Tim Dickinson | Can Joe Biden Sell 'No We Can't'?

01 August 19

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Tim Dickinson | Can Joe Biden Sell 'No We Can't'? 

Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Dickinson writes: "The first night of the debate in Detroit turned conventional Democratic political dynamics on their ear."
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In this July 25, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Democrats arrive for a news conference on the first 200 days of the 116th Congress at the House East Front steps of the Capitol in Washington. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

Nearly Half of House Democrats Now Support Impeachment Inquiry
Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Nearly half the House Democrats now support an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump - a milestone but still probably not enough to push Speaker Nancy Pelosi to launch proceedings."
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Mark Catlin at funeral of his daughter Kelly Catlin. (photo: Jenn Ackerman/The Washington Post)

ALSO SEE: Olympic Cycling Medalist Kelly Catlin Dead at 23

Kelly Catlin, Driven to the End
Kent Babb, The Washington Post
Babb writes: "'Never allow yourself to become close enough to another,' she'd write, 'that their actions or inactions might cause you (any amount of) distress or pain.'"
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Trump associate Thomas Barrack in 2016. The House Oversight Committee found that Barrack handed off a Trump energy speech to a United Arab Emirates contact for editing. (photo: John Moore/Getty)

Saudi Arabia and UAE Edited One of Trump's 'America First' Speeches
Benjamin Siegel and Matthew Mosk, ABC News
Excerpt: "When candidate Donald Trump prepared to give a major energy speech during the 2016 campaign, one of his closest advisers provided a pre-speech review to senior United Arab Emirates officials, an unorthodox move that caught the attention of federal investigators, according to emails and text messages uncovered by a House Oversight Committee investigation."
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In this July 10, 2019, photo, Yazmin Juarez, is sworn in by a photo of her holding her daughter Mariee, 1, who died after being released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Mother Sues Private Prison Company That Profits From ICE Detentions Over Her Baby's Death
Naomi LaChance, Splinter
LaChance writes: "Yazmin Juárez is suing private prison company CoreCivic over the death of her 1-year-old daughter Mariee. The complaint filed in federal court in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday demands $40 million from private prison company CoreCivic."
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Abortion rights campaigners attend a rally against new restrictions on abortion passed in eight states, including Alabama and Georgia, in New York City, May 21, 2019. (photo: Jeenah Moon/Reuters)

Trump's Worldwide War on Women's Rights
Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera
Fernandez writes: "A vastly more punishing version of the so-called 'global gag rule' that has been regularly implemented by Republican presidents since 1984, the policy now also applies to organisations that work across a range of health issues."
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Del Norte Coast Redwoods, California. (photo: iStock)

Cloning Giant Redwoods Could Help Combat Climate Change
Mary Beth Toole and Anne Thompson, NBC News
Excerpt: "Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, an organization that advocates reforestation as a solution to global warming, is the brainchild of Jake's father David, a third-generation tree farmer."
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Bernie Sanders | President Trump Has Made Health Care Worse

13 October 18

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Bernie Sanders | President Trump Has Made Health Care Worse 

Bernie Sanders, USA TODAY
Sanders writes: "The American people have a very clear choice in the upcoming elections. On one side is Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress, who made throwing 32 million Americans off of health insurance their number one priority in Washington. On the other side is my 'Medicare for All' plan supported by 16 senators and 122 House members."
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A Honduran family stands next to the border fence after they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

Trump Administration Considers New Family-Separation Effort at Border
Greg Price, Newsweek
Price writes: "White House senior adviser Stephen Miller and others within the Trump administration are reportedly considering a number of options for a new child separation plan at the southern border just months after the 'zero-tolerance' policy blew up in the administration's face."
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Donald Trump. (photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Trump Asked African Americans for Their Votes at a Rally Where He Also Praised Confederate Icon Robert E. Lee
Gabriel Pogrund, The Washington Post
Pogrund writes: "President Trump praised the Confederate general Robert E. Lee while asking African American voters to 'honor us' by voting for him at an Ohio rally that included an unexpected and provocative monologue on America's Civil War history."
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Supporters hold up signs for the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who Turkish police said was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. (photo: Ozan Kose/Getty)

Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi Arabia's Overdue Reckoning
Branko Marcetic, Jacobin
Marcetic writes: "When your despotic, war-hungry regime has lost Lindsey Graham, you know it's lost nearly everyone."
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Soldiers. (photo: PA)

US Army Discharged Hundreds of Enlistees Who Were Promised a Track to Citizenship
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found."
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Israeli soldiers search Palestinians. (photo: Reuters)

Seven Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in Gaza's Border
teleSUR
Excerpt: "According to Gaza health officials, Israeli armed forces killed seven Palestinian civilians on Friday. In addition to the seven killed, Israeli authorities recognized that its troops shot at a group who 'broke through the fence.'"
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Reforestation is seen as essential if the world is to restrict warming to 1.5C, as outlined by the UN. (photo: Otto Bathurst/Alamy)

Shell Boss Says Mass Reforestation Needed to Limit Temperature Rises to 1.5C
Adam Vaughan, Guardian UK
Vaughan writes: "The boss of Shell has said a huge tree-planting project the size of the Amazon rainforest would be needed to meet a tougher global warming target, as he argued more renewable energy alone would not be enough."
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