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News & Views | 1/16/20

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Activists rally against President Donald Trump's reported plans to loosen Wall Street Regulations and repeal the Dodd-Frank Act outside of Goldman Sachs headquarters in Lower Manhattan, February 7, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"It looks like Trump just let the six largest banks 'get away with murder' something he promised he wouldn't do as president," said a senior advisor to Bernie Sanders in response.

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Dead common murres

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On the heels of new research showing that the world's oceans are rapidly warming, scientists revealed Wednesday that a huge patch of hot water in the northeast Pacific Ocean dubbed "the blob" was to blame for killing about one million seabirds.


Sanders and Schumer

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Environmentalists and progressives nationwide praised Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday for voting against President Donald Trump's new trade deal because it ignored the human-caused climate crisis.


Florida voters in November 2018 overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to 1.4 million people with past felony convictions.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Florida cannot violate the U.S. Constitution's protections. The right to vote cannot be contingent on the ability to pay."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Missouri Library Association says it is monitoring a bill put forward in the state House by a Republican lawmaker, which, if passed, could create committees across the state with the power to jail librarians for distributing material the panels deem "inappropriate."


mick and trump

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Sparking fresh calls for the Republican-controlled Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office, a federal watchdog agency announced Thursday that the White House violated the law by withholding congressionally approved U.S. military aid to Ukraine—a decision at the center of the impeachment probe.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Journalists, lawmakers, and free press advocates on Wednesday condemned proposed rules for reporters as President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate gets underway—restrictions which critics say will limit in "unprecedented" ways reporters' ability to spread news about the proceedings.


Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) greets Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (R) as former Vice President Joe Biden looks on ahead of the Democratic presidential primary debate at Drake University on January 14, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. Six candidates out of the field qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020, hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"When progressives fight each other, the establishment wins."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
More than a dozen former lobbying clients of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt have spent nearly $30 million convincing the Trump administration to do the bidding of the fossil fuel industry, according to a new report by Public Citizen.


Lev Parnas arrives at Federal Court on December 17, 2019 in New York City.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It was all about Joe Biden, Hunter Biden. It was never about corruption."


Harvard Law School students demonstrate against a recruitment dinner hosted by Paul Weiss, a law firm representing ExxonMobil.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a do-or-die moment in human history."

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Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders supporters cheer and chat outside the James Clyburns World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina June 21, 2019. (Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
In a sense, this moment calls for Sanders and Warren supporters to be better than their candidates, who've descended into an avoidably harsh conflict that hugely benefits corporate power and corporate Democrats.


Six candidates out of the field qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020, hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register on Jan. 14. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Jim Naureckas, Julie Hollar
One really does get the impression that if CNN were holding a debate on the Titanic, the first question would literally be about rearranging the deck chairs.


Considered the “MVP” of the right-wing infrastructure built in the state over the past decade, WILL’s leaders and funders include many of Wisconsin’s heaviest Republican hitters and have collectively poured at least $12 million into the Wisconsin GOP and its candidates over the past two decades. (Photo: Creative Commons)

by David Armiak , Arn Pearson
This case has thrust Wisconsin to the forefront in this year’s voter suppression wars and reflects a larger Republican strategy to tilt the playing field by making it harder for low-income, student, and minority citizens to vote.


The wall will not curb their principal business of smuggling and the Trump administration’s new immigration policies have turned what was formerly a minor sideline—kidnapping people for ransom—into a growth industry.(Photo: qbac07/Flickr/cc)

by William deBuys
Making America great again in a new wild west.


We’re the greatest military superpower on the planet, and this fact is consuming our ability to think and act in a rational and humane manner. (Photo: Ralf Schlesener/ICAN)

by Robert C. Koehler
If an attack of any sort kills "hundreds of thousands or even millions" of people—their deaths are instantly belittled if they aren't Americans.


The current kerfuffle between Warren and Sanders has almost nothing to do with the real issues at stake in this election and even this primary. (Photo: Joe Skipper/Getty Images)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
The real issues in this campaign have nothing to do with who said what in 2018.

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