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News & Views | 1/18/21
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Indigenous-Led Movement Credited With 'Huge Victory' as Biden Plans to Rescind Keystone XL Permit on Day One
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our communities have been fighting KXL for over a decade, tooth and
nail, in the dirt and in the courts."
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Poor People's Campaign MLK Day Message to Biden: Act on Bold Agenda to Heal Nation
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"In 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King called out the giant triplets of
racism, materialism, and militarism. In 2021, his words are no less
relevant."
Progressives Push Back as Trump, Pentagon, and ICE 'Hijack' MLK's Message
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Dr. King was an anti-war, anti-capitalist justice seeker who rejected
poverty, racism, militarism, and the death penalty," Rep. Ayanna
Pressley reminded those who would co-opt the slain human rights leader's
words.
Warning World Is on 'Brink of a Catastrophic Moral Failure,' WHO Chief Denounces Vaccine-Hoarding by Rich Nations
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in
the world's poorest countries."
UN Experts Urge US to Respond to Capitol Attack With 'Renewed Commitment to Peaceful Pluralism,' Strengthened Democracy
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We maintain our hope that the U.S. democracy will emerge strengthened
from this crisis without damage to its institutions."
'A Fearless Champion for Consumers': Warren Applauds Biden Pick of Rohit Chopra to Head CFPB
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Financial predators, watch out."
'No One Can Censor Reality': Human Rights Group Pushes Back After Israel Retaliates Against 'Apartheid' Label
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Israel cannot be considered a democracy, for it works to advance and
perpetuate the supremacy of one group of people, Jews, over another,
Palestinians."
Fearing Possible 'Insider Attack,' Feds Vetting 25,000 National Guard Troops Ahead of Biden Inauguration
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The very people assigned to protect the city over the next several days
could present a threat to the incoming president."
From Paul Ryan to Nikki Haley: GOP Nightmare of Senate Budget Chair Bernie Sanders About to Come True
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"When Republicans controlled the Senate they used the reconciliation
process to provide huge tax breaks for the rich and large corporations,"
said Sanders on Saturday. "We're going to use reconciliation to protect
working families, the sick and the poor."
Lindsey Graham Excoriated for Equating Trump Accountability With Divisive 'Vengeance'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"How do you lecture about 'unity' and 'healing' after seeking to end
American democracy?" asked one Democratic member of Congress in
response.
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No, Open Sedition Is Not a First Amendment Right
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by Pierre Tristam
The right to protest is not in dispute. If that's all the mob had done,
its rights would certainly be defensible and protected.
Will Trump's Grand Finale Be Conviction by the US Senate?
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by Ralph Nader
Congressional Republicans have aided and abetted, for four years,
Trump's assertion that "With Article II, I can do whatever I want as
president." Dangerous Donald did just that.
Trump May Be on Trial, But You Can Bet the System That Produced Him Will Be Acquitted
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by Jonathan Cook
Trump is too small and limited of a target to be considered the true and
deepest enemy we face.
Meet the GOP State AGs Who Spread Election Lies That Fueled an Insurrection
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by Sue Sturgis
Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) never acknowledged its
role in fueling Trump supporters' ire by sharing repeatedly debunked
lies about the outcome of the presidential election.
Turns Out That the Oil Industry Wasn’t Interested in the Arctic Refuge After All
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by Adam Federman
The Trump administration's Arctic Refuge oil lease auction was a total
bust.
Israel Was Designated an Apartheid State by B'Tselem. What Martin Luther King Jr. Would of Thought of That.
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by Juan Cole
Those who argue that Dr. King would have had no problem with Israel's
policies in the Occupied Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West
Bank after 1967 are being illogical.
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Newswire...
Muslim Advocates Hails End of Muslim Ban on Wednesday
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350.Org on News That Biden Will Rescind Keystone XL Pipeline on First Day in Office
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Watchdog Group Releases New Report Highlighting Hypocrisy of Republican Senators Who Once Urged the Speedy Confirmation of Cabinet Members for National Security
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Public Citizen Statement on Biden's Nomination of Rohit Chopra as CFPB Director
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Sunrise to Hold Rallies Demanding "No Compromise, No Excuses" to Top Democratic Leaders
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