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Insurance Industry Is Clearly 'Terrified,' Says Sanders, As Lawmakers Admit Lobbyists Helped Them Write Attacks on Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We are taking on the big-money interests who have an army of lobbyists
trying to defeat Medicare for All."
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Green Groups at COP 25 Warn Against Market-Driven Solutions to Climate Emergency
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Now is not the time to offer an escape route to polluting Northern
country governments and big oil."
From Crying 'Witch Hunt' to a Guilty Plea, Calls for Trump Ally Duncan Hunter to Resign Immediately
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Government watchdogs on Monday called for Rep. Duncan Hunter's immediate
resignation after it was reported that the California Republican would
change his "not guilty" plea to "guilty" in the case of his alleged
campaign finance violations.
Pelosi Frustrates Progressives by Stalling Pro-Labor Bill While Pushing Trump's Trade Deal
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Grinding my teeth so hard they snap off at the roots."
New Analysis Details 'Aggressive' Tax Dodging of Six Silicon Valley Giants—Totaling Over $100 Billion
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have
collectively dodged over $100 billion in global taxes so far this
decade, according to an analysis released Monday by a U.K.-based tax
transparency campaign group.
Condemning Inaction of Rich Nations, Oxfam Unveils Report Showing Climate-Related Disasters Displaced 200 Million People Since 2008
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"People are taking to the streets across the globe to demand urgent
climate action. If politicians ignore their pleas, more people will die,
more people will go hungry, and more people will be forced from their
homes."
At COP 25 Kickoff, Spain's Socialist Leader Rips 'Fanatics' Like Trump Who Deny Climate Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"No one can escape this challenge by themselves. There is no wall that
can protect any country, regardless of how powerful it is."
'For the Grandparents Who Need Money... For the Struggle!': Tear-Gassed Kids in Chile Explain Why They Protest
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The gas, said one, "doesn't allow us to breathe, so we're only feeling
so-so."
'Getting, But Waiving, Due Process': Despite Cries of Unfairness, Trump Refuses Impeachment Hearing Invite
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If he has a defense, we on House Judiciary—along with the American
people—are eager to hear it," said. Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Dodges When Pressed About Details of White House Dinner With Trump
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"No better example of Facebook's power than Zuckerberg being asked here
whether Trump lobbied him, rather than whether he lobbied Trump."
Decrying 'Utterly Inadequate' Efforts to Tackle Climate Crisis, UN Chief Declares 'Our War Against Nature Must Stop'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, U.N.
Secretary-General António Guterres decried the "utterly inadequate"
efforts of governments to curb planet-heating emissions and called for
"a clear demonstration of increased ambition and commitment" from world
leaders to tackle the crisis.
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Corporate Media's Mantra Is 'Anyone But Sanders or Warren'
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by Norman Solomon
The mainline media are generally quite warm toward so-called
"moderates," without bothering to question what's so moderate about such
positions as bowing to corporate plunder, backing rampant militarism and
refusing to seriously confront the climate emergency.
Trump Was Right Before He Was Wrong: NATO Should Be Obsolete
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by Medea Benjamin
In an age where people around the world want to avoid war and to focus
instead on the climate chaos that threatens future life on earth, NATO
is an anachronism.
Who Is Worse: Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell?
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by Robert Reich
Even if Trump is gone, if the Senate remains in Republican hands and
McConnell is reelected, America loses because McConnell will still have
a chokehold on our democracy.
American Exceptionalism Is Killing Planet Earth
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by William Astore
On the many abuses of executing endless war on a finite planet
Threat to Our Digital Rights Revealed in US-UK Trade Talks Leak
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by Laura Bannister, Ruth Bergan
Leaked records of US-UK trade negotiations suggest the US is targeting
our digital rights—and the UK seems alarmingly willing to play ball.
COP25, Social Movements and Climate Justice
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by Coalition of Climate Justice Movements
A declaration on climate crisis, energy transition and extractivism in
Latin America.
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Oil and Gas Favors Continue During Trump Impeachment Proceedings
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COP25 Must Live Up to the Urgency at Hand
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As UN Climate COP launches in Madrid Activists in Chile Demand Rejection of Neoliberal Model and Removal of Chile from COP Presidency
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Climate Fuelled Disasters Number One Driver of Internal Displacement Globally Forcing More Than 20 Million People a Year from Their Homes
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COP 25: Resurgence of carbon markets threatens people, politics and planet, say Friends of the Earth International
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