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News & Views | 12/11/20
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'Seems Like a Good Policy!' CBO Shows Medicare for All Could Cover Everyone for $650 Billion Less Per Year
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The analysis shows that administrative costs under a single-payer
healthcare system "will be lower than what even the most rabid Medicare
for All supporters have traditionally claimed."
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'Without Decency and Without Dignity': German Newsweekly Der Spiegel Names Trump 'Loser of the Year'
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The country is more divided than ever since the times of the Civil War.
This is not a by-product of Trump's politics, it is their goal."
220,000+ Sign Petition Demanding Biden 'Clean House' of Trump Social Security Appointees on Day One
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Donald Trump's political appointees are undermining our Social Security
system, and Biden must remove them immediately."
'Harebrained' Texas Election Lawsuit a Serious GOP Attack on Democracy, Warn Experts
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
{olitical observers on Friday warned that Texas's legal challenge of the
election results, which has garnered the support of more than 100
Republican officials, is nonetheless a sign that democracy is under
significant attack in the United States.
In Just 'Two-Ish Minutes,' AOC Details Progressive Accomplishments From First Two Years in Office
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Often accused of being ineffective by conservatives and centrists, the
congresswoman highlighted her work passing legislation, serving her
constituents, and leading House investigations into corruption and
fraud.
Calls to "Abolish the Death Penalty" Grow as Trump's Last-Minute Execution Spree Kills Brandon Bernard
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"In a world of incredible violence, the state should not be involved in
premeditated murder," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
AOC Slams House Republicans for Spending Their Time Trying to Overturn Trump Loss While 'People Are Starving'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
More than half of the House GOP caucus has endorsed a likely
doomed-to-fail Texas lawsuit seeking to undo the results of the November
presidential election.
Noting Nation's Unparalleled Contributions to Global Crisis, 100+ Groups Push Biden to Commit US to 'Fair Share' of Climate Action
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The letter to the president-elect calls for not only rejoining the Paris
agreement, but also "bold, equitable, and ambitious emissions reductions
and a commitment to support less wealthy countries to do the same."
After Senate Effort Fails, Biden Urged to Block 'Corrupt and Dangerous' $23 Billion Weapons Sale to UAE
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our government should not sell a single bullet to the UAE, much less
billions of dollars in deadly military equipment."
'Congress Cannot Go on Recess Without Providing This': Sanders, Hawley Move to Attach $1,200 Payments to Must-Pass Spending Bill
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It would be outrageous and simply unacceptable for members of Congress
to go home to their families when tens of millions of working-class
families in this country are facing economic desperation."
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Want to Defund the Police? Then Vote for Loeffler and Perdue in Georgia Senate Run-Off Race
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by Miles Mogulescu
When police (and teachers and firefighters and other essential state and
local government workers) are defunded and fired in the next few months,
blame it on Republicans like Purdue and Loeffler.
When Justice and Politics Match: Deb Haaland Should Be Biden’s Interior Secretary
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by Mike Lux
It would be a big disappointment to the environmentalists, progressives,
all those members of Congress who supported her, and the tribes Haaland
organized and mobilized to help elect Joe Biden to overlook such a
well-qualified candidate for his Cabinet.
What Trump's Doing Is Crazy and Dangerous—and It Ain't Over Yet
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by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Trump still threatens us, and discussing the election in the past tense
is stupid.
Tom Vilsack Is the Reason Urban and Rural Progressives Must Unite to Fight Corporate Agribusiness Control Over Democracy
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by Bryce Oates, Jake Davis
If progressives ever want to gain more votes in rural America, they must
rid the Democratic Party of the Corporate Agribusiness stranglehold over
everything rural and strike fear into any politician who attempts to
pander to those interests.
How US Sanctions Have Contributed to the 50K Dead of Coronavirus In Iran
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by Juan Cole
Iran suffers the worst pandemic outbreak in the Middle East.
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Growing Consensus That Economy Needs Massive Federal Investments
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MN Legislators to Visit Line 3 Construction Area Sunday to Express Solidarity With Pipeline Opponents
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Final PPP Data Reveals Oil, Gas, and Mining Scored Billions While Wind and Solar Were Left in the Cold
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Shareholders Flag Risks of Over-Reliance on Plastics and Petrochemicals
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Climate Activists Announce National 'Covid-Safe' Day of Action Push Back against Wall Street’s financing of Keystone XL and Minnesota Line3 Tar Sands Pipelines
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