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Your Week in Review
'Our Planet Is Seriously Burning and the Adults Keep Letting Us Down': Ninth Circuit Throws Out Youth Climate Case
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Seeking to quash this suit, the government bluntly insists that it has
the absolute and unreviewable power to destroy the Nation," wrote Judge
Josephine Staton in a scathing dissent opinion. "My colleagues throw up
their hands, concluding that this case presents nothing fit for the
Judiciary."
"Let's Be Clear About Who Is Rigging What": Bernie Sanders Denounces Trump Effort to Divide Democrats
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
2020 candidate says only reason for impeachment trial is president's
effort to "use the power of the federal government for his own political
benefit."
Progressive Groups Urge Sanders-Warren Unity to Defeat Corporate Democrats in Primary—and Then Donald Trump
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"When progressives fight each other, the establishment wins."
'A Truly Historic Moment': 50 Years After Congress Passed ERA, Amendment Meets Constitutional Threshold With Virginia's Approval
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Women's rights advocates in Virginia and across the U.S. celebrated
Wednesday as the state's legislature became the 38th in the nation to
approve the Equal Rights Amendment, nearly 100 years after activists
first called for equality between men and women to be enshrined in the
U.S. Constitution.
Like Adding 'Five to Six Hiroshima Bombs of Heat Each Second,' Study Shows Oceans Warming at Record Rate
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"If you want to understand global warming, you have to measure ocean
warming."
CNN Moderators, Alarmed by Cost of Medicare for All, Ignore Price Tag of Endless War
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"None of the candidates who said they support keeping troops in Iraq
were asked how they were going to pay for it."
After Days of Claiming Soleimani Posed "Imminent" Threat to US, Trump Finally Declares "It Doesn't Really Matter"
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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.
'Saving Life on Earth' for Just $100 Billion: New Roadmap Shows How US Can Address Global Extinction Crisis
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The plan calls for the president to declare the global extinction crisis
a national emergency and establish 500 new national parks, wildlife
refuges, and marine sanctuaries.
Ocasio-Cortez's Revolt Against DCCC 'Exactly What We Need' Say Progressive Democrats
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
Congresswoman from New York withholds dues from the party machine and
launches a new PAC to help insurgent left-wing candidates.
Seems Increasingly Likely Trump Just Made Up the 'Imminent Threat' Posed by Soleimani
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
New reporting reveals the president conditionally approved the Iranian
general's assassination seven months ago.
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