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News & Views | 4/30/20
Feature...
For Trump, Covid-19 Is Perfect Cover to Seize More Power, Increase Reelection Chances
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by Robert Reich
It doesn't matter that this is a global pandemic. Abusing his power for
personal gain is Trumps MO.
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News...
'America In the Age of Trump': Armed Gunmen Enter Michigan Capitol Demanding End to Covid-19 Lockdown
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Advocates for gun control and safe public health protocols expressed
shock Thursday as footage of armed protesters entering the Michigan
state Capitol building and demanding to be let into the legislative
chamber went viral.
'Anyone But Elizabeth': With Bernie Out, Big-Dollar Biden Donors Aim to Nix Warren as VP Choice
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Wall Street donors are pressuring Joe Biden not to pick Elizabeth
Warren for VP. That's as good a reason as any to do it."
Expansion of Fed Lending Program Blasted as Bailout for 'Toxic and Reckless' Fossil Fuel Industry
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The Federal Reserve came under fire Thursday for expanding its emergency
Main Street Lending Program in a way that, as the watchdog group Public
Citizen warned, "could allow failing, highly indebted oil and gas
companies to borrow money at low rates."
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'We Should All Be Alarmed': McConnell to Bring Senate Back Not to Fight Covid-19 But to Confirm More Trump Judges
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell cares more about ushering his unqualified 38-year-old crony
onto one of the country's highest courts than about ensuring Americans'
health in the middle of a pandemic."
Slashing US Meat Consumption by Half Could Cut Diet-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 35%: Study
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"While a diet shift isn't a silver bullet, it could play an important
role in curbing climate change."
Polling Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Back Funding for Postal Service in Next Coronavirus Relief Package
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The public expects members of Congress and the White House to show
appreciation for the importance of USPS and to ensure that essential
postal services continue."
In 'Terrifying' Indictment of For-Profit System, 12.7 Million Workers Estimated to Have Lost Insurance Due to Coronavirus
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
New research from the Economic Policy Institute reveals that the number
of Americans who are losing their employer-based health insurance is
growing rapidly, as more than 30 million people are laid off or
furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Cashing In on Pandemic? Documents Show Lawmakers Made 1,500 Stock Transactions Worth $158 Million as Covid-19 Spread
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As Covid-19 cases began to increase, senators and representatives from
both parties traded securities—many related to the pandemic itself."
#FireChrisHayes Trends as MSNBC Anchor Attacked for Covering Biden Accuser Story
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Journalist Glenn Greenwald said the reaction to Hayes reporting on a
news story which reflects poorly on the former vice president "shows
what MSNBC has cultivated."
"We Need a Working People's Bailout": Unemployment Claims Hit 30 Million as Many Struggle to Afford Necessities
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Calls grew for a bailout for working people on Thursday after the U.S.
Labor Department reported that more than 30 million Americans have filed
for unemployment benefits in the past six weeks as the coronavirus
pandemic has spread across the U.S., forcing millions of businesses to
close.
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As Global Military Spending Hits Nearly $2 Trillion, These Weapons Are Useless Against Biggest Threats We Face
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by Tori Bateman
As the leading military spender, the U.S. has an important leadership
role to play in transitioning the world away from military spending and
towards spending public funds on things that actually build more
resilient communities.
Joe Biden Needs an Intervention: An Open Letter to DNC Chair Tom Perez
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by Norman Solomon
Right now, Biden is idling in the cockpit of a political aircraft with
one wing.
It's Not a "Chinese Virus." The Correct Name Is "The Capitalism Virus"
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by Richard Eskow
The novel coronavirus is new, but greed is an ancient disease.
What’s Michael Moore’s Actual Agenda?
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by Alison Rose Levy
In place of highlighting the Green New Deal as the Mother Lode option,
the film offers no options to the climate deadlock.
A United World Must Break Out of Prison
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by Robert C. Koehler
Because few countries are investing in different—more complex—forms of
social safety, the prison system is growing globally to a serious level
of insanity.
With Unprecedented 28 Million Unemployment Claims in 6 Weeks, Congress Must Act!
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by Heidi Shierholz
The relief and recovery packages passed so far are not big enough to
deal with the scale of this crisis, and more aid is crucial.
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Newswire...
The Federal Reserve Should Not Bail Out the Failing Fracking Industry
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Court Allows Slaughterhouse Pollution Lawsuit to Move Forward
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