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Trump's Stonewalling of Impeachment Inquiry Is an Impeachable Offense Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Ever since a whistleblower alleged that President Trump is using the power of his office to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 election, the White House has engaged in a cover-up -- a quintessential example of obstruction of justice, which is an impeachable offense. Republicans have the votes in the Senate to dismiss the case after impeachment by the House, but they will have to answer to public opinion, which increasingly favors impeachment.
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How a Tech Firm Helped Power One of the Largest Workplace Raids in ICE History Jack Herrera, Truthout In August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents descended on seven chicken processing plants in rural Mississippi, detaining more than 680 people. New documents reveal that the secretive data firm, Palantir Technologies, provided software used in a years-long investigation that led to possibly the largest ICE raid ever to take place in a single state.
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Palestinians Could Have Historic Influence in Israel's Next Government Jonah ben Avraham, Truthout Following Israel's snap elections in September, Palestinian political parties are contesting for a historic amount of influence in shaping the next Israeli government. The challenge for Palestinian political leaders will be to turn this growing relevance in Israeli politics into real power in the fight for Palestinian liberation, rather than a force for the normalization of Israel's colonial rule over Palestine.
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There Could Be a Second Whistleblower on Trump's Dealings With Ukraine Jake Johnson, Common Dreams As the House impeachment inquiry sparked by a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's talks with Ukraine intensified Friday night, The New York Times reported that a second official with "more direct information" about the matter is considering coming forward and speaking to Congress. According to the Times, Michael Atkinson, inspector general for the intelligence community, has already interviewed the second official.
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Companies Are Luring Mexicans Across the U.S. Border to Donate Blood Plasma Stefanie Dodt, Jan Lukas Strozyk and Dara Lind, ProPublica Every week, thousands of Mexicans cross the border into the U.S. on temporary visas to sell their blood plasma to profit-making pharmaceutical companies promising hefty cash rewards. Unlike other nations that limit or forbid paid plasma donations at a high frequency out of concern for donor health and quality control, the U.S. has comparatively loose standards for monitoring their health.
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Rural Hospital Closings Are Leaving Millions of People in a Health Care Crisis Jane Bolin, Bree Watzak and Nancy Dickey, The Conversation More than 20 percent of our nation's rural hospitals are near collapse. This is despite the fact that they are not only crucial for health care but also survival of their small rural communities. Since 2010, 113 rural hospitals across the country have closed, with 18% being in Texas. The continuing closures have accelerated the urgency to understand and address the problems faced by rural Americans seeking access to care.
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The Political Giving History of Trump's Ukraine Diplomats Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Yue Stella Yu, Center for Responsive Politics A series of text messages between U.S. diplomats released Thursday night reveals an apparent effort to pressure Ukraine into performing an investigation that could prove harmful to President Donald Trump’s potential 2020 opponent. One of the diplomats involved has a lengthy history as a Republican donor, while another performed lobbying work for foreign clients and a major defense company.
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The Climate Justice Movement Must Include Decolonization and Anti-Imperialism Violet Glaser, Left Voice Over the past month, millions of people all over the world have mobilized to call attention to the climate disaster, many of them inspired by 15-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. But Thunberg is not the only climate activist we should recognize: There are thousands of climate activists from Indigenous communities and the Global South who have been killed or imprisoned.
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Trump Is Spreading Fear Because He Fears Impeachment William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Trump's capacity -- and apparent thirst -- for doing damage has little limit. It is abundantly clear that the threat of impeachment has scared Trump, and he has chosen to be scary in response. Whether the people's elected representatives act to stave off Trump's scariest threats is where the impeachment rubber will meet the removal road.
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Pelosi Wants to Prosecute Snowden But Protect Trump Whistleblower Norman Solomon, Truthout Nancy Pelosi was quick to condemn NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he revealed the U.S. government's vast surveillance programs in 2013. Now, however, Pelosi is suddenly voicing grave concern for the rights and safety of the whistleblower who filed the complaint that has led to an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The current deluge of Democratic reverence for whistleblowing shouldn't be taken at face value.
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