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News & Views | 12/20/20

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) arrives on Capitol Hill on December 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"How are the millions of people facing evictions, remaining unemployed, standing in food bank and soup kitchen lines supposed to live off of $600? We didn't send help for eight months."

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Protesters rally demanding economic relief during the coronavirus pandemic at Time Square on August 5, 2020 in New York City.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Maybe—just maybe—it's time Congress listened to the American people," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Ocasio-Cortez said that while Republicans "leverage their right flank to gain policy concessions and generate enthusiasm," Democrats shut progressives out.


Michael Flynn listens to President Trump during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 31, 2017.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A week ago 126 of my Republican colleagues violated the Constitution by supporting Trump's attempt to steal the election. How many support Trump's discussion of military dictatorship?" asked Rep. Bill Pascrell.

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Local residents who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic wait in line at a Thanksgiving meal take home kit food distribution organized by the L.A. Mission, November 20, 2020, outside Compton Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles, California.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"American businesses and workers are struggling to survive because President Trump refused to listen to advice from public health experts and economists about the best way to handle the coronavirus."


Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on December 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"After weeks of refusing to acknowledge Biden's victory, some Republicans have now decided that sabotaging his presidency is more important than helping our economy recover."


Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) attends a rally on December 04, 2020 in Savannah, Georgia.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With U.S. senators brazenly trading stocks to profit off a raging pandemic, the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act is more urgent than ever."


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to the Senate Floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on December 18, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As a government shutdown looms, and as the pandemic rages on across America, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to push through Trump's judges until the very end."


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on December 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The paid leave benefits have helped prevent thousands of coronavirus cases each day, but Republicans want them to expire.


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks during an interview with MSNBC in the Russell Rotunda in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The American people cannot wait any longer. They need economic relief now."


Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be administered to frontline healthcare workers in Reno, Nevada on December 17, 2020. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We have millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses," Pfizer said.

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by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Elliott Smith
Bruce Carver Boynton (1937—2020) exemplified the power of a young person to take a principled stand on behalf of human dignity.


A Marine stands guard outside the West Wing, signifying the president is in the Oval Office, as snow begins to fall at the White House on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Michael Winship
During which a petulant manchild tries to wear us out with his refusal to face reality.


"There is a lot of new spend­ing we need, and ele­vat­ing the most urgent pri­or­i­ties is an impor­tant polit­i­cal task," Saw­icky writes.

by Max B. Saw­icky
Forget about the debt. Boosting the economy and sending people money isn’t just good policy, it’s smart politics.


"If the Times is concerned about the health and well-being of Venezuelans, the paper should focus its reporting on the U.S. government’s campaign to crush the Venezuelan economy and shatter its political system," writes Greene.

by Bryce Greene
The New York Times has long played a role in supporting U.S. attempts to dominate Latin America.


"There are roughly 3 million Palestinians in the Palestinian West Bank, so their 25 deaths are the equivalent of 2,750 American deaths daily, one of the worst rates in the world," Cole writes.

by Juan Cole
Vaccines will be supplied to the hundreds of thousands of government-backed illegal Israeli squatters on Palestinian land in the West Bank, but not to the indigenous Palestinian population.


Protesters gather during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on January 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

by Sonia Gill
Trump’s assault on our democracy reinforces the Biden administration’s obligation to do everything within its power to protect the right to vote.

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