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News & Views | 7/31/20
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Demands for Kushner to Resign Over 'Staggering' Level of 'Depravity' That Put Politics Before Public Health
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Holy hell. Jared Kushner reportedly abandoned a national testing plan
because it was *politically advantageous* to sit back and let blue
states be eviscerated by the virus."
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'They Are Correct to Never Waver': Sanders Campaign Co-Chairs Applaud DNC Delegates for Continuing Medicare for All Fight
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We stand with the grassroots activists who understand that the party
must stand for extending Medicare to everyone."
Watchdog Groups Demand Probe Into 'Voter Suppression Tactics' by Postal Service Chief—and Major Trump Donor—Louis DeJoy
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In his first month on the job, the postmaster general has already taken
steps that could undermine efficient voting by mail in November."
Exclusive: 25 Civil Rights Groups Condemn Trump Over Election Delay Threat, Demand Congress Fund Voting Protections
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We denounce this desperate attack on our democracy."
'Indefensible and Disgusting': Senate Departs for 3-Day Weekend as Unemployment Benefits Expire for 30 Million
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Tens of millions of Americans on the brink of eviction and food
insecurity and the Senate just left for yet another 3-day weekend."
'A Catastrophe': Postal Workers Warn Trump Sabotage of USPS Could Delay Mail-In Ballots and Distort Election
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I'm actually terrified to see election season under the new procedure,"
said one New York mail carrier.
In 'Disheartening' Ruling, US Supreme Court Halts Citizen Initiative to Fund Education in Idaho
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The order is the latest in a string of opinions overruling lower court
orders to relax state election procedures due to Covid-19
Trump: Young People 'Almost Immune' to Coronavirus. WHO Chief: No.
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The contrasting statements about the risk of Covid-19 to children came
as the U.S. president continued to push for a full reopening of schools.
Trump's Vaccine Chief Picks His Own Former Employer—Where He Still Holds Millions Worth of Stock—for $2.1 Billion Deal
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You can't have a contractor supervising government officials."
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Why We Will Win the Fight to Cut the Pentagon Budget
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by Erica Fein
Coupled with a possible shift to Democratic governance, major public
support, and a fired up progressive movement, our moment to win is upon
us.
How Trump Broke America: A Story of Unparalleled Economic Pain and Human Death
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by Juan Cole
Historic 33% economic crash, 1,500 Covid-19 deaths per day, and tens of
millions out of work and on verge of losing their homes.
The Case for Who Should Not Be Vice President: Joe Biden, Are You Listening?
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by Karen Bernal, Christian T. Shaughnessy
We are calling for a VP candidate with a history of demonstrated
fortitude in the face of entrenched power, not someone skilled at
just-found-religion rhetoric.
Why Bernie Sanders Delegates Should Keep Fighting
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by Norman Solomon
Polls in swing states show 12% of Sanders supporters do not plan to vote
for Biden.
Trump’s Desperate, Last-Ditch Effort to Hike Tensions with Iran
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by Reese Erlich
This might be the final stretch for his failed policy of 'maximum
pressure.'
We Have Entered the "End Game" for Oil—With "Permanent Demand Destruction"
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by Andy Rowell
What the industry denied for years, that its assets have become
liabilities, has become a reality.
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Newswire...
President Trump Again Takes Aim at the Endangered Species Act
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Trump Administration Proposes New Limits on Protecting Endangered Species Habitat
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House Passes $740 Billion Defense Appropriations in the Middle of a Pandemic
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Federal Review of Columbia River Dams Fails to Protect Salmon, Orcas
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House Spending Bill Goes Big on Climate, Clean Energy and Transportation
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