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News & Views | 2/11/20

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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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striking teachers in Chicago

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.


A New Hampshire voter explains to MSNBC's Ari Melber that she voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary in large part because of MSNBC's coverage of his candidacy.

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."


petition delivery

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.



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.



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."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Bernie Sanders is undeniably the strongest candidate against Donald Trump," tweeted journalist Walker Bragman.


Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is coming under increasing fire from the left over his record.

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."



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."



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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Mega-billionaire, Democratic presidential candidate, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at a campaign stop at Eastern Market in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 2020. (Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

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.


Democratic presidential candidates former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Vice President Joe Biden greet each other prior to the start of the Democratic presidential primary debate in the Sullivan Arena at St. Anselm College on February 07, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Seven candidates qualified for the second Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020 which comes just days before the New Hampshire primary on February 11. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Ima

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.


Organ Pipe National Monument, Arizona. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Kelsey Yule
Blowing up mountains, bulldozing sacred sites, guzzling groundwater—the wall is turning border ecosystems into a grim dystopia.


The United States can and must once again show leadership in multilateral efforts to de-escalate tensions and pull us back from the brink of nuclear conflict. (Photo: Lamerie/flickr/cc)

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.


Over and over Americans have called for diplomatic solutions, an end to endless wars, and have worked tirelessly to realize the full breadth of equality and freedoms we have espoused for centuries. (Photo: Liz Lemon/Flickr/cc)

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.


Donald Trump isn’t the first president to try to parlay Pentagon funding into political support, but he’s been more aggressive and systematic in his efforts than any president in memory. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

by William Hartung
The president bets on arms sales big time.

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