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Your Week in Review
'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."
'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."
Can Anyone Stop Facebook from Poisoning Democracy?
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by Timothy Karr
While the social media giant wraps itself in the banner of free
expression and political speech, it serves more as a scrim to hide its
continued spread of political disinformation to tens of millions of
voters in advance of the 2020 elections.
After Shell CEO Claims 'We Have No Choice' But to Invest in Fossil Fuels, McKibben Says, 'We Have No Choice But to Try and Stop Them'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate activists and experts underscored the necessity of fighting to
urgently end the use of fossil fuels worldwide after Royal Dutch Shell
CEO Ben van Beurden claimed Monday that "we have no choice" but to
invest in long-term oil and gas projects.
'Every Child Deserves to Eat': Sanders and Omar Bill Would Provide Universal Free Public School Lunches in US
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, no child should be
turned away from a meal if they cannot afford it," said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
'Huge Moment in the 2020 Race': Ocasio-Cortez to Endorse Bernie Sanders for President
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a huge moment and Sanders cannot, and should not, be ignored
any longer by those who continue to erase him, his candidacy, and his
supporters."
Legalized Political Corruption Is So Much Bigger Than Trump: A Journey in 7 Charts
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by Kenneth Peres
It's time for a democracy movement that directly attacks systemic
corruption by depending not on specific leaders but on a grassroots
movement that both produces leaders and holds them accountable.
Means Testing: Sanders vs. Warren on the Single Most Important Policy Idea for Progressive Success
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by Robert McChesney
Basing eligibility on wealth or income level is phony progressivism and
a crucial tactic promoted by the right to eliminate social welfare
programs that could benefit the entire population and the common good.
To Tackle Ills of 'Unfettered Capitalism,' Sanders Plan Would Give Workers Seats on Corporate Boards and Reverse Trump Tax Cuts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The establishment tells us there is no alternative to unfettered
capitalism, that this is how the system and globalization work and
there's no turning back. They are dead wrong."
No 'Artwash' for Bush's Crimes, Says CodePink in Protest of Exhibit of Former President's Paintings of Veterans in War He Started
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Why are we celebrating the guy who took these people to war?"
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