaring" and his "relentlessly pro-worker" agenda is serving
the American public, a report published Tuesday by a progressive think
tank revealed that the "number of striking workers surged in 2018 and
2019" after decades of deline.
NH Voter Says Live on MSNBC That Network's Effort to Tear Down Bernie Sanders Made Her Vote for Him
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The kind of 'Stop Bernie' cynicism that I heard from a number of
people... It made me angry, so I said, Bernie's got my vote."
'This Merger Is a Monopolistic Disaster': Consumer Groups Decry Approval of T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Consumer advocacy groups on Tuesday sharply condemned a federal judge's
decision to approve the planned merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, the
nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, warning that the
$26.5 billion deal could lead to higher prices and worse service.
More Than 75% of Democrats Would Support a Socialist for President: Gallup
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A new Gallup poll was reported by several outlets as showing most
Americans would not be willing to vote for a socialist, but a closer
look revealed that an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters said
they would back a socialist candidate.
'Outrageous and Un-American,' Sanders Says of City in Kansas Jailing People for Unpaid Medical Debt
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate denounced the fact that
people in the U.S. "are being thrown in jail for being unable to pay
their medical bills."
Sanders Crushes Trump by 18 Points Among Independent Voters in New National General Election Poll
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Bernie Sanders is undeniably the strongest candidate against Donald
Trump," tweeted journalist Walker Bragman.
Bloomberg Said This of Murder Suspects in 2015: 'Just Take the Description, Xerox It, and Pass It Out to All the Cops. They Are Male, Minorities, 16-25.'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
In a separate resurfaced audio recording, the billionaire and former NYC
mayor said of stop and frisk, "I think we disproportionately stop whites
too much, and minorities too little."
'Indefensible': MSNBC's Chuck Todd Under Fire for Reciting Quote Comparing Sanders Supporters to Nazis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When Chuck Todd attacked us, including Jews like me with family erased
by the Holocaust and pogroms, for being 'brownshirts,' it's bad enough.
But the implication also is that Bernie Sanders, whose family was
executed by Nazis, is Hitler."
Just as Trump Slashes Global Health Funds, Experts Warn Coronavirus Could Infect 60% of World Population
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The coronavirus which originated late last year in Wuhan, China and has
infected tens of thousands of people so far could eventually spread to
60% of the world population, a prominent health expert in Hong Kong
warned Tuesday.
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If Bloomberg Wants to Buy an Election, He Should Run as a Republican Against Trump—Not Sabotage Democrats
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by Robert McChesney
The mega-billionaire should be running against Trump in the Republican
primaries, not as a Democrat. If he actually cared about this country
more than stroking his massive ego that is exactly what he would be
doing.
Here They Come Again: The Kind of Neoliberal Democrats Who Prefer Trump to Sanders
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by Adolph Reed Jr.
Here's the question: to what extent is the Establishment's commitment to
democratic institutions greater than their commitment to current forms
of capitalist hierarchy? It seems like we are about to find out.
Trump’s Border Wall Is an Ecologist’s Nightmare
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by Kelsey Yule
Blowing up mountains, bulldozing sacred sites, guzzling groundwater—the
wall is turning border ecosystems into a grim dystopia.
The Doomsday Clock Is the Call to Action We Need Right Now
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by Allen Hester
Nuclear weapons make us less, not more, safe, and it's time to stop
playing a no-win game of chicken and enact common-sense nuclear policies
before time runs out.
Iranian-Americans in the Age of Trump, the Travel Ban, and the Threat of War
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by Assal Rad
We want democracy and freedom for Iran, not because of Iranian
exceptionalism, but because those are the values we aspire for at home,
and therefore believe all people deserve.
Will Trump Ride Pentagon Spending to Reelection?
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by William Hartung
The president bets on arms sales big time.
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Newswire...
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Consumers Challenge Trump Administration Rule That Threatens Insurance Coverage for Abortion
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Broad Coalition Releases Letter Demanding 'No' Vote on Weak CAFO Bill in Oregon
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Common Cause Condemns Court Approval of T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
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Clean Economy Act Fails to Fully Confront the Climate Crisis
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Greenlining Institute Disappointed at Judge’s OK of T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
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