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News & Views | 1/27/21

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during votes on Friday, December 4, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Have we learned nothing?"

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A group of open internet advocates protest then-FCC chair Ajit Pai's net neutrality repeal plan during a demonstration on December 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Section 230 is one of the most important laws protecting freedom of expression and human rights in the digital age."



A float at the 2019 Dusseldorf Carnival in Germany depicting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and his "guardian angel," President Donald Trump. (Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"This is an important first step in ending our material support for war globally, and the genocide in Yemen in particular," said Rep. Ilhan Omar.



Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry listens as President Joe Biden speaks on tackling climate change in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden campaigned on eliminating fossil fuel giveaways, and voters agree by a huge margin," said one climate activist.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our generation will not accept any excuses for delay or inaction on delivering historic legislation to build back better."



Humanity remains closer than ever to the apocalypse, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' "Doomsday Clock." (Photo: Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Citizens must "demand... that their governments reorder their priorities and cooperate... to reduce the risk of nuclear war, climate change, and other global disasters, including pandemic disease."



"Facebook must stop harming and silencing Palestinians living under apartheid," Barrios added, "and start cracking down on white supremacist groups—like the Proud Boys—that have used their platform as a recruitment site." (Photo: Jewish Voice for Peace via Twitter)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Treating 'Zionist' as a proxy for 'Jew' would undermine efforts to dismantle real antisemitism... and help the Israeli government avoid accountability for violations of Palestinian rights."



Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) heads to the Senate floor before being called into session on January 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Blocking needed relief for Americans has nothing to do with 'consent and comity' and everything to do with destroying democracy."



A young girl stands in Jiangtan park after it was flooded by heavy rains along the Yangtze river on July 10, 2020 in Wuhan, China. (Photo: Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The voice of the people is clear—they want action on climate change."



Former presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Even this amount of money is no substitute for action by Congress, and I will be doing everything I can in Washington to make sure working people in Vermont and across the country get the relief they need in the middle of the worst crisis we've faced since the Great Depression."


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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy answer questions during a press briefing at the White House on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kerry and McCarthy took questions from reporters about the Biden administration's plans and agenda on climate change issues. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Tina Gerhardt
The U.S. needs to move beyond its legacy of dithering on climate and set firm and meaningful targets on reducing carbon emissions.



Sen. Krysten Sinema applauds during the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4, 2020. Photo by Mario Tama | Getty Images

by Emily Kirkland
Unless the filibuster is abolished, Democratic candidates in 2022 will have to tell voters that, despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, they were unable to pass the popular policies that they campaigned on.



U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed several executive orders related to the climate change crisis on Wednesday, including one directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands. Also pictured, left to right, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

by Karyn Strickler
Find out where you U.S. Senator and Representative stand with our Vote Climate U.S. PAC 117th Congress Climate Scorecard.



The National Security Agency (NSA) logo is shown on a computer screen inside the Threat Operations Center at the NSA in Fort Meade. U.S. President George W. Bush visited the ultra-secret National Security Agency on Wednesday to underscore the importance of his controversial order authorizing domestic surveillance without warrants. (Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

by Jesselyn Radack, William Neuheisel
Breathless coverage of the SolarWinds hack functions to manufacture consent for NSA's internet hegemony and to divert us from considering alternative models of security.



Rev. William Barber and President Joe Biden at a Poor People's Campaign assembly. (Photo via Creative Commons)

by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
We cannot build back as a nation without confessing the ways we were uniquely unprepared for the multiple crises we continue to face.



A staffer removes a 'net neutrality' sign after a press conference following the vote that would help stop the Federal Communications Commission's effort to reverse Obama-era regulations on net neutrality May 16, 2018. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

by Chad Marlow
Why net neutrality needs to be a first 100 days priority.


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