Gillibrand to attend Women's March Iowa after announcing 2020 bid

Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (D-N.Y.), who announced earlier this […]

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#NoMiddleGround Goes Viral as Sanders Backers Say Democrats Can't Afford to Compromise on Medicare for All, Reproductive Rights, and Bold Climate Agenda

Inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders’s speech at the California Democratic Convention in California—in which the 2020 contender took a thinly veiled shot at fellow White House hopeful Joe Biden’s centrist policy approach—progressives made the Twitter hashtag #NoMiddleGround go viral on Sunday in an effort to make clear that there can be no compromises when it […]

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To 'Circumvent' White House Obstruction, New York Passes Bill to Give Congress Access to Trump Tax Returns

As the White House continues to defy congressional Democrats’ requests for President Donald Trump’s federal tax returns, the New York state Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation that would make six years of Trump’s state tax records available to the U.S. Congress. The New York state Senate passed the legislation, titled the TRUST Act, earlier this […]

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'This Exchange Cuts to the Heart of Our Crisis': Watch DNC Chair Hide Behind Party Rules to Argue Against Climate-Focused Debate

“Humans can change human-made rules, we can’t change the laws of nature.” That’s how author and activist Naomi Klein responded to a video posted to Twitter Wednesday evening that shows an activist with the youth-led Sunrise Movement challenging Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Tom Perez on his refusal to hold a 2020 primary debate on […]

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To Prevent 'Climate Apartheid Scenario' Where Rich Escape and Poor Suffer, UN Report Issues Urgent Call for Global Economic Justice

A scathing United Nations report released Tuesday warned that the world is hurtling toward a “climate apartheid scenario” in which the wealthiest members of society will be able to buy their way to safety while hundreds of millions suffer from environmental catastrophe. “Economic prosperity and environmental sustainability are fully compatible but require decoupling economic well-being […]

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'Our Fight for Justice Is Far From Over': Bernie Sanders Thanks Cardi B for Backing 2020 Campaign

American rapper Cardi B took to Twitter Tuesday to praise Sen. Bernie Sanders to her nearly 6.4 million followers—citing Sanders’ long-term commitment to human rights—and lament the country had “let him down” in the 2016 election: The Independent senator from Vermont was quick to thank her, replying: SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT  Briahna Joy Gray, […]

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'Impeachment? For That?' Trump Describes Blatant Violations as 'Perfect' Conversation in Rambling, Falsehood-Laden Press Conference

On the same day that legal experts and political opponents proclaimed that President Donald Trump engaged in “blatantly impeachable” offenses—and that even the White House-approved “not-a-transcript” released earlier in the day was itself a “smoking gun” of flagrant violations of campaign finance laws—the president offered rambling, quasi-coherent to the press late Wednesday afternoon as he […]

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