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News & Views | 8/2/19
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Bernie Sanders Dominates as Analyses of Fundraising Data Show Vermont Senator With Widespread Support Across Nation
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The data "contradicts both the mainstream narrative and some national
polling data that suggest that only a centrist Democrat could succeed in
this political environment."
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'This Is a Huge Deal': Majority of House Democrats Have Signed on to Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Amazing what a little bold leadership can do."
17 Million Americans Purged From Voter Rolls Between 2016 and 2018, Analysis Finds
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Millions of Americans are still suffering the consequences of the 2013
Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions of the Voting Rights
Act, allowing states with long histories of voter discrimination to
purge voters from their rolls without federal oversight.
'July Has Re-Written Climate History': Month Could Go Down as Planet's Hottest Ever
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"As temperatures rise, so will we," says 350.org.
'Democrats Will Win This Seat' Party Says After Lone Black Member of House Republican Caucus Will Hurd Retires
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Texas is the biggest battleground state. Republicans know it, and Texas
Democrats damn sure know it."
'A Dystopian Surveillance State Being Built in Plain Sight': Pentagon Tests Radar-Equipped Balloons to Spy on Vehicles Across Midwest
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Millions of Americans across the Midwest this summer are being subjected
to surveillance from high above as the Pentagon experiments with the use
of surveillance radars attached to high-altitude balloons.
#FirePantaleo: Demands for Justice as NYPD Officer Who Used Fatal Chokehold on Eric Garner Gets Suspension
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Department puts Daniel Pantaleo on suspension after administrative judge
recommends firing
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Views...
The U.S. Should Never Start A Nuclear War
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by Olivia Alperstein
Seventy-four years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a No First Use pledge
would make our country—and the world—much safer.
It’s Time for Democrats to Get Their Facts Right on Medicare-for-all
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by Pramila Jayapal
The Medicare-for-all movement has overwhelming public support,
unprecedented grass-roots organization, and a serious plan that is ready
to change our health-care system right now .
CNN’s Industry Spin Shows Need for Independent Debates
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by Julie Hollar
We desperately need serious, independently run debates, not over-the-top
industry-friendly spectacles of the sort put on by CNN—and endorsed and
gate-kept by the major parties.
Moscow Mitch and Yada, Yada, Yada: Progressives Need to Do a Better Job at Messaging
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by John Atcheson
Money in politics is the reason government doesn't work and doesn't
represent the people and why the US is an oligarchy headed toward
authoritarian rule.
3 Bills to Rein in Executive Pay
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by Sarah Anderson
Shortly before heading home for the summer recess, members of Congress
are rushing to introduce proposals for cracking down on unpopular,
overpaid executives.
Debating Democrats, Please, No Fighting in the War Room
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by Michael Winship
Direct your artillery at the real enemy, not each other.
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Newswire...
DOJ & FEC Complaints Filed Against Kris Kobach & We Build the Wall, Inc. for Illegal Campaign Solicitation
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Europe Says ‘No Safe Level’ of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Trump EPA Refused To Ban
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