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News & Views | 12/11/19
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'Let's Bring Rumsfeld In': Khanna Calls for Hearings on US Officials Who Lied to American People About Endless Afghan War
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The bottom line is that top military officials and civilian officials
have known that the Afghan war has been has been unwinnable and have
been misleading the American public for 20 years."
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Experts Warn Chevron's $11 Billion Write-Down Portends 'Greater Troubles to Come' for Fossil Fuel Industry
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Business as usual, even efficient business as usual is wholly
insufficient in a market that is, and must, fundamentally change."
New California and National Polls Show Sanders Crushing 2020 Rivals Among Voters Under 45
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
New polling out of California reveals that although former Vice
President Joe Biden narrowly edged out Sen. Bernie Sanders by one point
in terms of overall support, the progressive senator is garnering the
most support from young voters in the state and elicits the most
enthusiasm from Californians.
Biden Climate Policies So Uniquely Bad That 350 Action Launched a Petition Demanding 2020 Frontrunner 'Do Better'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We deserve better than Joe Biden's silence in the face of crisis."
30+ Groups Condemn 'Obscene' $738 Billion Pentagon Bill as Blank Check for War and 'Gift to Donald Trump'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Every dollar spent by the Pentagon is a dollar not spent on education,
healthcare, or climate. When critics attack social spending by asking
'how will you pay for it?' this will be our answer."
On Indivisible's 2020 Scorecard, Warren's Commitment to Democracy Reform and Sanders' Policy Platform Win High Marks
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was ranked at the top of progressive
group Indivisible's 2020 candidate scorecard on Wednesday, winning a
score of 95%.
Questioned About Role in Blue Cross Layoffs, Buttigieg Deflects With 'Incredibly Dishonest' Attack on Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Buttigieg helped an insurance giant increase profits at the expense of
workers. Now he's in trouble for it and he's frantically tossing out
insurance industry talking points against Medicare for All."
'Exactly Why Some People Hate Democrats': Progressives Rip Moderates for Proposal to Censure, But Not Impeach, Trump
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressive Democrats in Congress directed outrage and disgust at
several of their centrist colleagues, who held a meeting Monday where
they discussed censuring President Donald Trump for his alleged attempt
to bribe the Ukrainian government rather than impeaching him.
Deep Trouble for Arctic and Beyond: NOAA Climate Report Warns of Feedback Loop That 'May Already Be Underway'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In addition to warning that "the feedback to accelerating climate change
may already be underway," the U.S. government's latest report on
conditions in the Arctic reveals that temperatures in the region are
persistently warming, leading to land and sea ice melting, permafrost
thawing, species being threatened with extinction, and putting Native
communities at risk.
'Nakedly Authoritarian': Trump Taunts Security Guard for Not Being Rough With Woman Protester
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"One of his ugliest and most troubling performances in recent memory,"
one observer said of Trump's rally in Pennsylvania.
'How Sick Is That?' Says Thanos Creator After Trump Campaign Depicts US President as Fictional 'Mass Murderer' in Bizarre Ad
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"These are sad and strange times we are going through," responded comic
book author who created the villainous character.
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President Trump’s War on the Poor
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by Jesse Jackson
The economy continues to generate jobs that won't support a family.
That's why so-called poverty programs—from CHIP to food stamps to public
housing to low income heating assistance to Medicaid—are so necessary.
Americans Misled About Their Wars: Lather, Rinse, and Repeat
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by Thomas S. Harrington
The only real question worth pondering at this point is why Americans
sign on to nihilistic pursuits of this sort with such regular and
obedient ease.
Barack Obama and the Politics of Not Yet
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by Gordon Clark
Would it be a "little more just" if only 25,000 people died every year
from lack of insurance, as opposed to nearly 50,000? What if it was your
brother, sister, or child who was dying?
Will the Democratic Presidential Nomination Be Bought by the Oligarchs?
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by Norman Solomon
The wealthiest and most powerful people in the country are putting their
big thumbs on the scale.
On Detrumpification: An Urgently Necessary Process After Trumpism
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by Ira Allen
Anything less than an overwhelming popular mandate for progressive,
fundamental restructuring of the institutions of society along
democratic lines will be insufficient to even begin the process of
detrumpification.
What Trump and the GOP Learned from Obama
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by Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith
They learned to embrace popular organizing and to fear—and suppress—the
black vote.
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NAFTA 2.0 Is an Assault on Food, Air, and Water
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Chevron to Write Down Assets by at Least $10 Billion, Elevating Investor Concern
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Joe Biden Can Do Better on Climate: 350 Action Launches Biden 2020 Petition
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Conflicts of Interest Appear Rampant Within the Interior Department
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Attorneys Urge Court to Change Ground Rules for Guantánamo Cases
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