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Your Week in Review
The Real Lesson of Afghanistan Is That Regime Change Does Not Work
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
The underlying fault is not in how the U.S. tries and fails to
reconstruct societies destroyed by its "regime changes," but in the
fundamental illegitimacy of regime change itself.
After Admitting "It’s Always Been Republicans Suppressing Votes," Trump Advisor Says Party Will Get Even More Aggressive in 2020
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's clear there's no law Donald Trump and his right-wing machine won't
bend, break, or ignore to try to win the presidency."
Warning Against Sham 'Cover-Up to Protect Trump,' Progressives Pressure McConnell to Hold Fair Senate Impeachment Trial
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Advocacy groups called for a "fair trial of the impeached and disgraced
president in the United States Senate—not a show trial to attempt to
excuse the abuses of office which led to President Trump's impeachment."
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This Story on Cellphone Tracking 'Is the Most Important Article You Should Read Today. Period.'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The New York Times ' on Thursday sparked widespread concerns and calls
for congressional action by publishing the first article in its "One
Nation, Tracked" series, an investigation into smartphone tracking based
on a data set with over 50 billion location pings from the devices of
more than 12 million people in the United States.
Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets in All 50 States With a Simple Message for Congress: 'Time to Impeach and Remove Trump'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is what democracy looks like."
Charged With Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress, Trump Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Every single Republican in the House of Representatives became an
accomplice to Trump's subversion of our democracy. By failing to impeach
Donald Trump, GOP lawmakers showed their blind loyalty to their party
and to a corrupt president—and history will remember them for the
cowards they are."
William Barr 'Must Be Removed': Letter Urges Congress to Impeach Attorney General for Repeatedly Violating Oath of Office
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The Attorney General," says president of Common Cause, "has repeatedly
proven unwilling to put the interests of the nation before those of the
man who appointed him and he must be removed from office before he does
more harm to the nation."
"Stop What You're Doing and Watch This": Intense Praise for Apocalypse-Themed Climate 2020 Campaign Ad
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It's a catastrophe of our own creation—but it doesn't have to end this
way," says Andrew Romanoff, a Democratic hopeful for U.S. Senate running
in Colorado.
'A National Disgrace': Trump Proposes Social Security Change That Could End Disability Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Donald Trump and his advisers know that this will kill people, and they
do not care. Every current and future Social Security beneficiary must
band together to defeat this horrific proposal, or else all of our
earned benefits will be next."
Amazon, Chevron, and Starbucks Among 91 Fortune 500 Corporations That Paid $0 in Federal Income Taxes in 2018: Report
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The 2017 tax law was a clear giveaway to corporations and their
shareholders."
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