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News & Views | 2/21/20
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"We're Staring Into the Abyss": Unhinged Trump Rally in Colorado Highlights Stakes of 2020 Election, Observers Say
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The president used the event to gin up xenophobia against immigrants,
attack journalists, and joke about staying in office for decades.
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Sanders Says He 'Welcomes Hatred of Crooks Who Destroyed Our Economy' After Blankfein Suggests He May Vote Trump Over Bernie
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I don't like that at all," the billionaire former Goldman Sachs CEO
said of Sanders' wealth tax proposal.
60,000-Strong Fridays for Future Protest in Hamburg, Germany Prompts Question: 'Where Are You, USA?'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"What is it going to take for the U.S. to rise up like this?"
Study Suggests Twitter Bots Have 'Substantial Impact' on Spreading Climate Misinformation
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A new analysis of 6.5 million tweets from the days before and after U.S.
President Donald Trump announced his intention to ditch the Paris
agreement in June 2017 suggests that automated Twitter bots are
substantially contributing to the spread of online misinformation about
the climate crisis.
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42 Nobel Laureates Urge Trudeau to Act With 'Moral Clarity' and Stop Climate-Wrecking Teck Frontier Mine
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy
Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, 42 Nobel laurates implored the federal
government to "act with the moral clarity required" to tackle the global
climate crisis and stop Teck Resources' proposed Frontier tar sands
mine.
'Meant to Hide the Poor': Trump Gets His Wall—In India—Ahead of Monday Visit
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The newly-erected barrier will allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's
government to offer a carefully-curated view for the U.S. president.
Critics Attack Buttigieg for Using 'Fox News Propaganda' By Referring to Grassroots Groups Backing Sanders as Dark Money Organizations
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Disgraceful that Buttigieg continues to smear groups like ours, led by
immigrants and people of color—all to boost his own fundraising."
Drop Charges and Extradition Pursuit of Assange, Says Amnesty International, Denouncing US Govt's "Full-Scale Assault on the Right to Freedom of Expression"
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The potential chilling effect on journalists and others who expose
official wrongdoing by publishing information disclosed to them by
credible sources could have a profound impact on the public's right to
know what their government is up to."
Pushing for 'Political Courage,' Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Slate of Progressive Women Challenging Establishment
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday released her first slate of
endorsements through her political action committee, Courage to Change,
announcing her support for seven progressive women running for
congressional seats.
'Avalanche of Public Pressure' Forces Trump's EPA to Regulate PFAS, But Water Safety Experts Warn of More Delays
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Safe drinking water advocates urged states to take regulatory measures
into their own hands regarding substances known as "forever chemicals"
on Thursday, after the EPA said it would take a long-awaited step to
limit the chemicals.
Trump Would 'Chew Him Up and Spit Him Out,' Bernie Sanders Warns of Bloomberg Following Debate
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The American people will rebel against this type of oligarchic
movement. We are a democracy. One person, one vote. Not a guy worth $60
billion buying an election."
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Don't Extend Kids' School Day; Shorten Parents' Work Week
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by Steven Singer
The idea of a 32-hour workweek (instead of the traditional 40) is
gaining support. After all, much of our time on the job is wasted.
Bernie Sanders Best Represents Nurses' Values
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by Bonnie Castillo
The Sanders campaign is premised on building a mass movement for
transformative change. Nurses are too.
Cop-Hating Vandals or Pro-Democracy Activists?
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by Alan MacLeod
Depends whose police are being protested.
The Movement to Replace Neoliberalism Has Lost a Battle, But We Can Still Win the War
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by Antonia Jennings
Now is not the time for despair. Neoliberalism is limping to its death,
and it's up to us to make sure that what comes next isn't something
worse.
Michael Bloomberg Is Spending Nearly $6 Million Per Day on Campaign
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by Karl Evers-Hillstrom
No candidate has ever come close to Bloomberg's personal spending.
White Terrorism Targeting Innocent Muslims in Germany Is Not Termed "Terrorism"
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by Juan Cole
It is no accident that the shooter idolized Donald J. Trump, one of the
world's most vocal purveyors of hatred toward Muslims.
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Victory! Constitution Pipeline Project Scrapped
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Yet Another Global Bank Rejects Arctic Refuge Drilling
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