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News & Views | 12/22/20

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to his office after leaving the Senate Floor at the U.S. Capitol on December 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You're getting a one-time $600 check to survive a pandemic, but hey, at least lobbyists can get their three-martini lunches delivered."

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is seen in the Senate subway in the Capitol on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"If we allow Republicans to set the parameters of the debate going forward, like they did in this current Covid relief bill, the next two to four years are going to be a disaster."


Joe Biden arrives for a meeting with a bicameral and bipartisan group of legislators with his Chief of Staff Bruce Reed on June 22, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You cannot have Bruce Reed in your administration and pretend Social Security is safe."


"Mail performance has plummeted: Only 75.3 percent of first-class mail, such as letters and bills, arrived within the standard one- to three-day delivery window the week of December 5, according to the most recent agency data available," the Washington Post reported.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"No parcels are moving at all. As bad as you think it is, it's worse."

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In an effort to seal off the revolving door between special interests and government, Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) recommended that President-elect Biden enact "a total ban on lobbyists employed by corporations from serving in the administration, especially at executive agencies they lobbied." (Photos: Kena Betancur/Getty Images (L) and Karen Bleier/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
To improve outcomes for people in the United States, the lawmakers wrote, the next administration must "stop special interests from profiting off of the public service of government officials."


Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad was shot dead while on his way to mosque in Ghazni, Afghanistan on December 21, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The fact that murder is on the rise and the number of journalists imprisoned around the world hit a record is a clear demonstration that press freedom is under unprecedented assault."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
"It appears that the inclusion of a policy in a campaign platform, or a promise by a candidate trying to win votes, doesn't actually mean that's what will be done once the person is in power."


demonstrators hold signs demanding "a livable future"

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This people-first legislative roadmap for the first six months of 2021 is an urgent, brave, and just agenda."


Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during the fourth day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Graham chairs, on October 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill O'Leary-Pool/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The president-elect has vowed to return to both international agreements, which were finalized during the Obama administration.


<p>A woman sits with her son Jaydan at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center after recently crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on June 21, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)</p>

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"In many instances the medically unindicated gynecological procedures," the filing states, "amounted to sexual assault."

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Demonstrators protest the failed War on Drugs. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Maritza Perez
"We are at a crossroads—and the Biden-Harris administration has the power to make an incredibly important decision with its handling of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and who leads it."


In this time of crisis, any support for corporations should encourage executives to treat their workers well, trim their own fat paychecks — and pay for their own lunch. (Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)

by Sarah Anderson
Buried in the Covid relief deal is a provision that will require taxpayers to subsidize lavish business meals for corporate executives.


Leslie T. Fenwick (pictured right). (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

by Diane Ravitch
Leslie Fenwick knows that public schools are an essential element of American democracy. They are community institutions that belong to the public, not to entrepreneurs or corporate chains.


Air Force cyber warriors of the 624th Operations Center at work. (Photo: US. Air Force/William Belcher)

by Gabe Murphy
"The incoming Biden-Harris administration should prioritize cyber diplomacy by... pursuing multilateral negotiations with the major players in cyberspace, particularly Russia and China."


Those senators who claim to support rural America must reject Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Krissy Kasserman, Amanda Claire Starbuck
The Biden administration will fail rural America right out of the gate with a choice like Tom Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture.


In this secular age, let us remember the message of Christmas. Jesus demonstrated the astonishing power of faith, hope and charity, the importance of love. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
With the pandemic raging and millions unemployed, this Christmas will witness tears among the smiles.

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