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News & Views | 8/20/20
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"It's a Cover-Up": White House Accused of Hiding Mnuchin Role in Recruiting Postmaster General DeJoy
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Documents obtained by a watchdog group reveal that Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin met with the Postal Service Board of Governors in February
"to discuss the search for a new postmaster general."
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More Than Six Years After Flint Water Crisis Began, Michigan Officials Announce $600 Million Settlement for City Residents
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Six years after residents in Flint, Michigan began relying on their
polluted local river as a drinking water source at the behest of
Republican state officials looking to save money, the state announced
details of an historic $600 million settlement, reached after 18 months
of negotiations.
'Very Bad News for Trump' as Federal Judge Rejects His Claim That Tax Records Subpoena Amounts to 'Harassment'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The district attorney of Manhattan can obtain President Donald Trump's
tax records, according to a federal judge who ruled Thursday that the
president's claims that a subpoena for the documents was issued "in bad
faith."
Warnings of DeJoy Scheme to 'Kill Postal Banking' as USPS Reportedly Considering Plan to Let Wall St Set Up ATMs in Post Offices
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"What JPMorgan Chase wants to do looks like another attempt for big
banks and corporations to privatize our public infrastructure so their
shareholders gain while working families suffer."
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Nancy Pelosi Endorsing Joe Kennedy Over Ed Markey, Critics Charge, 'Reveals a Ridiculous Double Standard'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Progressives accused the House speaker of "proving she's not, in fact,
against Dems primarying Dems, as long as it's to remove anyone who
advances halfway progressive ideas."
Critics Say Trump Push to Sell Fighter Jets and Armed Drones to Emirates Confirms US-Israel-UAE Deal 'Was Never About Peace'
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by Jake Johnson and Andrea Germanos, staff writers
"Peace is not an arms deal to be made between anti-democratic regimes.
It must be made between peoples."
New Unemployment Claims Again Exceed 1 Million—A Reminder That 'Now Isn't the Time to Cut Benefits That Support Jobs'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Some economists reiterated calls for extending the $600 weekly boost
that's opposed by Trump and congressional Republicans.
Rep. Katie Porter Demands IG Probe Into Whether Trump Violated Ethics Laws by Putting Pharma Exec in Charge of Covid-19 Vaccine Effort
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This deserves a full, independent investigation," said the California
Democrat.
'Big Mistake': Progressives Slam Biden Campaign for Dismissal of Muslim-American Advocate Linda Sarsour
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"Weaponizing the charge of 'anti-Semitism' to silence criticism of
Israel is despicable," said activist Ady Barkan.
Warren Praised for Using DNC Address to Demand Child Care as 'Part of the Basic Infrastructure of This Nation'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our economic system has been rigged to give bailouts to billionaires
and kick dirt in the face of everyone else. But we can build a thriving
economy by investing in families and fixing what's broken."
Trump Panned for Giving Tacit Endorsement of FBI-Labeled Terror Threat QAnon, Calling Conspiracy Group 'People That Love Our Country'
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The president's comments about the group labeled by the FBI as a
domestic terrorism threat came on the same day Facebook restricted
thousands of QAnon accounts.
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Reclaim Public Medicine for Public Health
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by Dana Brown, Alex Lawson, Christopher Morten, Fran Quigley
By taking the vaccine industry into full public ownership, we can
provide an internationalized response to this and future pandemics that
properly recognizes vaccines as a global public good.
War, Peace and the Democrats
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by Robert C. Koehler
The party itself still stands firmly in the middle of nowhere.
If Joe Biden Rejects His Progressive Base, Trump Will Win
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by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
He could pave the way for another Donald Trump victory in the "the most
crucial election in human history."
The Fox is Still in the Henhouse at the Post Office
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by Sarah Anderson
In the face of a historic public outcry, the postmaster general has
promised to stop sabotaging essential services—temporarily.
The “Great” Reopening
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by Belle Chesler
It's as if they want America's schools to fail.
NYT Urges Biden to Shun His Party’s ‘Left-Leaning Brand’
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by Julie Hollar
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Federal Government Agrees to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat
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Public Citizen, LDF File Lawsuit Against the USPS to Suspend Implementation of Postal Service Changes Ahead of the November Election
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