Tag: 2020 elections
Climate crisis and the 2020 elections
The Democrats must not repeat the mistakes that they made in 2016!
The Supreme Court nixes corporate contributions for the 2020 campaign
The justices refused to consider a challenge to a longstanding ban on corporate donations to political campaigns.
Why an ‘apology tour’ is needed: An open letter to Joe...
"They won’t bring back the dead, undo suffering, retroactively nourish those who’ve gone hungry or repay the debts that millions of Americans continue to face."
Rural politics, climate change and the 2020 elections, Part I
The solution is to reverse the balance of power between rural communities – particularly small farms – and the corporate giants that govern them, while promoting economic dynamism to build local wealth and restore the ecological balance to agriculture.
Climate enemy Biden: The Extinction Rebellion’s top recruiter
“We’ve run out of elections to waste,” and a presidential contest between such climate policy empty suits as Trump and Biden would be a suicidal waste of the timeliest election for climate policy ever.
Which one will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorse for president: Bernie or Liz?
"Band together, progressives, so you can win, so your ideas can become law and move our country forward, away from the brink to which Trump has brought us."
The Loan Shark Prevention Act
Bernie and AOC have joined together to pass the Loan Shark Prevention Act. Could this may become a big issue in 2020?
Joe Biden likes Republicans so much because he’s so much like...
The nickname that corporate media have bestowed on him, “Lunch Bucket Joe,” is wide of the mark. A bull’s-eye is “Wall Street Joe.”
Joe Biden’s troubling record
On the basis of this record, the former VP hardly seems like the best person to heal the divisions so fiercely stoked by Donald Trump, the Republican Party and well funded right-wing media over the last few years.
Mueller, Russiagate, and the 2020 elections
The only true magic bullet in this case is the collective determination of all Americans who still believe in decency and democracy.
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73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
GOP budget plan threatens 34 million children with loss of food and healthcare
New report reveals nearly half of U.S. children could lose access to Medicaid or SNAP under Republican-backed budget reconciliation plan, disproportionately harming marginalized families.
2 million in Gaza face starvation as global call mounts for diplomatic aid convoy...
With famine intensifying under a full Israeli aid blockade, over 750 civil society groups call for governments to escort life-saving supplies into Gaza through Rafah in a diplomatic humanitarian mission.
House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax breaks after secret...
GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.