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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) to view this message in a browser window.  [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) [] [] News & Views | 3/16/18 [] Feature... [] [Warnings of 'Civilization-Threatening Disaster' as John Bolton Tops List of McMaster Replacements](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Jake Johnson, staff writer John Bolton loved the war in Iraq, constantly pushes for war with Iran, and "really wants to bomb North Korea"—and he could be America's next national security adviser. Though the White House has pushed back on the reporting, news Thursday night that President Donald Trump is ready to jettison... [] [] News... [] [By Huge Margin, Americans More Likely to Back Candidates Who Want to Expand—Not Cut—Safety Net: Poll](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Jake Johnson, staff writer In bad news for Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) who have made gutting the safety net their central ambition for 2018, a poll (pdf)published on Friday found that Americans are overwhelmingly more likely to vote for a candidate who proposes expanding—not slashing—Social Security and Medicare and taking federal action to lower prescription drug prices. --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Trump Fights to Kill Chemical Safety Rule, Workers Injured as Massive Explosion Rocks Texas Chemical Plant](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) [explosion](1f9d0/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer While the Trump administration continues its push to stymie and roll back federal regulations by fighting in court to uphold a delay of the Chemical Disaster Rule, hazardous materials crews are searching for a worker presumed dead after an explosion at a Texas chemical plant. --------------------------------------------------------------- [ProPublica Retraction, Say Critics, Does Nothing to Nullify Objections to Haspel's Role in CIA Torture Program](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Julia Conley, staff writer Journalists and civil liberties advocates cautioned against the derailing of the debate over CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel's history of overseeing torture and her fitness to lead the agency, after an error was uncovered in ProPublica's reporting on Haspel. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['You Should Be Fired, Not Rewarded': Warren Slams Scandal-Ridden Wells Fargo CEO for 35 Percent Raise](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Julia Conley, staff writer Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a longtime outspoken defender of consumer rights and critic of Wall Street banks, condemned Wells Fargo on Thursday for giving its CEO a 35 percent pay raise following several scandals at the bank, and slammed executive Tim Sloan when he criticized her remarks. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Stormy Daniels Was Threatened With 'Physical Harm' to Stay Silent About Trump Affair: Lawyer](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Jake Johnson, staff writer During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Friday morning, Michael Avenatti—the lawyer of porn star Stormy Daniels—claimed that his client has been physically threatened to remain silent about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Despite Unprecedented Year of Extreme Weather, FEMA Ditches Every Single Mention of 'Climate' From Four-Year Strategic Plan](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) [Gladys Francisco ](1f9d0/ct8_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer While 2017 was the costliest year ever for destruction from extreme weather events—and even as much of Puerto Rico is still struggling with a slow and "dehumanizing" recovery nearly six months after Hurricane Maria—a look at the new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) four-year strategic plan for reveals there is not a single mention of "climate change" or "global warming." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) [] [] Views... [] [The Real Irish-American History Not Taught in Schools](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct10_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Bill Bigelow Sadly, today's corporate textbook-producers are no more interested in feeding student curiosity about the poverty and inequality that drove the famine than were British landlords interested in feeding Irish peasants --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democrats’ Surrender On Torture Is Nearly Complete](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct11_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Marcy Wheeler At key moments, Democrats missed their chance to move the country beyond torture --------------------------------------------------------------- [50 Years Later, What Can We Learn From the My Lai Massacre?](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct12_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by Ted Morgan A half-century after this horrific example of American brutality, it is time for the nation to confront this history --------------------------------------------------------------- [I Went to Prison for Disclosing CIA Torture. Gina Haspel Helped Cover It Up.](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) 1f9d0/ct13_1/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE by John Kiriakou Why it's vital that we do not reward the torturers --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3ArFgogPUAE) [] [] Newswire... 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