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News & Views | 1/19/21
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'Smartest Thing We Can Do Is Act Big': Yellen Bolsters Demand for Biden to Enact Bold FDR-Style Agenda
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Instead of feel-good talk of unification," said journalist John
Nichols, "FDR called out the Wall Street speculators, the bankers, and
their conservative apologists."
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'Right on Schedule': Hours Before Biden Inauguration, GOP Backers of Tax Cuts for the Rich Resume Cynical Deficit-Mongering
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With a Democrat about to become president, Republicans are now
pretending to care about deficits and debts again. Let's not pretend to
believe them this time."
57% of US Voters Want Trump Barred From Seeking Office Ever Again: Poll
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"After what he has done, the consequences of which we were all witness
to, Donald Trump should not be eligible to run for office ever again,"
said incoming Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
As Guatemalan Forces Beat Back Migrant Caravan, Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Policies of 'Cruelty and Coercion'
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The answer is not to continue doing more of the same but to envision a
new direction that respects the political and economic
self-determination and dignity of our Central American neighbors."
'Major Win for the Planet': Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Coal Power Plant Rule
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This decision frees up the new Biden administration to begin working
immediately on the science-based greenhouse pollution rules we
desperately need to make up for lost time."
Senate Democrats Prove 'Democracy Reform Is a Top Priority' by Putting 'For the People Act' First
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"From a violent insurrection at the Capitol to the countless attempts to
silence the vote of millions of Americans, attacks on our democracy have
come in many forms," said incoming Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
From Reconciliation to a 'Nuclear Strike on the Filibuster': Progressive Memo Details Steps Biden Can Take to Defeat GOP Obstruction
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden was elected with a mandate to break gridlock and deliver results.
He should use it."
Ahistorical 1776 Report Issued by Trump Denounced as 'Racist Garbage' and 'Most On-Brand Thing Possible'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Releasing the 1776 Commission report on MLK Day is the Trump
administration reaffirming its commitment to racism above all else."
'A Terrible Idea': Biden Warned Against Picking Big Tech Lawyers to Lead DOJ Antitrust Division
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Bringing in anybody from Big Tech to a leadership role in antitrust is
a political, policy, and managerial disaster."
As Senate Reconvenes, Why Isn't Chamber Immediately Moving to Convict Trump for 'Inciting Deadly Attack on Our Country'?
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the Senate trial was a right-wing judicial confirmation, Trump would
have been convicted already."
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The Rubble of Empire: A Fine Time To Begin Thinking About What Might Be Built in Its Place
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by Rebecca Gordon
Doctrines of disaster and dreams of security as the Biden years begin.
About Suffering: A Massacre of the Innocents in Yemen
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by Kathy Kelly
The United Nations estimates the war has already caused 233,000 deaths,
including 131,000 deaths from indirect causes such as lack of food,
health services and infrastructure.
It Is Biden's Historic Task to Reverse Reagan's—and Trump's—Reckless Radicalism
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by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Reagan's failed radicalism has now run its course, and the United
States, while culturally as divided as ever, is at an economic and
environmental precipice.
Biden Must Go Beyond Simply Ending Trump's Barbaric Border Policies—We Need Deeper Change
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by US Civil Society Groups Focused on Central America
An open letter to President-Elect Biden on Central America policy.
Biden Must Drive a Stake Through the Heart of Dead-End "Centrism"
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by Robert Reich
There is no middle ground between lies and facts. There is no halfway
point between civil discourse and violence. There is no midrange between
democracy and fascism.
Don't Let President Biden 'Make Us the Dupes of Our Hopes'
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by Norman Solomon
More than being a time of hope—or fatalism—the inauguration of President
Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.
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Newswire...
Washington Rejects Massive Methanol Refinery
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Easy Treasury Secretary Confirmation Expected for Janet Yellen
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The American People Shouldn’t Have to Pay the Price Because Hawley Feels the Need to Pander to Extreme Base
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Trump FCC Attempt to Greenlight Media Consolidation At Expense of Media Diversity
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NIAC FAQ on the Muslim Ban: Why A Repeal Is So Important
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