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Common Dreams ... News January 4, 2020
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All News Articles Saturday, January 4, 2020 Attorney Who Sued Bush Over Iraq War Says US Assassination of Soleimani Was a 'Violation of Human Rights Law' 'As a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, the United States has the ability at any time to discuss threats against it. It has chosen not to do this, instead using almost-certainly illegal force against another U.N. member country. The consequences will be grave.' Read more
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Undermining White House's Public Line, US Officials Say Justification for Soleimani Assassination 'Razor Thin' 'They're lying to distract from impeachment. They're lying to get us to war. They're lying to shore up reelection. Don't buy any of it.' Read more
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'Virtually Unstoppable' Blazes, Record Heat, and Mass Evacuations as Australia Wildfires Intensify 'We are still yet to hit the worst of it,' said Gladys Berejiklian, premier of New South Wales. Read more
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'If You Are Wondering Who Benefits': Weapons Makers See Stocks Surge as Trump Moves Closer to War With Iran 'Stocks for weapons manufacturers began to rise as soon as Soleimani was killed,' said Rep. Ro Khanna. Read more
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Sanders and Khanna Introduce New Bill to 'Stop Donald Trump From Illegally Taking Us to War Against Iran' 'We know that it will ultimately be the children of working-class families who will have to fight and die in a new Middle East conflict—not the children of the billionaire class.' Read more
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Friday, January 3, 2020 Sen. Tim Kaine appeared on MSNBC Friday to explain why he introduced a War Powers resolution to prevent a war with Iran. Sen. Tim Kaine Files War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump From 'Stumbling Into a War With Iran' 'Congress cannot be a bystander,' said Quaker lobbying group FCNL. 'The #EndlessWars must stop!' Read more
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Birthday Cheers for Greta Thunberg as 2020's First #FridaysForFuture Strikes Take Place Across Globe 'Happy birthday to Greta, who stood today, as every Friday, refusing to be neutral,' wrote musician Patti Smith. Read more
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) attends Women's March 2019 on January 19, 2019 in New York City. 'Right Now Is the Moment to Decide If You Are Pro-Peace or Not': Ocasio-Cortez Joins Progressive Chorus Against War With Iran 'Congress now has a moral and legal obligation to reassert its power to stop this war and protect innocent people from horrific consequences.' Read more
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President Donald Trump speaks to U.S. troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. 'Latest Step on Trump's March to War': US Sends 3,500 More Troops to Middle East The announcement comes a day after the U.S. killed Iran's top military leader Qassem Soleimani. Read more
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Corporate Media Turns to Warhawks, Including Former Bush Officials, to Beat Drums of War on Iran 'Nothing's been learned from 2003. Nothing.' Read more
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A woman stands amid buildings and homes destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Groundbreaking Study Finds 'Fingerprint' of Human-Caused Climate Change in Global Daily Weather 'This new development means that every day will be marked by the impacts of #climatechange,' tweeted Congresswoman Deb Haaland, calling on her colleagues to pass bills addressing the crisis. Read more
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the company's sustainability efforts on September 19, 2019 in Washington, D.C. 'Don't Shoot the Messengers': Amazon Accused of Threatening to Fire Climate Activists 'Hey @JeffBezos, which side are you on? Climate denial and delay or humanity's?' Read more
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at the 2019 South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention on June 22, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. 'A Dangerous Escalation': Bernie Sanders, in Iowa, Addresses Iran Crisis 'As we all remember, Trump promised to end endless wars. Tragically, his actions now put us on the path to another war.' Read more
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a news conference to introduce legislation to transform public housing as part of the Green New Deal outside the U.S. Capitol November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. Praising Indigenous 'Understanding About Sustainability,' Bernie Sanders Tells Native Community in Iowa 'They Will be Part of Discussion' 'Young people all over the world are looking to the Native American community for leadership.' Read more
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Hundreds of Thousands of Iranians Flood Streets to Condemn US Assassination of Qassem Soleimani The massive rallies discredited U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claim that the people of Iran would 'view the American action last night as giving them freedom.' Read more
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redacted email Bombshell Report on Emails About Ukraine Aid Freeze Provokes Fresh Calls for Fair Senate Impeachment Trial 'The American people deserve a fair trial that gets to the truth, not a rigged process that enables a cover-up.' Read more
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Video of Trump Warning 'Our President Will Start a War With Iran Because He Has Absolutely No Ability to Negotiate' Resurfaces 'The only way he figures that he's going to get reelected—and as sure as you're sitting there—is to start a war with Iran,' Trump said of Obama in 2011. Read more
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'World War III' Trends as Hawks Rejoice at Trump Decision to Assassinate Iranian Military Leader 'Hawks are celebrating Soleimani's assassination not because they believe it weakened Iran...But because they believe we have passed an irreversible point of escalation.' Read more
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks during a campaign event at NOAH's Events Venue on December 30, 2019 in West Des Moines, Iowa. On Thursday night, Sanders denounced the assassination of a top Iranian military leader as a 'dangerous escalation.' (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Bernie Sanders Condemns Trump for Putting US on Path to 'Another Disastrous War in the Middle East' 'Trump promised to end endless wars, but this action puts us on the path to another one,' 2020 Democratic candidate said of Trump's order to assassinate top Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani. Read more
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Thursday, January 2, 2020 Major General Qasem Soleimani, pictured here on April 11, 2016, was reportedly killed Friday in Iraq. 'An Explicit Act of War': US Kills Senior Iranian Military Official Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad Drone Strike 'It's like Iran killing the head of the CIA or the Mossad on foreign soil.' Read more
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Two Right-Wing Democrats Join Republicans in Asking Supreme Court to Consider Overturning Roe v. Wade 'It's happening, people. This is what's at stake in 2020.' Read more
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Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is remaining defiant in the face of months of imprisonment. Chelsea Manning Says She Is 'Never Backing Down' in Face of US Detention Meant to Break Her 'My long-standing objection to the immoral practice of throwing people in jail without charge or trial, for the sole purpose of forcing them to testify before a secret, government-run investigative panel, remains strong.' Read more
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Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured here in October 2019, on Thursday indicated the U.S. is willing to launch pre-emptive strikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. 'War Hawks Must be Celebrating': Trump's Defense Secretary Claims US Ready to Strike Iranian-Backed Militias in Iraq 'We're back to preemptive wars now! Dick Cheney might as well be president.' Read more
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Passengers stand in front of the Deutsche Bahn ticket counter German Rail Company Cuts Long-Distance Fares by 10% in Response to Government Climate Package The move drew frustrated comparisons to the U.K., where a 2.7% rise in train ticket prices for the new year impacts millions of commuters. Read more
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With New Plan, Warren Pledges to End 'Shameful' Economic Injustices for Americans With Disabilities 'People with disabilities are still fighting for economic security, equal opportunity, and inclusion—and they’re not fighting alone.' Read more
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'We Will Not Change a Damn Thing': Sanders Campaign Vows No Pivot to Big Money in General Election 'If you have Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden telling you that they need to kowtow at the altar of the rich to fundraise in the general election, they're wrong. We're upending those notions.' Read more
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday received an earful from angry residents of the devastated town of Cobargo. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Heckled for Insufficient Response to Bushfires by Residents of Devastated Community 'You're not welcome, you fuckwit.' Read more
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Indonesian children wade in their flooded neighborhood Flooding From What Officials Called 'Not Ordinary Rain' Kills Dozens and Displaces Thousands in Jakarta Greenpeace Indonesia demanded climate action 'in accordance with the advice of world scientists,' warning that 'otherwise disasters like this will only become more frequent and worse.' Read more
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After Year-Long Run as Outspoken Advocate for Immigrants and the Poor, Julián Castro Suspends Presidential Campaign 'We've shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people, and given a voice to those who are often forgotten.' Read more
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'Netanyahu Knows He's Guilty': Israeli Prime Minister Asks Parliament for Immunity From Corruption Charges 'Trump claims absolute immunity. Sounds like he and his buddy, Netanyahu, have the same cheat sheet.' Read more
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Sanders Announces 'Staggering' $34.5 Million Fourth-Quarter Haul, With Average Donation of Just $18.53 'Bernie Sanders is closing the year with the most donations of any candidate in history at this point in a presidential campaign,' said campaign manager Faiz Shakir. Read more
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'Entire Species Are Being Wiped Out': Ecologists Say Half a Billion Animals May Have Been Killed by Australia Wildfires 'The fires have burned so hot and so fast that there has been significant mortality of animals in the trees, but there is such a big area now that is still on fire and still burning that we will probably never find the bodies.' Read more
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Wednesday, January 1, 2020 Alleged war criminal Edward Gallagher is promoting apparel and branding himself a 'conservative influencer.' Outrage and Disgust After 'Serial Killer' Navy SEAL, Pardoned by Trump for War Crimes, Rebrands as Conservative Influencer 'Everything's a grift today. Even, it seems, for pardoned war criminals.' Read more
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, pumps his fist in the air toward supporters as he arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Civic Center Park on September 9, 2019 in Denver. Touting 5 Million Individual Contributions, Sanders Campaign Celebrates Fundraising Milestone 'What we are proving on this campaign is that one does not need to beg the wealthy and the powerful for campaign contributions in order to win elections.' Read more
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'Ideology Trumping Science': Independent Advisory Board Says Trump EPA Is Ignoring Scientific Evidence as It Shreds Regulations Former members of the agency's Science Advisory Board say EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is 'sidelining' the panel. Read more
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marijuana 'Just the Beginning': Illinois Gov. Pardons Over 11,000 on Eve of Recreational Cannabis Legalization 'This is just the first wave of Illinoisans who will see a new world of opportunities emerge as they shed the burden of their nonviolent cannabis-related convictions and records.' Read more
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Canberra, Australia on Wednesday was so smoky that visibility past a few hundred yards was virtually non-existent. Smoke From Australia Fires Delivers Capital 'Worst Air Quality on Record'—With More to Come Over 2,500 miles away, in New Zealand, smoke from the fires blotted out the sun at the Tasman Glacier. Read more
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'Fundamentally Inequitable': Democratic Lawmakers Decry Trump's Proposal to Hike Immigration Fees 'When viewed as a whole,' the lawmakers wrote, the slate of changes 'appears to be a pretext to make the U.S. immigration system inaccessible to working class families and children.' Read more
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Federal Judge Blocks NC's Voter ID Law, Citing State's 'Sordid History' of Racist Voter Suppression Judge Loretta Biggs said the law's provision preventing voters from showing public assistance ID cards to vote was 'particularly suspect.' Read more
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US troops As Embassy Protests in Iraq Continue, US Deploys 750 Troops to Middle East and Reportedly Readies Thousands More Security forces around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad fired tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators who gathered for a second day straight. Read more
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019 Protesters against the Indian government's anti-Muslim citizenship bill are wary of police use of facial recognition technology. 'An Act of Mass Surveillance': India Use of Facial Recognition Tech Against Protesters Angers Privacy Advocates Privacy advocates on Monday raised concerns over reports that Indian security forces used facial recognition technology to identify dissidents at a political rally in December and warned that if left unchecked the government would continue to suppress dissent. 'The use of the system for profiling... Read more
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'Fight Hard and Win': In New Year's Eve Speech, Warren Calls on Voters to Imagine a Better World 'If you were no longer stretched to make ends meet, who would you be? A coach? A volunteer? A parent?' Warren asked Americans. 'And if you could make these changes, what opportunities would it open up, for you?' Read more
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Sanders Vows to Create National Clean Drinking Water Standards to End Corporate Contamination 'Corporate greed is threatening one of the most basic necessities of life: clean water.' Read more
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People run through tear gas UN Researcher Hails ICC's Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine as 'Momentous Step' for Accountability 'Accountability has, until now, been largely missing in action' during Israel's 52-year occupation, said Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk. Read more
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Uber-Postmates Lawsuit Targeting New California Labor Law Decried as 'Greedy Scheme' Against Workers 'Gig companies like Uber and Postmates are literally banking on the exploitation of workers who live beneath the poverty line.' Read more
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Locals and tourists holding tight on the Mallacoota wharf as the bushfire passes through the popular seaside summer holiday spot. 'Tasteless': Australian PM Condemned for Hosting Fireworks-Laden Party While Country Burns 'It is time to declare a National Climate Emergency.' Read more
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Trump Denounced for Doing Nothing as AT&T Moves to Outsource Thousands of Jobs in 2020 'American workers are tired of waiting for President Trump to do something on this issue.' Read more
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whistleblower Chelsea Manning UN Expert Calls Detention of Chelsea Manning 'Open-Ended, Progressively Severe, Coercive Measure Amounting to Torture' In a letter to the U.S. government, the special rapporteur on torture called for the immediate release of the whistleblower. Read more
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Without Evidence, Trump Accuses Iran of 'Orchestrating an Attack' on US Embassy in Iraq as Fears of War Grow 'This may be the beginning of the end for the U.S. occupation.' Read more
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Monday, December 30, 2019 A mother and her kids are sheltering in their boat on the water near Mallacoota. 'Unprecedented National Crisis': Australians Flee to the Water as Fires Consume Coastal Town on Southern Coast in Victoria ' Absolutely devastating.' Read more
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Fukushima Reactor Cleanup Delayed by Five Years as Japanese Public Demands End to Nuclear Energy The delay comes days after Japan's government proposed releasing contaminated water from the plant into the ocean. Read more
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during Bernie Sanders Rally 'Bernie's Back' in Queensbridge Park on October 19. Because of Small Donations, Sanders 'Out-Raised Literally Everyone Else in the Field' in 2019 #PresidentSanders trended on Twitter as the senator approached 5 million donations for the year. Read more
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A map showing Turkish and Libyan territorial waters in the Mediterranean. Turkey Could Deploy Troops to War-Torn Libya in January, Latest Acceleration of Multi-Country Proxy War The country's main opposition opposes the move and warned on Monday that the conflict could spread across the region. Read more
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Bolstered by People-Powered 'WV Can't Wait' Campaign, Gubernatorial Hopeful Stephen Smith Proposes First State-Level Wealth Tax A victory by Smith 'would deliver a roadmap for how to organize in rural towns thought to be lost to the right wing forever,' wrote journalist David Dayen. Read more
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Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report 'Trump is the most corrupt president in history, and here's the latest example of how that corruption helps giant corporations.' Read more
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Demonstrators against the Queens County Democratic Party's secretive endorsement process on Monday forced a delay in choosing a candidate. 'New Day' for Queens Democratic Machine as Sanders and Warren Supporters Defeat Attempt to Ram Through Biden Endorsement Backers of the 2020 bids of Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders were 'united behind a transparent inclusive process.' Read more
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Greta Thunberg Offers Advice to Young People, Dismisses Climate-Denying Politicians in BBC Radio Program 'Be an active democratic citizen...because democracy is not only on election day, it's happening all the time.' Read more
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'Clear Example of Terrorism': Iran Denounces Deadly US Bombings in Iraq and Syria 'Thousands of miles away from its own border, the United States is causing bloodshed and destruction against the people of Iraq and Syria in the name of defending itself.' Read more
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In Wake of Hanukkah Attack, Sanders Calls on US to Stand Together to 'Defeat Bigotry, Violence, and Anti-Semitism' 'Jane and I send our love and support to our Jewish brothers and sisters during this difficult time.' Read more
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'Destruction of Checks and Balances': WH Lawyers Reportedly Argued Trump Could Override Congress to Freeze Ukraine Aid 'That's unconstitutional. If they had a real legal justification, they wouldn't resort to such absurd claims.' Read more
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Iraqi PM Condemns 'Dangerous Escalation' as US Kills 25 With Airstrikes and Threatens Iran 'We consider it as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty.' Read more
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Sunday, December 29, 2019 Digging for water in the Ewaso Ngiro river basin in central Kenya on April 4, 2017. A Call to Action as Planet's Essential Groundwater is Being Rapidly Depleted Changes in groundwater flows due to climate change could have a very long legacy. This could be described as an environmental time bomb Read more
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Saturday, December 28, 2019 Female koala Anwen recovering from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie, Australia Thousands of Koalas Feared Dead in Australia Wildfires Record wildfires continue: 'I think this is the single loudest alarm bell I've ever heard on global heating.' Read more
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Friday, December 27, 2019 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) 'Don't Tell Me We Can't Afford Medicare for All,' Says Sanders, After NYT Details Insanely Higher Costs of US Healthcare The report compares prices of hospital care, outpatient procedures, and prescription drugs in the United States with other countries. Read more
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'Bottom line: Bernie Sanders is constitutionally incapable of sucking up, and that's why people love him,' said legal scholar Zephyr Teachout in her endorsement. (Image: BernieSanders.com) Because Bernie 'Constitutionally Incapable of Sucking Up,' Anti-Corruption Champion Zephyr Teachout Endorses Sanders 'That's why people love him,' says progressive activist and legal scholar. 'They know he'll always be on the side of the little guy against big agriculture, big banks, big pharma, big tech, hate, and fear.' Read more
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Amazon and Ring Hit With Lawsuit After Camera Hacks Confirm Worst Fears of Privacy Advocates 'These devices are not safe,' said Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future. Read more
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'Like one of America's very first national monuments, the Grand Canyon, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts is a natural treasure,' said NRDC's KateDesormaeu. 'It provides habitat for a wide range of species, from endangered whales to Atlantic puffins to centuries-old deep-sea corals.'(Photo: stephenallen75 / iStock / Getty Images Plus) 'Victory for Our Oceans': US Court Upholds Ruling on Vast Marine Monument Established by Obama 'This decision upholds protections for one of the most fragile and scientifically important areas in the North Atlantic from destructive activities like oil drilling and industrial fishing.' Read more
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Lily and Jane Denouncing Corporate Climate Profiteers, Comedy Icon Lily Tomlin Arrested at #FireDrillFriday Protest in DC This week's civil disobedience organized by Jane Fonda came as youth activists took to streets worldwide for the final #FridaysForFuture protests of the year. Read more
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Just Days After Mar-a-Lago Visit, Leaked Videos Show Fellow Navy SEALs Describing War Criminal Pardoned by Trump as 'Freaking Evil' 'You could tell he was perfectly ok with killing anybody that was moving,' a medic from Gallagher's platoon told Navy investigators. Read more
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) Amid Whispers of Presidential Potential, AOC—Not Buttigieg—Called 'Future of the Democratic Party' Politico reports that the New York Democrat and high-profile 2020 surrogate for Bernie Sanders is generating buzz as a future White House contender. Read more
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Citing Joe Biden's Troubling Voting Record, Bernie Sanders Warns 'My God... Trump Will Eat His Lunch' The Vermont senator said defeating Trump in 2020 will require 'ideas that are going to excite and energize millions of people who right now are not particularly active in politics, and who may not vote at all.' Read more
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William 'Bill' Greider 'A Stark Loss for American Journalism': Reporter and Author William Greider Dies at Age 83 'He was an old school journalist from the pre-internet era when journalists actually sat down and took time to talk to regular people.' Read more
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World's 500 Richest People Gained $1.2 Trillion in Wealth in 2019: Analysis 'In the U.S., the richest 0.1% control a bigger share of the pie than at any time since 1929.' Read more
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Trump Retweets Article Outing Name of Alleged Ukraine Whistleblower Legal experts have said outing a whistleblower is likely a federal crime. Read more
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Thursday, December 26, 2019 'Nothing is more painful than what we’ve had to go through the last three years.' (Photo: Bill Littman/Flickr/cc) Michael Moore Talks Impeachment, Medicare for All, and Why Trump Might Win Again in 2020 'If we go that route—it’s guaranteed we will lose the Electoral College.' Read more
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Residents walk past a house damaged during Typhoon Phanfone in Tacloban, Leyte province in the central Philippines on December 25, 2019. - Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation. (Photo: Bobbie Alota/AFP via Getty Images) Typhoon Devastates Philippines With at Least 20 Dead on Christmas Day Flooded villages and widespread power outages after powerful storm hits island nation on holiday. Read more
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Buttigieg's Small-Dollar Contest Seen as 'Cynical Ploy' to Lower Average Donation Amount 'The only reason to do this is to rig the stats.' Read more
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) inside the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Poll Showing Record Support for Trump's Ouster Indicates GOP 'Policy of Complete Obstruction Not Selling' Daily tracking poll reveals support for Senate conviction of Trump is all-time high while opposition hits all-time low. Read more
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Top Syrian Official Says US Has 'Absolutely No Right' to Occupy or Plunder Nation's Oil Fields 'He's talking about stealing it,' Bouthaina Shaaban said of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has kept troops in Syria to guard that country's oil fields. Read more
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In Christmas Night Twitter Eruption, Trump Questions Why House Is 'Allowed to Impeach the President' 'The words of an aspiring dictator.' Read more
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'People Should Take Him Very Seriously': Sanders Polling Surge Reportedly Forcing Democratic Establishment to Admit He Can Win 'He has a very good shot of winning Iowa, a very good shot of winning New Hampshire, and other than Joe Biden, the best shot of winning Nevada,' said one former Obama adviser. Read more
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019 Evo Morales Says He Is 'Absolutely Convinced' US Led Coup in Bolivia to Exploit Lithium Reserves 'It was a national and international coup d'etat... it's a coup against lithium.' Read more
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'Just About Cruelty': Sanders and Tlaib Rip Trump 'Holiday Menu' of Gifts for the Rich and Nutrition Cuts for the Poor 'Two years after passing a $1.5 trillion tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, the Trump administration plans to strip 3.7 million people of their nutrition benefits.' Read more
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Bloomberg Says Explosive Report on His Campaign's Use of Prison Labor Is 'Fundamentally Accurate' 'It's honestly one of the most evil things we've ever seen from a presidential campaign, and hopefully Bloomberg's campaign will end with him paying out unimaginable sums to the people he exploited. In a just world it would.' Read more
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019 'Nothing says Merry Christmas like hurling insults at relatives,' said one person in reaction to the new Trump campaign tool. (Image: SnowflakeVictory.com) 'Like Something Made by a High Schooler': Trump Campaign Unveils Snowflake-Destroyer-Machine for Holiday Gatherings 'Nothing says Merry Christmas like hurling insults at relatives.' Read more
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President Donald Trump leaves his Merry Christmas Rally at the Kellogg Arena on December 18, 2019 in Battle Creek, Michigan. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) 'Not Mere Misers, But Actively Cruel': Trump's GOP Denounced as Worse Than Scrooge on Christmas Eve 'We'd be in much better shape if Trump and company were merely heartless misers. What they really are is much, much worse.' Read more
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Fire and Rescue personnel run to move their truck as a bushfire burns next to a major road and homes on the outskirts of the town of Bilpin on December 19, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Firefighters in Australia Say Situation 'Out of Control' as Prime Minister Denies Request for Emergency Aid 'They believe they have the situation in hand. That is definitely not the case.' Read more
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Despite Vow Not to Probe Billionaire Owner's 2020 Rivals, Bloomberg News Runs 'Ridiculous Hit Piece' on Warren and Sanders 'Hit pieces on progressive candidates become questionable when run by a news outlet owned by one of their rivals. This as much as anything shows why Bloomberg must sell Bloomberg News .' Read more
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) smiles as then-President Barack Obama signs a bill into law. Obama Insider Confirms Former President Ready to Back Whoever Wins 2020 Nomination—Even Bernie Sanders 'Whoever emerges from the primary process, I will work my tail off to make sure that they are the next president.' Read more
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'Okay, Merry Christmas Everyone,' Says McConnell After Admitting GOP Has Zero Plan to Address Climate Crisis 'McConnell's not protecting the economy. He's stalling while his friends loot the safe.' Read more
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With Federal Minimum Stuck at $7.25, Report Shows 32 Jurisdictions Will Raise Wages to or Above $15 in 2020 'It shows the incredible momentum that the Fight for $15 movement has built up. People who work low-wage jobs need and deserve a raise—and companies can afford it. There's no excuse.' Read more
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Monday, December 23, 2019 Activist Ady Barkan first publicly asked former Vice President Joe Biden to meet with him on September 18. In Year-End Address, Dying Healthcare Activist Ady Barkan Reminds Public Joe Biden Only 2020 Democrat Not to Meet With Him 'Joe Biden, are you kidding? The clock is ticking.' Read more
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bottles of Roundup Trump's EPA Goes to Bat for Bayer as Company Fights $25 Million Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case The chemical company is asking a federal appeals court to reverse its ruling in favor of a California man suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Read more
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gestures during the first round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on July 30, 2019. 'Bernie Blackout' Strikes Again? Despite Iowa Poll Average Showing Sanders in Solid 2nd, CNN Uses Old Poll to Show Him in 4th 'Looking forward to winning this thing without the assist.' Read more
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Rudy Giuliani, former New York City mayor and current personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media during a White House Sports and Fitness Day at the South Lawn of the White House May 30, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Rudy Giuliani Asks Not To Be Called Anti-Semitic Right Before Saying, 'I'm More of a Jew Than [George] Soros' 'This is, uh, extremely anti-Semitic.' Read more
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Sharon Lavigne, founder and president of the faith-based community group RISE St. James Louisiana Officials Urged to Rescind Permission for Petrochemical Plant Over Cancer Dangers and Discovery of Burial Grounds for Enslaved People 'We continue to fight for our lives against these toxic industries, and now we are fighting for our ancestors too.' Read more
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'Cutting Social Security Is Murder': Flood of Public Outrage Greets Trump Proposal to Slash Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands 'We cannot let Trump get away with this cruelty. An attack on any part of Social Security is an attack on the entire system.' Read more
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U.S. President Donald Trump looks up toward the Solar Eclipse on the Truman Balcony at the White House on August 21, 2017 Calling Trump's Space Force a Violation of Global Consensus, China Condemns US 'Weaponization of Outer Space' 'The relevant U.S. actions are a serious violation of the international consensus on the peaceful use of outer space, undermine global strategic balance and stability, and pose a direct threat to outer space peace and security.' Read more
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Emergency Cleanup Underway After Fuel Spill in Galapagos Islands Sparks Concern for Unique and Fragile Ecosystem The islands have some of the highest levels of species found nowhere else on the planet. Read more
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A procession of demonstrators marched in front of the statue of the Republic with trade union flags and banners calling for struggle on December 19, 2019, the fifteenth day of a national strike. Latest Bid by France's Macron to Quell Protests Over Neoliberal Pension Scheme Fails as Strikes Continue The French president's approach has generated a resistance movement with protesters blockading streets and engaging in a general strike. Read more
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