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News & Views | 7/22/19

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"For him to think he can keep governing for another year and a half as if nothing has happened is insulting to our core."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In a move that rights advocates say will result in the unlawful deportation of thousands, the Trump administration on Monday announced it would expand the "expedited removal" system under which undocumented immigrants are deported without a court hearing.


Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
And so, ask progressive advocates for single-payer solution, "Why would we settle for half-measures when the reform we need is just as plausible?"


Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks during the AARP and The Des Moines Register Iowa Presidential Candidate Forum on July 19, 2019 in Sioux City, Iowa.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Democratic presidential hopeful warns of "a number of serious shocks on the horizon that could cause our economy's shaky foundation to crumble."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"By threatening Iran with 'serious consequences,' without knowing what that may entail, Britain blindly dances to the beat of [U.S. national security adviser John] Bolton's war drums."


US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects before the flag-draped casket of late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2019. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Trump continues to foment hate and racism that is endangering the lives of women of color in Congress and so many others. We all need to call it out. And it must end NOW."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"There is no doubt that, in 2020, Democrats are better positioned to nominate an unapologetic champion for progressive values for president than we've been in decades."

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U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One for departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC., on Friday, July 19, 2019. (Photo: Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
Don't let this presidential pickpocket use cruel verbal assaults to distract you from the truth


US Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speaks as, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (D-MN)(L), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) (2R), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a press conference, to address remarks made by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 15, 2019. - President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen, saying if they're not happy in the United States "they can leave." (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

by Sarah Anderson, Negin Owliaei
Reps. Omar, Tlaib, Pressley, and Ocasio-Cortez fight hard for their constituents in the face of racist attacks


Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) rallies with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the U.S. Capitol March 08, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Sarah Jaffe
While others on the left waffle on questions of imperial power and foreign relations, the freshman Democrat takes on American hegemony.


U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump took questions on trade with China, Iran and other topics. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Santiago Zabala
While there are indeed substantial differences between the fascism of the past and what we see today, the general historical trajectory will inevitably remain the same


People look at handguns as thousands of customers and hundreds of dealers sell, show, and buy guns and other items during The Nation's Gun Show at the Dulles Expo Center which is the first major gun show in the area since the Oregon shooting in Chantilly, VA on Saturday, October 03, 2015. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by John Lindsay-Poland
Gun exports reached record levels in 2017 and again in 2018. Can Congress stop Trump from loosening the rules even further?



by Juan Cole

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