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News & Views | 10/1/19

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the chairmen of three House committees on Tuesday that he had no intention of obeying subpoenas for documents and depositions by other State Department officials, a day before the deadline for responding to House Democrats' orders.

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Big Cable's lobbyists will use this as an excuse to swarm Washington, D.C. The internet must come together once more to beat back corruption and defend our online freedom."


Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren doubled down on her promise to break up Big Tech firms after text and audio leaked Tuesday from private meetings in which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg vowed to "fight" against the Democratic White House hopeful's plan to address antitrust concerns created by major technology companies.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's not a principled stance for businesses to stand against the Saudi murderers of Jamal Khashoggi until they hope people have forgotten about him (which in any event they haven't)."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Barr decided a long time ago that he was going to be a fixer for Donald Trump. Donald Trump's personal lawyer."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Bernie is proud to be the only candidate running to defeat Donald Trump who is 100 percent funded by grassroots donations—both in the primary and in the general."


Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) shares a laugh with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in February as the two introduced the Green New Deal in February of 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"I like Joe Kennedy," said Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.). "I just don't know why he would choose to run against the climate change movement."

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A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with blood on his hands protests with others outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2018, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

by Medea Benjamin
Who is more evil—the maniacal Saudi crown prince responsible for the journalist's gruesome assassination and the murder of tens of thousands of Yemenis, or the mendacious world leaders and businesspeople who continue to give MbS their support?


Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses an audience on the campus of the University of Chapel Hill during a campaign rally on September 19, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sanders spoke to college students on the working people's rights, among fair wage and health care. (Photo: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

by Richard Eskow
Full student debt cancellation, of the kind Sanders is proposing, would create at least a million more jobs than the plan Warren has put forth. Why, then, would progressives oppose it?


Mitch McConnell said Monday that Senate rules would require him to take up any articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump if approved by the House. (Photo: Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
The Majority Leader and his GOP allies will block reforms our nation desperately needs until voters move them out of the way.


US President Donald Trump talking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
The real value of the formal impeachment now underway is to put Trump on notice that he can't necessarily get away with abusing his presidential power to win reelection. He will still try, of course.


Saudi Arabia continues to insist that the September 14 attack on its oil facilities came from Iran, and not from Yemen. This is despite the fact that both the civilian and the military authorities in Iran have denied that they conducted the successful raid on the Saudi airfields. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Vijay Prashad
Such a scenario means that the entire region—from the Mediterranean Sea to the Hindu Kush mountains—will be plunged deeper into war.


We now know #Shellknew, but carried on drilling. (Photo: Fossil Free Deutschland)

by Andy Rowell
Shell still cares more about its shareholders than it does about society. It cares more about profit than it does people. It cares more about cash than a safe climate.

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