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News & Views | 7/28/20
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'Utter Disgrace': GOP Proposes Legal Immunity for Corporations, $0 in Funding for States, and Deep Cuts to Unemployment Benefits
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Republicans have wasted months coming up with a proposal that,
remarkably, would make the pandemic and economic pain even
worse—especially a corporate immunity provision that would be a literal
death sentence to countless Americans."
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Real Answers Demanded After Barr Dodges on Government Authority to Aim 'Intrusive Surveillance Tools' at Protesters
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The public needs to know whether Attorney General Barr thinks President
Trump can conduct mass surveillance of protesters without congressional
authorization."
Progressive Caucus Demands Democrats Reject GOP Plan to 'Unleash Widespread Suffering' on the American People
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Republican proposal is nothing less than a policy of mass
evictions, mass homelessness, mass poverty, and mass hunger."
"F-35s Don't Help Families Pay Their Bills": GOP Under Fire for Slipping $30 Billion Pentagon Gift Into Coronavirus Plan
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Just how twisted is the Senate GOP coronavirus bill you ask? It
includes $686 million for new F-35 fighter jets."
In Light of Supreme Court Ruling, ACLU Says Trump's Latest Move to Undermine DACA 'Patently Illegal'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"There is absolutely no reason for this," said immigration rights
activist Erika Andiola. "Nothing. Not a legal reason. Not a political
reason. Just hate."
'History Will Not Judge This Kindly': DNC Platform Committee Votes Down Medicare for All Amendment
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's like opposing the New Deal during the Great Depression.
Unforgivable."
'This Is How It's Done': Must-Watch TV as Jayapal Tears Into William Barr at Judiciary Hearing
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Mr. Barr... I'm starting to lose my temper."
'Voters Will Know Who to Blame': Poll Shows At Least 7 in 10 Americans Support $1 Trillion State and Local Aid GOP Refuse to Provide
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Senators can no longer ignore the calls of voters, local elected
officials, and economists who have repeatedly called for this relief."
Majority of Americans Back Black Lives Matter Protests and Think Demonstrations Will Help Racial Justice: Poll
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
A new Gallup survey shows that 65% of U.S. adults support the protests.
Climatologist Michael Mann on 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season: "Hate to Say, 'We Told You So'"
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Citing his pre-season forecast predicting as many as 20 named storms,
the expert now warns that "if anything, that might be too low..."
'Unacceptable, Un-American, and Unconstitutional': Six Mayors Demand Congress Block Federal Agents From US Cities
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This provocation is resulting in direct physical harm to our
communities and must end."
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We Don't Need Trump's Thugs in Chicago
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by Jesse Jackson
The excuse for sending federal police here is to protect federal
property. The reality is that this is a cynical re-election ploy aimed
at earning support for a law-and-disorder president.
Not the 'Heals Act' But the 'Heels Act': GOP Covid-19 Plan Puts Corporate Greed Before Human Need
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by Thom Hartmann
What if we ignored corporations and their billionaire CEOs and owners
altogether, gave them nothing, and instead directed all our efforts to
providing unemployment and other benefits to individual human beings?
Democratic Leaders Have Blocked Real Healthcare Reform for Decades. Time to Give ‘Em Hell.
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by Jeff Cohen
This history of Democratic obstruction and vacillation to corporate
interests and the greed of insurance companies must come to an end. The
need for Medicare for All has never been more clear than it is today.
The Insanity of Prescription Drug Prices in America
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by Dean Baker, Gerald Scorse
Solution: slash the prices and kill the ads.
The Breathtaking Hypocrisy of the US Condemning an Afghan Air Strike
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by Brett Wilkins
No matter the administration in Washginton, impunity and lack of
accountability have been constants in the so-called War on Terror.
Counting the Many Ways the GOP Senate Covid-19 Relief Plan Would Fail Struggling Families and the Economy
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by Robert Greenstein
The Senate Republican proposal fails to come close to meeting the scale
and nature of the challenges we face.
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Newswire...
“HEALS Act” Fails to Address the Plight of Incarcerated People, Countering Efforts to Eradicate the Virus
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More Needed to Support Small Businesses
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Rep. Lofgren Calls on Barr to Disclose Basis of Surveillance of Protesters
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155 Civil Rights Organizations Urge Immediate Congressional Action on Voting Rights
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Sanders Leads 14 Senators in Introducing Masks for All Act to Curb Deadly Coronavirus Surge
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