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'We Do That All the Time... Get Over It': Mulvaney Openly Admits Trump Quid Pro Quo With Ukraine
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Mulvaney just straight up admitted that this administration sees no
difference between using U.S. aid to advance national policy goals and
using it to advance Trump's personal political goals."
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Researchers Detail How Slashing Pentagon Budget Could Pay for Medicare for All While Creating Progressive Foreign Policy Americans Want
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Institute for Policy Studies on Thursday shared the result of
extensive research into how the $750 billion U.S. military budget could
be significantly slashed, freeing up hundreds of billions of dollars per
year to cover the cost of Medicare for All—calling into question the
notion that the program needs to create any tax burden whatsoever for
working families.
'It Is Really Sad': Sanders Rips Biden for Deploying Insurance Industry Talking Points Against Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Joe must know that we currently spend twice as much per capita on
healthcare as the people of almost any other major country and that we
pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
House Hearing Highlights How Corporate Stock Buybacks Enrich the Wealthy While Rigging Economy Against Workers
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The biggest American companies are clearly making enough profit to
spend these record amounts giving raises to their shareholders via stock
buybacks, and yet average workers aren't getting any raises."
For Supporting Medicare for All, Biden Accuses Sanders and Warren of "Playing Trump's Game and Trying to Con the American People"
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Biden's attack comes as he is falling in the polls and being heavily
outraised by his more progressive 2020 rivals
'The Most Overt Corruption to Date': Mulvaney Confirms Plan to Host G7 Summit at Trump Golf Resort
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
President Donald Trump came under fire from ethics watchdog groups,
Democratic lawmakers, and other critics Thursday after Acting White
House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney confirmed to reporters that the
president will host the Group of 7 meeting next June at the Trump
National Doral Miami golf resort in Florida.
Report Exposes Right-Wing Effort to Ban Criticism of Israel in US Schools
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Human rights and free speech advocates responded with alarm Thursday to
a Guardian report revealing that pro-Israel and right-wing lobbyists are
encouraging Republican state lawmakers to pass legislation that could
outlaw discussions about the Israeli government's human rights abuses
and occupation of Palestinian territory at all levels of the U.S. public
education system under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism.
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Experiencing Firsthand Failures of UN Climate Politics, I Realized Civil Disobedience Only Route Left
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by Nathan Williams
I was arrested at London City Airport because only a mass uprising in
defence of life can counter mass death
Don’t Forget: Nuclear Weapons Are an Existential Threat
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by Olivia Alperstein
A new study shows just how bad a nuclear war could get. We need a plan
to eliminate this risk permanently.
Trump’s Endless Wars
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by John Feffer
Trump's not bringing the troops home. He's been haphazardly deploying
more troops, drones, and dollars abroad, while waging a shadow foreign
policy for his own benefit.
Reminder: Trump Didn't Win, Democrats Lost
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by John Atcheson
And if the party nominates another centrist candidate, they will likely
lose again.
Post-Debate Musings: Bernie’s Heart and His Courage Just Fine with Me
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by Donna Smith
It will be nice when all of the candidates stop lying about how badly we
Americans want to keep our private coverage. Are you kidding?
The Collusion Of Church and State
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by Robert C. Koehler
Where are the values—religious or otherwise—that can save this
recklessly careening, war-addicted, carbon-spewing state from
participating both in its own and the whole planet's destruction?
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Following New Findings on the Effects of Unstable Schedules, Congress to Pursue Fair Scheduling Legislation
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DSA Supports Universal School Meals Program Act of 2019
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Common Cause Honors Four Defenders of Democracy
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Facebook’s New Policy Endangers Democracy, Zuckerberg Pushes Ahead Anyway
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Self-Dealing President Doesn’t Even Pretend to Be Constrained by the Law; G-7 to Be Held at Trump’s Doral Property
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