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Your Week in Review

The Most Impeachable President in US History vs. The Most Hesitant Congress.

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by Ralph Nader
What are the Democrats waiting for? Trump is the most impeachable tyrant
in the country's history—hands down.

While Warning of Nazi-Like Fascism and Corporate Crimes, Pope Francis Proposes Adding 'Ecological Sin' to Church Teachings

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by Jon Queally, staff writer
In remarks at the Vatican, the leader of the Catholic Church condemned
"the large-scale delinquency of corporations."

Police in Bolivia Pepper Spray Journalist 'On Purpose' During Live Coverage of Anti-Coup Protests

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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I hate to be the story because we are here to report on what is
happening to the people in the amazing country," said Al-Jazeera English
senior correspondent Teresa Bo. "I hope it helps denounce that such
practices cannot be tolerated. Not here not anywhere."

'Grand American Tradition of Immunizing Its War Criminals' Continues as Trump Pardons US Soldiers

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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"A shameful use of presidential powers," said the ACLU. "It sends a
clear message of disrespect for the law, morality, the military justice
system, and those in the military who abide by the laws of war."

'This is What a Dictatorship Looks Like': Bolivian Security Forces Open Fire on Indigenous Protesters in City of Cochabamba

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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
" State violence in Bolivia."

Putting 'Health of All Species' in Danger, Trump EPA Proposal Guts Restrictions on Toxic Herbicide Linked to Birth Defects

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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The pro-industry zealots now running the EPA's pesticide office are
making a mockery of science and eliminating key safety measures, all for
company profits."

Asking Supreme Court to Shield His Tax Returns, Trump Claims He Is 'Absolutely Immune' From Criminal Investigation

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's absolutely shocking the lengths Donald Trump will go to to shield
himself from accountability."

Why Aren't People in the US Rising Up Like Those Elsewhere in the World?

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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies
Without a mass movement continually pushing and prodding for real change
and holding politicians accountable—for their policies as well as their
words—our neoliberal rulers assume that they can safely ignore the
concerns and interests of ordinary people.

Analysis of Primetime MSNBC Programs Finds Sanders Received 'Least' and 'Most Negative' Coverage of Top 2020 Democrats

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"MSNBC has close ties to a Democratic establishment that finds the
politics of Biden (and even Warren) more palatable than Sanders'
'political revolution.'"

To Save 'Democracy in Peril,' 150 Civil Rights Groups Release Visionary Blueprint to Restore and Protect Voting Rights

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
To protect and strengthen a "democracy in peril, more than 150 civil
rights organizations on Thursday released a policy platform aimed at
pressuring policymakers and 2020 candidates to prioritize voting rights.

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