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'Flat-Out Sabotage' Already Underway as Mnuchin Tries to Put $455 Billion in Covid Funds Out of Biden Team's Reach
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Burning it down on the way out the door. There is no reasonable
justification for this."
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'One More Stain on Trump's Rapidly Diminishing Legacy': President Pardons Former Adviser Michael Flynn
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"One liar pardons another. What a disgrace."
Victory for Tribes, Waterways, and Planet as Pebble Mine Denied Permit
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Sometimes a project is so bad, so indefensible, that the politics fall
to the wayside and we get the right decision."
Biden Urged to 'Honor Indigenous Sovereignty and Immediately Halt' Fossil Fuel Pipelines
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Our leap toward a just recovery must start with honoring treaties with
sovereign Indigenous nations and returning land back to Native peoples,"
says a 350.org campaigner.
'Truly Grotesque': On Way Out the Door, Trump Prioritizes Bringing Back Executions by Firing Squad and Electrocution
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Over 2,000 Americans died yesterday and 266,000 are dead and the
gangsters in this regime are focused on bringing back the electric chair
and making it easier to spew poison in the air. The Republican Party is
unfit to govern."
Calling for End of 'Shadow Pandemic,' Rallies Across Globe to Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Men's violence against women is also a pandemic—one that pre-dates the
virus and will outlive it."
'Unconscionable': ICE Deported 33 Unaccompanied Guatemalan Children After Judge Ordered Halt to Practice
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"It is not out of the power of the district court, if someone could
raise the matter, to order ICE to return the children that it removed on
that flight," said one legal expert.
New Poll Shows 68% of Americans Want Senators to Block Any Corporate Biden Nominees
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Progressives are calling on the president-elect to reject a "Corporate
Cabinet" and instead pick "people dedicated to working in service of the
general welfare."
'Major Test' for Soul of Biden Presidency: AOC, Ilhan Omar Back Effort to Keep Deficit Hawk Bruce Reed Out of White House
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the Biden administration is serious about protecting Medicare and
Social Security, they must not appoint one of the biggest champions of
cuts to lead their budget agency."
100+ Public Health and Justice Leaders Call on Biden to Reject 'Global Vaccine Apartheid,' Ensure Doses 'Free and Available to All'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The U.S. government has the capacity and the authority under existing
law to treat Covid-19 vaccines as global public goods."
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Social Security: Something to Give Thanks For in 2020
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by Nancy J. Altman, Linda Benesch
Our Social Security system is government at its best. Without it, the
consequences of COVID and the resulting economic fallout would be far
worse.
Rahm Emanuel Doesn’t Deserve a Job in Biden’s Administration
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by Renée Graham
The president-elect often speaks of this nation's 'better angels.' The
former Chicago mayor isn't one of them.
Millions Will Lose Unemployment Benefits in December Unless GOP Senators Act
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by Heidi Shierholz
Unemployment claims rise for second week in a row.
Radical Climate Centrists? Say It Ain't So, Joe
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by Tom Weis
Come on, man. For someone who talks so much about the need to be guided
by science, why isn't Joe Biden's climate thinking guided by the
scientific consensus.
Biden's Hawkish Foreign Policy Picks Are a Very Bad Sign
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by Sarah Lazare
Biden's incoming team helped shape some of the most militaristic
policies of the Obama administration.
Trump Was No Fluke: George W. Bush Blazed the Trail
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by Mike Lofgren
His lies and incompetence created epic disasters that may yet sink
America.
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Abusing Executive Power Again, Trump Pardons Close Friend Michael Flynn After He Twice Pleaded Guilty
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Biden: "We Already Have Significant Representation of Progressives in Our Administration"
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Earthworks Statement on the Denial of Pebble Mine
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Trump Administration Denies Permit To Controversial Pebble Mine Proposal in Bristol Bay Watershed
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EPA Finds Glyphosate Is Likely to Injure or Kill 93% of Endangered Species
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