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Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh, who served Illinois’s 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives, on Monday...
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The Women’s March, Planned Parenthood and other groups are staging nationwide actions against the new “heartbeat”...
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Minority rule has always been a feature of American democracy. These days, however, it is getting worse. Source: Rich White Men Rule...
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The Best States ranking of U.S. states draws on thousands of data points to measure how well states are performing for their...
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I’m quite sure I’ve never read a more succinct, accurate description of the GOP in the age of Trump.Kudos to AOC for crafting the...
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The trade war is forcing working-class people to pay high tariffs to advance the goals of the rich. Source: Trump’s Trade War...
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Amid rising tensions and reciprocal accusations between the United States and Iran, European nations are giving a clear thumbs-down...
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Amid evidence that China has resumed importing oil from Iran, Beijing states its opposition to U.S. sanctions against the Mideast...
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It doesn’t matter if a majority of us support the right to an abortion if we cannot exercise our political power. Source: Racist...
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The data shows that just 20 news sources account for more than half of article impressions. Source: Audit Suggests Google Favors a...
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“I plead guilty to, throughout my adult life, doing everything that I can to prevent war and destruction.” Source:...
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The ruling partially reverses a lower court’s decision upholding the wind-down of program aimed to protecting “dreamers.” Source:...
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It is one of the most important aspects of our media system, and yet hardly known to the public: most of the international news...
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Coverage of the Venezuela’s crisis has become perhaps the world’s most lucrative fictional genre. Source: There’s Far More Diversity...
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“Our democracy is built on an understanding that one branch of government won’t systematically obstruct another,”...
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Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative last year to amend their state constitution and create an independent...
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“President Trump’s saber-rattling about Iran has reached a dangerous new low with his threat to ‘end’...
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The New York Times reported on Sunday that the bank’s managers overruled the concerns. Source: Deutsche Bank Staffers Flagged...
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Activists opposed to the Trump administration’s plans to overthrow the Venezuelan government returned to the Venezuelan embassy...
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Over 60% of Seattle voters approved the creation of the Democracy Voucher Program as part of a 2015 ballot initiative known as...
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For too long, Dems have been far too complacent on reproductive rights. It’s time to get serious. Source: We’re In an...
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Before Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona pursued a career in politics, he served in the United States military: Gallego was a Marine...
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Corporate media seems to buy into the alleged need for yet another military upgrade–this time in outer space! Source: The American...
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“If major tax increases are off the table, there is no way to pay for a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, it’s that...
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Critics of United States politics often complain about the two-party system, noting that in many European parliamentary democracies,...
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Appearing on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) confided to host Alisyn Camerota that multiple Republican...
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An obscure meeting of elite jurists in Washington could adopt a sweeping change to contract law on Tuesday, binding anyone visiting a...
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Material from WikiLeaks founder’s time in Ecuadorian embassy is said to include two manuscripts Source: US prosecutors to ‘help...
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“At the very least, the White Helmets are terrorist auxiliaries. More likely, as recently admitted by a White Helmet operative to...
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U.S. entrepreneurs say a new technique can achieve big cuts in atmospheric carbon. Source: A New Way to Slash CO2...
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Billionaire’s gift to nearly 400 graduating seniors of Morehouse College earned him praise—but also sparked criticism of...
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As far back as 1982, fossil fuel executives knew they were trading the future of the planet for a few decades of profit. Source: The...
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Activists have swept a new wave of prosecutors into office. Is the focus now shifting to the judiciary? Source: There Are Progressive...
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Fighting climate change now polls as a top priority among European voters—while most far-right leaders are climate denialists....
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This legislative move is the direct result of advocacy by CLC and other legal and state partners in 2018 to challenge the...
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He “seems to take smug pleasure in being a blatant telecom shill.” Source: Trump’s FCC Chair Accused of Betraying...
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Using the symbols has been “a source of pain and anguish” for American Indian tribes, said Gov. Janet Mills (D). Source: Maine...
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A federal judge in Washington D.C. declined to block a House subpoena to President Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, for his...
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Top candidates for the 2020 presidential nomination are graded on their foreign affairs policies—or lack thereof. Source: Where Is...
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Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) launched a petition Thursday to ‘tell Congress to pass legislation that...
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Donald Trump predicted that an American president would launch a war with Iran in a “desperate” attempt to win reelection—he...
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Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan posted an incisive tirade against President Donald Trump and his administration on Saturday afternoon,...
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Let us not forget that whatever we may think of Assange or the deeds he is suspected of, this is about much more. It is about freedom...
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The danger from climate change no longer outweighs the risks of nuclear accidents. Source: I Oversaw the US Nuclear Power Industry....
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“The Iraq Death Toll 15 Years After the U.S. Invasion” which I co-wrote with Medea Benjamin, estimates the death toll in Iraq as...
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Andrew Napolitano, whom Trump used to love before he started throwing shade at the pr*sident, is now saying Trump has violated the...
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The Democratic elite will fight any real threat to their status quo, as they did in the 2016 primaries and caucuses. Source: Will...
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Reproductive rights advocates in the Southeast are working nonstop to help low-income women. Source: Grassroots Funds Are Ensuring...
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The most important requirement for the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee? Electability. It matters more, we keep hearing,...
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“The culture of peace” which was addressed by President Xi Jinping in his opening address of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian...
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“We should be welcoming immigrants into our country and providing them a simple and accessible path to becoming documented, not...
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Iran’s ties with its proxies are far deeper than the Trump administration understands. Source: The Hidden Sources of Iranian Strength...
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These network stories are examples of fake news at its most dangerous, when it plays into the dishonest manipulations of an...
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University of California journalism professor Edward Wasserman argues that the media has abandoned a basic commitment to the First...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Friday released a statement calling on Congress to pass a slate of legislation aimed at guaranteeing...
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“There is no doubt that Europe needs to reposition itself in a changed world,” Merkel said. Source: Angela Merkel Identifies...
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New Zealand is set to become the first country to account for “well-being” in its annual budget, which will roll out May 30. The...
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Sanders aims to guarantee every person in the U.S. a quality education as a fundamental human right. Source: Bernie Sanders Unveils a...
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A 2-year-old migrant boy who crossed the U.S./Mexico border with his mother and was then held in federal immigration custody for...
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“We’ve spent $6 to 8 trillion on these regime change wars since 9/11 alone, which doesn’t even include how much more we’ll be...
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he Mueller report gave Democrats an unprecedented opportunity to hold Trump accountable for his sprawling abuses of power. Doing so...
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Romania under Ceausescu created a dystopian horror of overcrowded, filthy orphanages, and thousands died from back-alley abortions....
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“In 2010 Chelsea made a principled decision to let the world see the true nature modern asymmetric warfare. It is telling that the...
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Further evidence has emerged indicating that the alleged 2018 Douma, Syria chemical attack was staged by US-backed militants, not the...
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As Netanyahu’s power rose, so did his appetites, hubris, and sense of entitlement. In 1995, before he was first elected prime...
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During his presidential campaign in 2016, Trump repeatedly condemned Washington’s regime-change wars. Now he’s backtracking Source:...
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District attorneys across metro Atlanta have said they would not prosecute a woman for seeking out an abortion in Georgia under the...
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Not since 1986 has the U.S. seen so few babies born. And it’s an ongoing slump: 2018 was the fourth consecutive year of birth...
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Many Ecuadorians have criticised Moreno’s central role in the UK’s arrest of Assange, and his cooperation on the matter with the US....
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Five states announced Thursday that they would sue Purdue Pharma and a member of the Sackler family that controls the drug company,...
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The media unintentionally perpetuates male candidates’ advantages because they look and sound like candidates who have won in the...
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Source: Ecuador is raking in new deals with the UK and US after handing over Julian Assange |...
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How California, Oregon and Washington are winning the fight against Trump’s hateful policies Source: Opinion | Revenge of the Coastal...
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While we have seen job growth in parts of the manufacturing sector, wages have continued to stagnate and consumer product prices look...
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Colleges that use the score, a single number from 1 to 100, will see it on a template called an “environmental context dashboard.”...
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“The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, pledged to spendas much as $10 million to ensure Kavanaugh’s...
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After a long legal battle with a number of organizations, the Waorani people successfully protected half a million acres of their...
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Tom Steyer launches a new ad campaign targeting Democrats for their fecklessness on impeachment. Source: Democrats are badly blowing...
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Israel’s “false flag” attack on the U.S.S. Liberty in 1967 cost 34 American lives. Dick Cheney planned to disguise U.S. troops as...
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“We the public, we the people, developed this drug, we paid for this drug. There’s no reason this should be $2,000 a...
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Republicans used to back election security, but now GOP leaders are taking their cue from the White House. Source: Republicans...
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Trump’s national-security adviser may be building another Middle East tinderbox. “Everyone feels the shadow of 2002–2003,” says one...
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The old days of campaigning on left social democracy and ruling with careful centrism are over. Source: Lessons from Spain: Parties...
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“At a time when we need every pro-choice voice we can get, this is reprehensible for a leader in the Democratic Party. Source:...
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Income at Trump’s D.C. golf club was up $500,000 to about $13.3 million, while his D.C. hotel made about $40.8 million. Trump...
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Joe Biden has one thing in common with Donald Trump: a campaign promising “restoration” of a lost past, rather than the kind of...
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Today, Chelsea Manning is being hauled before a grand jury. Again. We urgently need you to take action and tell the US Attorney’s...
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Prices are about to jump for a lot of consumer goods, thanks to President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. The president...
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“They should run against each other, even though legally she can’t,” Frank Luntz said. Source: GOP Pollster Thinks Alexandria...
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Indeed, in the political world, the term “purity test” is largely used by the establishment to chastise and attack the left.For...
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Scientists have created the world’s first living organism that has a fully synthetic and radically altered DNA code.The lab-made...
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Overall, the top 10 is filled with states that voted for Hillary in Clinton in the 2016 election. Among them are Massachusetts,...
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Two prominent lobbying firms have cleverly managed to represent all parties who benefit from the Yemen conflict. Source: A Business...
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A new politics is taking shape around consumer rights that transcends party lines. Source: Even GOP Voters Are Applauding AOC and...
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Below are charts that offer an at-a-glance overview of what will happen in different states, should Roe v. Wade’s protections...
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The Trump administration is now in full disinformation mode, using all the classical techniques of propaganda to put the gullible US...
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A new report shows that three-quarters of the money that individuals donated to pro-Democrat outside spending groups in 2018 came...
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One might conclude that Biden has served as a bag man for Delaware corporations for his entire Senate career, and would rather forego...
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The president’s proposal to move toward a ‘merit-based system’ has faced skepticism from both parties. Any legislation is unlikely to...
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