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News & Views | 10/27/20

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Kavanaugh Supreme Court Wisconsin

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Kavanaugh is announcing to the world that if it will help Trump win he will join a decision to not count votes."

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Donald Trump Election 2020

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"He wants to throw out legal votes. That's what he's saying here."



Roger Garbey, from the Goldin Solar company, installs a solar panel system on the roof of a home a day after the Trump administration announced it will impose duties of as much as 30% on solar equipment made abroad on January 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The survey also found that over seven in 10 Americans support legislation to eliminate fossil fuel emissions from the transportation, electricity, buildings, industry, and agricultural sectors by 2050.




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressives in Maine and across the U.S. on Tuesday urged Sen. Susan Collins' constituents to reject her latest attempt to cast herself as a moderate Republican after the four-term senator voted against Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation. 


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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says goodby to members of a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee afters testifying during a hearing on June 16, 2020. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This remand order callously dismisses the valid concerns of public-safety officials, competitive broadband providers, and millions of disconnected low-income families who can't afford to get online."



U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally at Altoona-Blair County Airport in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania on October 26, 2020. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"These rallies offer a boost to the president's ego but risk leaving behind a trail of sickness and increased strain on local public health departments and medical systems."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Momentum is building among voters who are prepared to call for election officials to protect the results of the 2020 elections next week, as they anticipate an illegitimate challenge to the results by President Donald Trump.



 voter puts a ballot in a ballot box on June 9, 2020 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Republicans and the Trump campaign are hoping the Supreme Court will reject efforts to extend the deadline for receiving absentee ballots.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Don't put it in the mail. Not at this point. If you can drop it off in person, drop it off in person."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Small business owners, workers, and families are desperate for support—and lawmakers and the president abandoned them in order to focus on jamming through a historically non-transparent and extreme Supreme Court pick."



E. Jean Carroll speaks during the 2019 Glamour Women of the Year summit in New York City. (Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Glamour)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"President Trump defamed our client because she was brave enough to reveal that he had sexually assaulted her, and that brutal, personal attack cannot be attributed to the office of the president," a lawyer for E. Jean Carroll said.


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Trump is now trying to win back seniors by muddying the waters about which candidate is the real supporter of Social Security. But no one should be fooled. (Photo: AFGE)

by Nancy J. Altman, Linda Benesch
The contrast between the two parties on Social Security has never been clearer. Every working family that has contributed to Social Security has a stake in this fight. All of us should vote accordingly.



To anyone who is listening in elected office anywhere in America: I hope you have a plan for a peaceful transition of power, since the “law-and-order” president is, of course, anything but that when it comes to sustaining our democracy, rather than his presidency. (Photo by John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Andrea Mazzarino
How the war came home, big time.



With such large stakes for our fragile democracy, we cannot afford to bypass such a course of action that will assure a peaceful transition in accord with the rule of law. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
A demand for a grace period needs to start now to build up powerful support from a multi-partisan combination of national, state, and local candidates for public office.



The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight—a decision made by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists—during an announcement at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo: Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images)

by Olivia Alperstein
The only nation to use a nuclear weapon in an act of war can and should take steps to end the nuclear threat for good.



This growing imbalance can be remedied by creating more states representing a larger majority of Americans. At the least, statehood should be granted to Washington, D.C. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
The most ambitious structural reform would be to rebalance the Senate itself, as well as the Electoral College.



While the odds of Trump leading a de-facto coup have decreased with Biden’s steady lead in the polls, it is still a real possibility. (Photo: Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

by Stephen Zunes
If Trump refuses to step down, we must be ready to not cooperate.


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