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News & Views | 11/26/19
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Nadler Invites Trump to Either Participate in Impeachment Hearing Next Week or 'Stop Complaining'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The President has a choice to make: he can take this opportunity to be
represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining
about the process."
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Expert Says Senate Democrats' Sweeping Online Privacy Bill Answers Public Demand for 'Transformative Shift'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Privacy advocates on Tuesday welcomed broad new legislation introduced
by leading Senate Democrats that aims to codify digital privacy rights,
outlaw harmful data practices, and create new enforcement and
accountability measures to protect online consumers.
Obama Privately Considered Leading 'Stop-Bernie Campaign' to Combat Sanders 2020 Surge: Report
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"From lofty heights, Obama has now become a dampener of hope, a barrier
to change, and a threat to progress."
Climate Expert Says UN Emissions Report Makes Clear Only Solution Is to 'Cut Off Supply of Fossil Fuels at Their Source'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
An annual United Nations report published Tuesday on current and
estimated future greenhouse gas emissions shows the "urgent need for
supply-side action" to combat the climate emergency, according to the
advocacy group Food & Water Action.
'Ten Year Challenge' for 400 Wealthiest Americans Shows Fortunes Doubled Since 2009 While Tax Rates Dropped
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Here's the thing: the way the system is set up, we're headed for
another decade of this."
So-Called 'Army Built to Fight Medicare for All,' Says Healthcare Expert, Really 'Just Hired Guns Hired by Corporate Stooges'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
From patients and doctors to politicians and their staffers, advocates
of Medicare for All reiterated their commitment to radically
transforming the U.S. healthcare system in response to a Politico report
Monday about how top health industry lobbies "have joined forces to take
down socialized medicine."
WATCH: First Lady Melania Trump Loudly Booed by Students During Baltimore Opioid Summit
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If your president husband calls the city 'a disgusting, rat and rodent
infested mess' where 'no human being would want to live' and then you
hold an 'anti-bullying' event there, on behalf of the White House,
honestly, what do you expect?"
Athena vs. Amazon: New Coalition Debuts on Eve of Holiday Shopping Season to Call Out Company's "Long Line of Abuses"
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's time for Amazon to come of age and pay its own way."
'This Is Meant to Scare Workers': Vows to Fight Back After Google Fires Four Employees Who Led Organizing
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Tech industry labor organizers and rights advocates pledged solidarity
on Tuesday with four Google employees who were reportedly fired for
organizing their workplace against the company's complicity in human
rights violations as well as its unjust policies.
If Not for Damage to Future Presidents, Trump Claims He Would 'Love' to Have Pompeo, Mulvaney, Perry, Bolton, and Others Testify
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Donald Trump," responded one sarcastic critic, "famed for his
consideration of other Presidents.
'The Science Is Screaming': UN Report Warns Only Rapid and Transformational Action Can Stave Off Global Climate Disaster
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Failure to heed these warnings and take drastic action to reverse
emissions means we will continue to witness deadly and catastrophic
heatwaves, storms, and pollution."
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Views...
End the Wars, Win the Antiwar Vote
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by Peter Certo
Hard data shows ending our wars would be smart politics—and the first
step toward repairing a moral calamity.
Which Witch Are We Witch Hunting?
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by Tom Engelhardt
What does the Trump phenomenon really represent? And far more important,
what lurks behind all the attention paid to him (other, of course, than
a climate-changed planet)?
Chile Despertó! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile
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by Alison Bodine
Today in Chile the working class and oppressed people are under brutal
attack, economically, politically and socially, by the Sebastian Piñera
government and imperialist exploitation.
WTO Shutdown: "Shut It Down. Didn't We. Don’t Let Them Tell You That It Can’t Be Done."
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by Jim Page
People say, "Why do you sing political songs?" And I say that's the
wrong question. The correct question is, "Why don't you sing political
songs?"
Medicare for All Will Take a Movement, Not a Politician
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by Ady Barkan, Bonnie Castillo
Two prominent single-payer activists—one who backs Elizabeth Warren and
another who back Bernie Sanders—explain why winning Medicare for All us
going to be one epic battle.
Bloomberg Scandals Don't Bother the Billionaire's Punditry Class Cheerleaders
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by Ari Paul
If the media are going to celebrate Bloomberg's achievements as a
private and public executive, they need to address his baggage in those
roles as well.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility Releases Report on “Climate and Health Risks of Liquified Natural Gas”
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UN Climate Report Shows Urgent Need for Supply-Side Action
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