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CODEPINK activists disrupted an event with the right-wing Venezuelan coup regime’s “US ambassador” Carlos Vecchio, denouncing him for...
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“I thought Donald Trump said he was going to stop Wall Street from getting away with murder, not give big banks another massive...
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Rutger Bregman is the Dutch historian who became a global sensation after an appearance at this year’s Davos summit, where he accused...
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From its conception the national identity of the United States of America reflects the consequence of white persons being in charge....
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Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that there will be no more executions in Ohio until a new method of carrying them out can be developed...
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If an appeals court doesn’t step in within the next few days, California law enforcement agencies will have to start handing...
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For 27 years, Mark Schand lay in his prison cot in Massachusetts and plotted out the retail empire he’d been envisioning since...
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Communities like mine, in small-town Michigan, are told to blame immigrants when greedy corporations hurt us. We don’t buy...
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The U.S. has deployed military planes carrying “aid” to Cucuta, Colombia on the Venezuelan border. The Cuban government warned that...
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To transform U.S. foreign policy, we need a real public debate on the arms trade. Source: The Arms Trade Is Intensifying Under...
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The story of Mr. Trump’s attempts to defang the investigations has been voluminously covered in the news media, to such a degree that...
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More than 225,000 people have donated so far to the Vermont senator’s second run for the White House Source: Bernie Sanders Raised $6...
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“It looks like the 2020 presidential primary is going to be the next battleground to divide and confuse Americans.”...
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“Lawmakers must stand firmly against the Trump administration efforts to drag the U.S. into another disastrous war in the...
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By asserting the “emergency” power to spend money on a project that Congress has explicitly declined to fund by...
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Even as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to inspire a military coup against the elected president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro,...
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In a decision announced Wednesday by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Timbs v. Indiana that the...
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A Newark, New Jersey immigrant detention center has been feeding detainees moldy, spoiled and foul-smelling food — an abuse...
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Why does the official storyline now being used to justify a U.S.-backed coup in the South American country sound so familiar? Source:...
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Trump was right. The intelligence community—the FBI, CIA, the NSA and other three-letter agencies—are too powerful, too...
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The Mexican and international right are united in their efforts to delegitimatize the AMLO presidency. Source: Mexico: The War on...
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ves in 2020COMMENTS Dennis Van Tine / APPresidential candidate Kamala Harris began this week in the nation’s first primary state by...
read moreIt is up to the Harris County District Attorney, Kim Ogg. If it is shown that he lied on the search warrant affidavit in order to...
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Critics say the deal could endanger national security while enriching close allies of President Trump. Source: White House Plan to...
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“We call on congressional leadership to investigate the private sector dissemination of watchlisting information that...
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How can Congress avoid getting sidelined on foreign policy? There’s only one right answer. Source: Start the North Korea Hearings....
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No one else has the same credibility on progressive issues, say his diehard backers. Source: Why Bernie Sanders’ Supporters Say...
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President Donald Trump met with the Venezuelan community in Miami, Florida. His speech represented more than just disdain for the...
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Prosecutors could target journalists for minor errors, under his vision Source: Clarence Thomas declares war on the very idea of a...
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Warren’s Universal Child Care and Early Learning plan would “guarantee high-quality child care and early education for...
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The former acting FBI director told CNN’s Anderson Cooper he is “anxious to see where Mueller concludes that.” Source: Andrew McCabe...
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“Across party lines, Americans want the very wealthiest families to pay their fair share so we can have an economy that works...
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Roger Stone went after the only person standing between him and a jail cell, and now he may face the consequences.On Tuesday, one day...
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Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Pentagon to develop plans to create a new space force within the air force, accepting less than...
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Access to education behind bars lowers the odds of recidivism by 48 percent. So why is there still a ban on Pell Grants for...
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“The no-knock warrants are going to go away like leaded gasoline in this city,” Acevedo told the crowd activists,...
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Orlando Maisonet was convicted of two murders at separate trials prosecuted by Roger King. The first was overturned more than a...
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Legislators have found a way to appear pro-single-payer while implementing a death-by-task-force tactic. Source: Trojan Horse...
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“I would find out just how heartbreakingly ordinary it was as person after person shared similar stories.”.. Leslie Gaar...
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The insurance industry gives lucrative commissions and bonuses — from six-figure payouts to a chance to bat against Mariano Rivera —...
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“A person who experienced any six or more of the categories” of childhood trauma, Dr Felitti tells me, “was 4600 percent more likely...
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The equivalent of a U.S. president cutting a deal with David Duke Source: Netanyahu boosts racist far-right party with pre-election...
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Director Bing Liu’s Oscar-nominated documentary “Minding the Gap” should be required watching for all high school students. It sparks...
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It wasn’t business as usual yesterday at dozens of Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase bank branches across the country. It was a day of...
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The number of hate groups operating across America rose to a record high — 1,020 — in 2018 as President Trump continued...
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. The women, a mix of scientists, sailors, writers, and activists, collected those samples of plastic from the air, water, and ocean...
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Organizers say the chance to share a hunting camp with Donald Trump’s son is “truly priceless.” Twitter users disagree. Source:...
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Bernie Sanders is running for president again. His message is simple: there’s a class war raging and working people need to win...
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The debate about the personality of Donald J. Trump has shed new light on an old question: how much of the terrible responsibility to...
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Progressives have been trying in earnest to make the Democratic Party move to the left and adopt their agenda since Senator Bernie...
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a FAIR survey of MSNBC since Trump threw U.S. support behind self-proclaimed Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó (the effective start...
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New single-payer plans don’t need to worry about carving out roles for health-care profiteers. Source: We Don’t Need Private...
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In a damning report, the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee called Facebook’s problems an “intrinsic part of its...
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In general, the American public has largely ignored these post-9/11 wars and their costs. But the vastness of Washington’s...
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Research has shown that using war to address terror tactics is a fruitless approach. Source: US “Counterterror” Missions...
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The FBI, CIA and NSA claim that the DNC emails published by WIKILEAKS on July 26, 2016 were obtained via a Russian hack, but more...
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“Last year we were fighting for us. Now we’re fighting for our students, to be able to get what they deserve through...
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here’s what Nancy Pelosi had to say about the Green New Deal: “…The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is,...
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Protests broke out a week ago across Haiti. What motivated the streets to be on fire this time was the rise in prices of fuel and the...
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The march to war against Iran is echoing the drumbeats of America’s last major Middle Eastern invasion. Source: All This Should...
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Bernie Sanders put “progressive” back into the Democratic Party of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Source: Why Nation Owes Bernie Sanders Our...
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Distancing herself from the label that more progressive lawmakers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria...
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Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision that ended school segregation, has been universally supported in the...
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With housing costs gobbling up wage increases for union members and almost everyone else, labor must prioritize housing...
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“It’s terrible policy,” said one expert. “It guts a vital coordinating function we rely on to interdict drugs domestically and...
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Home to one of the nation’s largest cities, it is the first Midwestern state to require that rate Source: Illinois Workers...
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A new report issued by House Democrats this week claims that key Trump administration appointees overrode the objections of top...
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Democrats have promised to follow the money relentlessly in their House Intelligence 2.0 probe of Donald Trump’s Russia ties, and...
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The Texas secretary of state’s absolute incompetence in rolling out spurious claims that “95,000” non-citizens were...
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The teachers’ union demands higher wages and more resources in a school district that serves more than 36,000 students. Source:...
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A Washington Post investigation reveals how the company used NDAs to hide from the public. Source: Google Secretly Expands Tech...
read moreNothing about the West’s war on Syria is humanitarian, none of the atrocity stories against President Assad and his government...
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In honor of Black History Month, former President Barack Obama shared some suggestions for nonfiction reading on racism in America...
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The Census Bureau expects that 630,000 households may not complete the 2020 Census because of a potential question asking about...
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“We’re the richest country on the planet. We shouldn’t be denying our kids the high-quality early education they...
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Donald Trump’s longtime confidant Roger Stone was ordered to appear in court Thursday after a post he made on Instagram...
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As one mainstream political observer noted, that’s “pretty damn good.” Source: Bernie Sanders Raises Over $3.3...
read moreDonald Trump has directly appealed to the Venezuelan military to support opposition leader Juan Guaidó, and issued his starkest...
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A 45-year-old Mexican national detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection died Monday at a medical facility in McAllen, Tex.,...
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he editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper called for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” and lynch “Democrats [who] are plotting to...
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South Carolina would become the fourth state to abolish the practice of seizing property without a criminal conviction. Source: South...
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The disgraced former congressman has reportedly finished his term in a Massachusetts prison and returned to New York. Source: Anthony...
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The flood was a natural disaster. Stealing from FEMA is a manmade disaster, Taylor’s fraud scheme diverted disaster benefits from...
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It’s practical and efficient, allowing for a very competitive economy while ensuring a high standard of living. Source: Even...
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Today, Latino workers and environmental organizations represented by Earthjustice, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, sued...
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Every week since December, the seventh-grader has made a pilgrimage to the United Nations Headquarters demanding action on climate...
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When it comes to normal longevity — living to 85 — your lifestyle is more important than your genetic makeup; but if you...
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Rapid-response mobilizations refute Trump’s assertion of an emergency at the southern border and denounce...
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The proposal could put the issue on top of the 2020 campaign agenda. Source: Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal...
read moreAmerican Conservative has published an article titled “Why Are These Professional War Peddlers Still Around?” — an...
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The board’s executive director said an operative for candidate Mark Harris tried to conceal illegal acts with absentee ballots....
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President Donald Trump has relentlessly attacked special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors, but yet another major...
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There may be no better argument for democratic socialism in America than the way individual state leaders have been falling over each...
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Journalists and free speech advocates are calling out the social media giant for shuttering the pages after CNN inquired about...
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Tulsi’s own military experience notwithstanding, she gives every indication of being honestly anti-war. In the speech announcing her...
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“If the US had a major state TV network it would sound exactly like this. 100% pure, uncritical cheerleading.” Source:...
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Saying the president’s move is unconstitutional. Source: 16 states sue Trump over his border wall national emergency...
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Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is ramping up after a midterm election...
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Throughout the war on terror, the U.S. shattered norms on unmanned execution. Now the technology is spreading throughout the region...
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When a president threatens to exercise the power to declare a national emergency, our system of checks and balances faces a crucial...
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