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'Blow Up the Phones': Demands That #BoltonMustTestify Surge After New Revelations About Ukrainian Aid Freeze
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A day after Democratic lawmakers demanded that former National Security
Adviser John Bolton testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment
trial, grassroots political action groups urged the American public to
call their representatives and add their voices to the call for a fair
trial.
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'Shameful. Disgusting. Disgraceful.': Outrage After Supreme Court Allows Trump's Public Charge Rule to Take Effect
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The Trump administration's policy could quite literally kill people by
making them too afraid to seek life-saving medical care, and the Supreme
Court seems to agree such a cruel system is acceptable."
'Extremely Disappointing': New Analysis Offers Scathing Critique of Top Democrat's CLEAN Future Act
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Two environmental groups released an analysis Monday that calls a
national climate plan unveiled earlier this month by the Democratic
chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee "extremely
disappointing" and "a failure of climate leadership."
'Debate Her': As Progressive Democratic Challenger Jessica Cisneros Racks Up Endorsements, Incumbent Henry Cuellar Pretends She Doesn't Exist
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Our people are waiting, Rep. Cuellar. Debate me."
'Time for Him to Do His Job': Public Urged to Press Chief Justice Roberts to Subpoena Witnesses Amid GOP 'Cover-Up'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Roberts' job is to preside over a fair trial, where relevant witnesses
are heard from and jurors actually listen to the evidence. Right now,
he's helping Republicans break the rules and cover for Trump. That has
to end."
New Program Set to Fight for 'Electricity Future That Works for People and the Planet'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The new effort will focus on utilities' monopolies and reliance on
fossil fuels.
Snowden Warns Targeting of Greenwald and Assange Shows Governments 'Ready to Stop the Presses—If They Can'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an op-ed published Sunday night by the Washington Post, National
Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden connected Brazilian federal
prosecutors' recent decision to file charges against American
investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald to the U.S. government's
efforts to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
'The Facts Are Just the Facts': Sanders Campaign Hits Back After Biden Claims He—Not Bernie—Has Consistently Protected Social Security
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign took aim at former Vice
President Joe Biden Monday after Sanders's opponent in the 2020
Democratic primary claimed Sanders hasn't been "consistent" in his
efforts to protect and raise Social Security benefits.
Leading by 9 in New Iowa Poll, Sanders Says His Campaign Is 'Worst Nightmare' of Trump and Billionaire Class
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We got Wall Street nervous. We got the insurance companies nervous. We
got the drug companies nervous. We got the fossil fuel industry nervous.
We got the military-industrial complex nervous."
'Investing in Humanity': British Medical Journal Praised for New Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The journal rolled out a "stellar set of ambitions," said climate group
Divest Parliament.
Medicare for All 'Is What Patients Need': New Harvard Study Shows Even Those With Private Insurance Can't Afford Care
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When so many people can't get the care they need even when they have
insurance coverage, it says that insurance is not doing what it is
supposed to do: ensure that healthcare is affordable when you need it."
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Ten Years After Howard Zinn’s Death — Lessons from the People’s Historian
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by Bill Bigelow
Now is an especially good time to remember some of Howard Zinn's wisdom.
Blocking Trains and Removing Coal, Climate Activists Fight to Close One of New England’s Largest Power Plants
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by Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, Arnie Alpert
By escalating from symbolic actions to obstruction, the #NoCoalNoGas
campaign is mounting a serious challenge to the fossil fuel industry
with a growing network of climate activists.
The Evolution of ‘Davos Man’ into . . . Trump Fan!
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by Sam Pizzigati
With everything from tax cuts to deregulation, the president has made
himself indispensable to the world's mega rich.
When Computer Crimes Are Used to Silence Journalists
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by Rainey Reitman
Why EFF stands against the prosecution of Glenn Greenwald
Trump Team Titans
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by Christopher Brauchli
"Birds of a feather will gather together."
Greta Thunberg Needs No Defense: Why We Must Keep Climate Striking
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by Massimo Paciotto Biggers , Jeff Biggers
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EWG Applauds Kellogg for Pledge to End Pre-Harvest Use of Weedkiller Glyphosate
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Amnesty International USA and Partners to Brief Press on Trump Administration’s Muslim Ban Expansion
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New DC Billboard Slams Sen. McConnell’s ‘Total Coordination’ With Trump, Calls on GOP to Demand Witnesses
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New Research: Interior Secretary Behind Dismantling Of America’s Bedrock Environmental Law
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New Demand Justice Ads Target Chief Justice John Roberts' Failure to Ensure Fair Impeachment Trial
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