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Impeachment Inquiry Is an Opportunity to Investigate Trump's Finances Daniel Falcone, Truthout Author and political scientist Anthony DiMaggio examines the history of impeachment in the United States and argues that there is little evidence to suggest the impeachment effort will hurt the Democrats. To the contrary, the inquiry has the potential to expose the many ways in which Trump has improperly profited from his position as president and generate renewed outrage in the lead-up to the 2020 election.
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Will Trump Refuse to Leave? We Should Be Worried About This Tweet. Jake Johnson, Common Dreams In a tweet late Tuesday, President Trump called the impeachment inquiry launched by House Democrats a "coup," heightening fears that he might refuse to allow a peaceful transition of power if he is ousted by Congress or defeated in 2020.
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How Can We End Child Sexual Abuse Without Prisons? Victoria Law, Truthout How do we address child sexual abuse in ways that don't rely on policing and prisons? What does love with accountability look like, particularly in families and communities hardest hit by mass criminalization and incarceration? These are all questions that Aishah Shahidah Simmons and 39 other Black survivors of abuse attempt to address in the new book Love WITH Accountability.
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Airbnb Rentals Are Displacing Mexico City Residents as Rents Surge Tamara Pearson, Truthout In the neighborhood of Juárez, a vibrant artistic and historic area of Mexico City with LGBTQ bars and restaurants and a large Korean population, long-term renters are losing their homes as apartments are being converted into more profitable day-rate Airbnb rentals. Neighborhood groups are fighting back, and experts say Airbnb must be regulated to prevent the displacement of locals in a city where rents are rising much faster than wages.
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Could President Trump Be Impeached and Convicted -- But Also Re-Elected? Austin Sarat, The Conversation A little-known wrinkle in the Constitution might allow Trump to be re-elected president in 2020 even if he is removed from office through the impeachment process. That's because the Constitution does not actually define any standard of disqualification from holding future office. Moreover, the Senate has declined to establish a standard.
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Guyger Is First Dallas Police Officer to Be Convicted of Murder Since 1970s Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Amber Guyger, the off-duty police officer who shot and killed Botham Jean in his own home in 2018, was convicted of murder on Tuesday. Guyger is the first Dallas police officer to be convicted of murder since the 1970s. Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the family of Botham Jean, discusses the potentially precedent-setting case.
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Oil Industry Aimed to Set Agenda During UN Climate Summit Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog As Greta Thunberg invoked the urgency of the climate crisis at the United Nations Climate Action Summit last week, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative -- whose members include ExxonMobil and Chevron -- met with leaders from major environmental groups to control the narrative around climate solutions.
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Sheriffs Release Sick People From Jail to Avoid Paying Hospital Bills Connor Sheets, ProPublica Sheriffs are increasingly utilizing the practice of "medical bonds" to avoid paying to provide incarcerated people essential medical treatments -- even ones that are necessary as a result of inadequate care in jails. What's more, once they recover, some people are quickly rearrested and rebooked into the jails from which they were released.
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Grad Students Fight Back Against New Trump Labor Board Rule Negin Owliaei, Inequality.org In September, Trump's National Labor Relations Board proposed a new rule that would undercut the right for student researchers and teaching assistants to unionize. Graduate students know exactly how much the highly unequal education system depends on them to function, and they are fighting back.
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Facing Suppression, These Voters Are Fighting to Make Their Voices Heard Staff, Brave New Films Voter suppression in the 2018 midterm election affected the outcome of the governor's race in Georgia and could become a national epidemic in 2020 if we don't fight for the right to vote. Listen to the stories of real voters whose votes were suppressed.
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Will Trump's Ukraine Scandal Turn Biden's Campaign Into Collateral Damage? William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Joe Biden is no longer the Democratic presidential front-runner, according to some polls. It will be one of the strangest ironies in modern political history if a scandal that threatens the presidency of Donald Trump winds up turning the Biden campaign into more collateral damage.
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Marijuana Legislation Passed by House Lacks Racial Justice Provisions Mike Ludwig, Truthout Last week, the House passed its first landmark marijuana reform bill since Democrats took the majority last year, advancing legislation that would allow banks to do business with cannabis companies without running afoul of federal law. Racial justice activists warned Democrats that the legislation would do little to undo the drug war's racist legacy. Meanwhile, "marijuana justice" legislation languishes in committee.
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