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'Seriously Folks This Is Actually a Constitutional Crisis': Trump Tells Congress White House Won't Cooperate With Impeachment Probe
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"There is no legal basis for Trump's position. Hard stop."
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'Literally Relitigating Watergate': Trump DOJ Argues Court Was Wrong to Hand Over Grand Jury Material in Nixon Impeachment Inquiry
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Wow," said the federal judge hearing the case. "The department is
taking an extraordinary position."
'What Is the Trump Administration Trying to Hide?' Asks Sanders After President Blocks Amb. Gordon Sondland Testimony
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Trump administration blocked Gordon Sondland, his ambassador to the
European Union, from giving a highly-anticipated testimony to three
House committees on Tuesday as part of the impeachment inquiry into
President Donald Trump—intensifying speculation that the president is
hiding information about his request for foreign intervention in the
2020 presidential election.
In European First, Proposed Constitutional Amendment in Sweden Would Enshrine Rights of Nature
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"When we're in the beginning of an ecological and climate collapse,"
said the lawmaker who introduced the measure, "I hope we can re-think
our relationship with Nature."
LGBTQ Advocates Flood Capitol Hill on Day One of Supreme Court's First Trans Civil Rights Case in US History
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Civil rights advocates rallied on Capitol Hill Tuesday as the U.S.
Supreme Court heard oral arguments for three related cases—including its
first on trans rights—in which, as the ACLU put it, "the Trump
administration is urging the court to rule that it's legal to fire
workers for being LGBTQ."
'Good!' Says Sanders as Lobbyists Lash Out at Proposal to End Corporate Domination of US Politics
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We welcome their hatred," said Sanders adviser Warren Gunnels
'The Tide Has Shifted': New Poll Shows Nearly 60% of Americans Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Washington Post-Schar School poll also found 49 percent of Americans
want the House to call for president's removal from office
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The Real Cover-Up: Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in Context
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by Andrew Bacevich
High crimes and misdemeanors of the fading American century.
To His Wealthy Donors, Trump Is Their Grifter
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by Jesse Jackson
The Trump economy doesn't work for most Americans, but it works for his
donors. They're all in on the con.
Winners and Losers From Trump Throwing Syrian Kurds Under the Bus
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by Juan Cole
Washington's crusade against Iran and Russia (in the latter case with
the exception of Trump) is irrelevant to this move, which is mainly
about the Kurds and America's further betrayal of them after they
defeated ISIL for us.
On the Bootlicking Cowardice of Republicans
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by Eugene Robinson
For now, Trump can cling to the fact that lily-livered Republicans still
fear his wrath.
No More Half-Measures on Corporate Taxes
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by Joseph Stiglitz
In the face of climate change, rising inequality, and other global
crises, governments are losing out on hundreds of billions of dollars in
tax revenue as a result of corporate tax arbitrage. Yet despite the
obvious deficiencies of the global tax regime, policymakers continue to
propose only...
What You Need to Know About Today’s LGBTQ Rights Arguments Before SCOTUS
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by James Esseks
A bad ruling would strip away protections against discrimination that
LGBTQ people have been able to use to protect themselves for two
decades.
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Supreme Court Has An Opportunity To Uphold Equality in Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Cases
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Turkish Judicial Farce Must End With Acquittal Of Human Rights Defenders
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EarthRights International Urges Congress to Cancel Corporate Abuse
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30+ Civil Rights Organizations Call On Elected Officials to Stop Amazon’s Doorbell Surveillance Partnerships With Police
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