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News & Views | 7/26/19

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Wanna know how broken and captured Washington is by the Pentagon and the corruption of our nation's 'defense' budget? Well, look no further than the soon to be enacted budget 'deal.'"

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Young activists hold up their posters as they take part in a Fridays for Future demonstration for urgent climate action on June 14, 2019 in Hamburg, northern Germany.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"With this move, the world's largest multilateral lender is now poised to leave oil, gas, and coal in the past," says Oil Change International, praising it as "a massive step forward on climate leadership."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell earned the nickname "Moscow Mitch" Friday after blocking lawmakers from taking action to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections—just as the legislature he leads concluded that Russians meddled in the 2016 elections in all 50 states.


Bears Ears National Monument

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Conservation groups and congressional Democrats slammed the Trump administration Friday over its destructive new management plan for the "illegally reduced" Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This web ad from Joe Biden attempts to pit working people and generations against one another to perpetuate a broken healthcare system that values health insurance CEOs' paychecks over people's lives."


wireless carriers

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Consumer advocates decried the Department of Justice's decision Friday to sign off on T-Mobile and Sprint's proposed merger, warning that allowing the nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers to join forces will drive up prices and negatively impact low-income and marginalized communities.


sunrise protesters

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The Sunrise Movement celebrated Thursday as CNN and MSNBC announced climate-focused events featuring 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidates, but reiterated its demand that the Democratic Party sponsor a debate solely focused on the White House hopefuls' plans to tackle the global crisis.

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Congress has no ability to check the executive branch in any meaningful way. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Danielle Allen
Our national legislature no longer functions.



by Sonali Kolhatkar
What's happened in Puerto Rico provides important lessons for all Americans fed up with our deeply corrupt, racist, misogynist and hateful commander in chief


The Framers anticipated the possibility of a Donald Trump. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Robert Reich
The Constitution mandates that the House undertake an impeachment inquiry and present evidence to the Senate


So far, that wager has netted Americans nothing. No money. No deal. No bridges, roads or leadless water pipes. And there’s nothing on the horizon since Trump stormed out of the most recent meeting. (Photo: Cyrus McCrimmon/Getty Images)

by Tom Conway
That contract Trump signed with American voters to produce an infrastructure plan in the first 100 days: worthless. It never happened.


Geopolitical Crimes are ongoing and others are being initiated to reflect current realities. (Photo: CommonDreams)

by Richard Falk
We can no longer afford the occurrence of deliberate choices by representatives of leading governments that pose grave harm to the human interest in achieving humane societies and a sustainable future for the species


Republicans have quite plainly looked at our current state of electoral dysfunction and concluded that it’s working pretty darn well for them. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Paul Waldman
Legislation to secure our elections is partisan. And the fact that it’s partisan shows just how pathological the Republican Party has become in its determination to hold on to power.

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