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News & Views | 1/14/20

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Seattle lawmakers confronted the city's contentious relationship with multinational corporate giant Amazon Tuesday by becoming the largest U.S. city to pass a law banning foreign-influenced companies from political spending.

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A gas platform for flaring of gas at offshore during bad weather.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"If you want to understand global warming, you have to measure ocean warming."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Voters in the early-voting states of Iowa and South Carolina are being confronted with new digital ads detailing the records and financial ties of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden, as progressives aim to point out what they view as disqualifying factors in the two candidates' campaigns for president.


Moms 4 Housing leaders were evicted from a home the group was occupying early Tuesday morning.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This isn't over, and it won't be over until everyone in the Oakland community has a safe and dignified place to live."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
After NBC News reported that President Donald Trump approved the assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani last June, Trump appeared to dismiss the new report by claiming that the rationale for unilaterally killing a foreign leader was irrelevant if the president deemed it necessary.


Climate advocates protesting outside BlackRock's headquarters in New York City in 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The firm, which manages nearly $7 trillion in assets, claims it will ensure sustainability is a key factor in investment strategies moving forward.


Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, cheer during the Nevada Democrats' "First in the West" event at Bellagio Resort & Casino on November 17, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses is scheduled for February 22, 2020. (Photo: David Becker/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I thank the Clark County Education Association for their support," Sanders said in response, "and look forward to their partnership in transforming our country and defeating the most dangerous president in modern history."


Supporters gather to hear US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speak at a rally in the Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, December 21, 2019. (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
Since Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out last month, "Sanders appears to have gained almost all of [her] former supporters in California."


Oliviera Feliciano rests at the refugee camp located at the Mariano Rodríguez Coliseum on January 11, 2020 in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Saturday morning's quake was the most powerful aftershock following Tuesday's 6.4 earthquake that damaged her home. (Photo: Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Postponing the disbursement of this vital assistance any longer—in the face of the humanitarian needs of Puerto Rico—is simply shameful," the lawmakers said in a joint letter.


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to guests during a campaign stop at Fisher Elementary School on January 12, 2020 in Marshalltown, Iowa. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I would concede that I could've misinterpreted it and would call my 'good friend' for clarity before asserting something that clearly goes nuclear on his campaign," said one observer. "Unless that is, my intention was to go nuclear on his campaign. In which case, I'd do what Warren did."

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As we head deeper into a divisive election season—and as we remember Dr. King—it’s worth remembering that our real enemy is injustice, not each other. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jessicah Pierre
Before he died, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined a campaign to unify working people of all races. Today, nothing could be more powerful.


Then-U.S. Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC Studios December 19, 2004 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Sam Husseini
Maybe there's a reason nobody who voted in favor of that war—excluding George W. Bush—has won a presidential election.


U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump took questions on trade with China, Iran and other topics. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
Civilization gets sucker punched.


Trump, in other words, sees the U.S. government as infected by "Unelected, deep state operatives who defy the voters, to push their own secret agendas." (Photo: AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

by Rebecca Gordon
For Trump the deep state is the government—or at least those parts of it that frustrate him in any way.


Two-thirds of respondents support increased spending on climate resilience for communities who are vulnerable to disasters. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Basav Sen
The vast majority of people in the world’s largest fossil fuel producing country want to phase them out.


Activists of the group Remove Trump stand in-line during a “Swarm the Senate” protest at Senate Russell Office Building January 13, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The group held the event to call on the removal of U.S. President Donald Trump from office. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
You were willing to start an undeclared war with Iran last week, had their missile attack taken one American soldier’s life, but when American lives are threatened by crony capitalism, you do nothing.

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