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News & Views | 9/30/19

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is time to send a message to corporate America: If you do not end your greed and corruption, we will end it for you."

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters after the Senate voted to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh at the U.S. Capitol Oct. 6, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"How long do you think McConnell would give it. A week?"



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressives expressed outrage on Monday over CNN's weekend segment on five centrist freshman congresswomen who the network gave credit for their so-called "leadership" on the impeachment of President Donald Trump—just days after the lawmakers backed impeachment proceedings following months of demands from ethics watchdogs and other critics.


U.S. President Donald Trump is greeting by Pastor Robert Jeffress during the Celebrate Freedom Rally at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on July 1, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This isn't about Civil War, it's about violence."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Threats against a whistleblower are not only illegal, but also indicative of a cover-up."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Not only did Trump's own budget make deep cuts to Medicare, but can someone explain to me how a socialist program can be saved from socialism?"


A fast-food worker strike in Minnesota

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"At the 50 publicly traded U.S. corporations with the widest pay gaps in 2018, the typical employee would have to work at least 1,000 years—an entire millennium—to earn what their CEO made in just one," according to a new Institute for Policy Studies report.

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Young climate strikers march through Melbourne, Australia on May 3, 2019. (Photo: julian meehan/flickr/cc)

by Leah Asmelash
Around the globe, young people are sounding the alarm on climate change and environmental issues by organizing rallies and confronting policymakers.



by Norman Solomon
In the last decade, MoveOn—which says it has an email list of 8 million "members"—has refused to do any campaigns to help Manning, Drake, Snowden, Kiriakou, or Sterling.


Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Ellen Brown
President Trump wants negative interest rates, but they would be disastrous for the U.S. economy, and his objectives can be better achieved by other means.



by Michael Winship
A business group comes out swinging on behalf of Medicare for All.


In a nation where locking up young black men is a lot more expedient than fixing their broken neighborhoods, yet it runs away at accelerating speed from the Donald Trumps and the Jeffrey Epsteins and all the others who hire the right lawyers and know the right people.(Photo: Shutterstock)

by Will Bunch
There’s a long way to go before America can plausibly claim that no man is above the law, but the impeachment of a crooked president will be a massive and long-overdue step in the right direction.


Why would Democrats want to spend even a minute during this Presidential campaign defending Biden against corruption charges, when there are plenty of other qualified Democratic candidates without this liability? (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

by Miles Mogulescu
The future of the nation and the planet is at stake.

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