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Breaking news & opinion for the progressive community. Our mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good.

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"If everyone could see what I see coming," said scientist Peter Kalmus ( @ClimateHuman ), "society would switch into climate emergency mode and end fossil fuels in just a few years."
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"Today, I watched as armed terrorists stormed the United States Capitol," @Ilhan wrote. "We should not mince words about what this was: a coup attempt."
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The U.S. will be at risk of throwing away its "biggest chance to combat climate change" if conservative Democrats tank the reconciliation bill, said Rep. @AOC .
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"We owe it to future generations, to the Indigenous communities we've signed treaties with, and to every living being on this planet to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure," said @IlhanMN on Saturday after speaking with #StopLine3 organizers.
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"Yes. Dr. King was right," says @berniesanders "We have socialism for the rich, rugged capitalism for the rest."โ€‹
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As Examples Mount, Sanders Campaign Accuses Corporate Media of 'Deliberate Attempt to Erase Bernie' "All of these examples are no accident."
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Ilhan Omar Warns Progressives Will Revolt If Dems 'Poison' Relief Bill by Curbing Eligibility for $1,400 Checks "Democrats with a slim majority in the Congress can't pass this bill without progressives."
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"Let this serve as a reminder that poverty is a policy choice," said @RBReich . "In the richest country in the world, it is absolutely inexcusable that millions of our children go to school hungry because they are living in poverty."
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"It Can't Be Warren and It Can't Be Sanders": Wall Street Executives Make 2020 Preferences Known "The best indication of who you should vote for in the Democratic primary if you actually want progressive policy is who Wall Street doesn't like."
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"Perhaps the greatest crime that Julian Assange committed in the eyes of both Democratic and Republican governments was this: he dared to tell the American people some of the terrible things their government had done.โ€‹" #FreeAssangeNow
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'We Are Not Embarrassed Enough': Ilhan Omar Rips Congress for Failing the Public on Covid Relief "It's really quite shameful that we find ourselves negotiating a deal with such a small amount of money."
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6 years
As Bezos Forces Thousands to Rely on Food Stamps for Survival, @SenSanders Invites Struggling Amazon Workers to Share Their Stories
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6 years
'Guilty on All Counts!': In Historic Victory, Monsanto Ordered to Pay $289 Million in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit "This is a company that has always put profits ahead of public safety, and today, Monsanto has finally been held accountable." @OrganicConsumer
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5 years
Which 2020 candidate is getting it right? This #ClimateStrike (er) says that person is โฆ @BernieSanders โฉ. Watch:
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Five U.S. senators led by @SenSanders wrote that the Pentagon "can no longer expect Congress or the American taxpayer to underwrite record military spending while simultaneously failing to account for the hundreds of billions it hands out every year."
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5 years
Depressed and Then Diagnosed w/ Autism, @GretaThunberg Explains Why Hope Won't Save Planet But Bold Climate Action Can "We do need hope. Of course, we do. But the one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere."
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2 years
"Musk's real goal has nothing to do with the freedom of others," argued @RBReich . "His goal is his own unconstrained freedomโ€”the freedom to wield enormous power without having to be accountable."
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2 years
"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people including 89% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans," says @SenSanders aide @GunnelsWarren . "It is what the American people want."
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"Memo to the Fed: Interest rate hikes aren't working because inflation is being driven by corporations using it as cover to price gouge the people," argued @RBReich after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates for the sixth time this year.
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2 years
"We urge you to lead boldly, take on the fossil fuel titans, and rally the country towards a renewable energy future," scientists including @ClimateHuman , @ssteingraber1 @mzjacobson , @MichaelEMann , and @howarth_cornell told Biden.
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2 years
"Raising interest rates puts the burden of fighting inflation on low-wage workers," notes former Labor Secretary @RBReich . "For once, let's take aim at an actual driver of inflation: corporate profits."
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Human rights attorney @SDonziger noted that Biden's pick for the federal bench "was paid millions... to help jail me, attack Indigenous peoples, and cover up a massive oil spill in the Amazon."
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3 years
"No one should be targeted based solely on their religion, ethnicity or national origin," says @Ilhan .
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2 years
"We're a rogue state, the leading rogue state by a huge dimension," Noam Chomsky said of the United States. "And yet we can call for war crimes trials of others, without batting an eyelash."
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3 years
Rep. @IlhanMN warned the munitions sale "will undercut any attempts at brokering a ceasefire."
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"We can't extend the child tax credit to combat child poverty," said @SenSanders . "But somehow, we can provide a massive amount of corporate welfare to a handful of corporations."
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"Sen. Sanders sparked a movement that shifted what is possible in American politics," says @ninaturner . "I am proud to be joined by Sen. Sanders in my hometown of Cleveland."
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3 years
. @SenSanders Says Backing Waiver for Covid Vaccine Patents Is 'Common Human Morality' "We must do everything humanly possible to crush this global pandemic and save millions of people who are in danger of needlessly dying."
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Common Dreams
7 years
Who knew challenging oligarchy, demanding #MedicareforAll , and being generally good-natured was good politics?
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"There is no meaningful principle at play in a decision to ban Russian oil but seek it from Saudi Arabia instead," said @IlhanMN .
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"Unless they're investigating themselves, this Insurrection Protection Committee is a sham," @reppressley said of House Republicans' new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
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5 years
. @BernieSanders Hands Over His Social Media Accounts to Walmart Workers Ahead of Attending Annual Meeting to Advocate for Employees "It's time for workers like me to have a voice at Walmart's executive table." #EndWalmartGreed
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2 years
"We need an impeachment investigation into Clarence Thomas' role in the January 6th coup, as well as into Gorsuch, Alito, Barrett, and Kavanaugh's testimony on Roe during their confirmation hearings," said @IlhanMN .
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5 years
Message to #Davos Elites from @GretaThunberg : 'Act As If Our House Is on Fire. Because It Is.' "Either we choose to go on as a civiliszation or we don't. That is as black or white as it gets. There are no grey areas when it comes to survival."
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2 years
"There is a clear difference in this race. One of the candidates in this primary is for sale," said @NinaTurner .
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1 year
The Assange prosecution poses a fundamental threat to the freedom of speech and a free press.
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3 years
"We are going to continue to travel all over this country to ensure that progressives are not left alone when evil lurks," said @NinaTurner . "Until justice rings for all, justice rings for none."
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4 years
"Trumpโ€™s description of Rep. Omarโ€™s goals as 'no government' is much more appropriate to his own policies. Trump has systematically sidelined the key functions of government."
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2 years
"If Julian Assange is not free, neither are we," said a protester at a Friday demonstration against the WikiLeaks founder's impending transfer. "None of us is free."
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3 years
"We as a nation have the ability to make sure everyone has their basic needs like food, housing, and healthcare met," said @IlhanMN .
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6 years
"Today we use 100 million barrels of oil every day. There are no politics to change that. There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground, so we can't save the world by playing by the rules because the rules have to change." โ€“teen activist @GretaThunberg
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"This is honestly veering on journalistic malpractice and The New York Times owes its readers an explanation," one editor said of the Anat Schwartz controversy.
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7 years
Hacking the American Dream: @SenSanders @SenGillibrand Go Big for Worker Ownership
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"War does not create security. War endangers us all."
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New Iowa Results: With 97% of Precincts Reported, Sanders Extends Popular Vote Lead Over Buttigieg to More Than 2,500 "We are on the path to victory," said Misty Rebik, Iowa state director for the Sanders campaign. #BernieWonIA
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โ€œWe are their worst nightmare.โ€ @BernieSanders
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Our opposition is nervous. They should be. We are their worst nightmare.
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"We should elect the president the way we elect governors, senators, mayors, representatives, everybody else: Whoever gets the most votes wins."
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"With Nina, we know that she will not be afraid to take on the corporate interests that are driving up the price of gas, food, and just about everything else," said @BernieSanders in his endorsement of @NinaTurner .
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"The time is long overdue for Congress to hold the Defense Department to the same level of accountability as the rest of the government," said @SenSanders .
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"We have the House, Senate, and White Houseโ€”there are no excuses for our inability to act," said @IlhanMN . "We have the power to stop the next eviction crisis and must act now."
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2 years
"The nationwide formula shortage is a story of corporate power and monopolies," said @Ilhan , who is leading a call for an FTC investigation into the consolidated industry.
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3 years
If our economies are measured only by GDP, we will have the false belief that we need more capitalist production to have good lives.
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"They donโ€™t care about the deficit," said @IlhanMN . "They care about transferring wealth from the working class to their billionaire friends."
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5 years
10 Things We All Lose If @BernieSanders Chooses Not to Run in #2020 "What policy issues would be off the table?" asks @RoseAnnDeMoro "What demands for transformation would be watered down?"
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3 years
Day After GOP Senator Blocked Direct Payments Twice, Poll Shows 88% of Likely Voters Support More $1,200 Checks "We should all wonder what it would take for members of Congress to listen to their constituents and support this," said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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. @Ilhan Omar Joins Global Call for Debt Relief as #Coronavirus Threatens to Push Developing Nations 'Over the Edge' "We need to cancel all debt developing countries owe the World Bank and IMF," says @IlhanMN . #COVID19
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'The Facts Are Very Clear': @BernieSanders Team Hits Back After @JoeBiden Claims Social Security Video Was 'Doctored' ""Biden not only pushed to cut Social Securityโ€”he is on tape proudly bragging about it on multiple occasions." @fshakir
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The moment that โฆ @BernieSanders โฉ is about to explain his perspective on @ewarren dropping out and stakes of campaign, is moment @msnbc decides to cut in to speculate about what he thinks.
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8 years
20 billionaires now have more wealth than half U.S. population
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"Secretary Buttigieg has spent months appearing to regulate rather than actually regulating," said one expert.
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'Nowhere to Hide': @fightfortheftr Billboard to Target Kyrsten Sinema as Only Senate Democrat Standing Against #NetNeutrality "There's no excuse for not supporting this bill."
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"We don't have a scarcity of resources. We have a scarcity of will to address inequality." @UniteThePoor
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'We Should Be Leading With Bold Ideas': @RoKhanna , @AOC , @IlhanMN , and @RepJayapal Pledge to Vote No on Advancing HEROES Act
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"No matter how rich you are, you are not safe from Earth breakdown," said @ClimateHuman .
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"If we truly believe in putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy we would not be arming human rights abusers," says Rep. @Ilhan Omar.
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"The cancellation of up to $50,000 of student debt would relieve an enormous burden from borrowers while pumping billions of dollars per year back into our national economy," says a new letter from Rep. @AyannaPressley and Sens. @ewarren and @SenSchumer .
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"Student loan debt is already means-tested by design: the rich have no student debt," said @StrikeDebt . "We need to cancel all student loan debt."
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. @BernieSanders Has Been Getting It Right for 40 Years. Now, Says His Movement: 'We Are Going to Win' Featuring words (and art!) of @johncusack , @NaomiAKlein , & @mollycrabapple "Going to be the most epic case of moral whiplash the world has ever seen."
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"Israel's genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler-colonial process of erasure," says a new draft report from @UNHumanRights .
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"While the vote in Congress to 'monitor and combat Islamophobia' is a positive step, the urgency of the situation demands not just symbolic gestures."
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"Why do we have to elect @ninaturner ? Because we need people in Congress who will fight for working people instead of allowing corporations and billionaires to loot the economy," says @RBReich .
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"If we're going to tackle systemic racism, we need to start at childhood. That means getting police out of schools."
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Put her face on the damn coin.
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