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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) [] [] News & Views | 6/13/18 [] Feature... [] [How the Corporate Media Enslave Us to a World of Illusions](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) 1f9d0/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii by Jonathan Cook Our planet and our children's futures depend on us liberating ourselves, seeing the ghosts in the machine for what they truly are. [] [] News... [] ['What Do You Call a Country That Institutionalizes Child Abuse?': Democrats Hold Sit-In Demanding End to Trump Family Separation Policy](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) 1f9d0/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii by Jake Johnson, staff writer As the heart-wrenching story of a Honduran mother having her baby daughter ripped from her arms by federal authorities as she was breastfeeding provided yet another example of the immense cruelty of President Donald Trump's family separation policy, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Wednesday led a sit-in outside the offices of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) demanding that asylum-seekers be released from government detention and reunited with their loved ones immediately. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['We Must Do More Than Resist': Bold, Progressive Agenda Championed at #WeThePeople Summit](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) 1f9d0/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii by Julia Conley, staff writer Speaking to hundreds of grassroots organizers at the We the People Summit in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers displayed their shift to the left on a number of causes that progressives say politicians must embrace and fight for, in order to win enthusiastic support in upcoming elections. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Shallow at Best and Ridiculous at Worst': Analysis Eviscerates FCC Chair's Arguments for Killing Net Neutrality](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) [Ajit Pai](1f9d0/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A new analysis by the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) found that Trump-appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's reasoning behind forcing a deeply unpopular repeal of federal net neutrality rules "to be shallow at best and ridiculous at worst." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sounding Alarm Over Possible #GOPTaxScam 2.0, 130 Groups Warn Lawmakers Against 'Another Massive Tax Cut' for Wealthy](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) [A woman holds a sign at a protest of the "Trump tax scam" on Dec.4, 2017. (Photo: CDEL Family/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer With President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans eyeing a second round of tax cuts—with a rollout possible this summer—130 organizations are urging members of Congress to reject them, because, like the first round, they will "primarily enrich the already wealthy" while threatening even deeper cuts to essential services. --------------------------------------------------------------- [After Bragging About Vanquished North Korean Threat, Trump Declares Nation's "Biggest Enemy" Is Journalism He Doesn't Like](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) 1f9d0/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii by Jake Johnson, staff writer After triumphantly boasting in a tweet on Friday that North Korea is "no longer a nuclear threat" following just a few hours of vague discussions, an absolutely "bonkers" video presentation, and several photo ops with Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump declared that the "biggest enemy" of the United States is now "fake news"—otherwise known as journalism Trump doesn't like. --------------------------------------------------------------- [In 'Historic Victory', Maine Voters Demand Ranked-Choice Voting in Statewide Elections...Again](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) 1f9d0/ct8_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii by Julia Conley, staff writer Voters across Maine reiterated their support for ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the state's primary election, with 74 percent of precincts reporting that more than 54 percent had voted in favor of the system—an even higher approval rating than the system got in November 2016 when it first appeared on ballots. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) [] [] Views... [] [Conservatives Are Fighting to Roll Back Abortion Rights. And They're Winning](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) [A protest against abortion in front of the Planned Parenthood in Plano, Texas. (Los Angeles Times)](1f9d0/ct10_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Cecile Richards Limiting access to abortion does not eliminate the need for abortion; it only makes abortion illegal and unsafe. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Democratic Party’s 2018 View of Identity Politics Is Confusing, and Thus Appears Cynical and Opportunistic](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) 1f9d0/ct11_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii by Glenn Greenwald Given its rhetoric, how does the Democratic Party justify supporting white, male machine politicians over credible female challengers, LGBT people, and people of color? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Scott Pruitt's Corruption Is Bad, But His Planetary Sabotage Is Worse](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) ["While Pruitt was getting headlines for having taxpayer-funded aides do his private business, his EPA just gutted an Obama-era law to protect Americans from toxic chemicals." (Photo: Shutterstock) ](1f9d0/ct12_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Jill Richardson Scott Pruitt's abuse of our environment is far more dangerous than his abuse of taxpayer money. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Our Throw-Away Society](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) ["For some of us, we will think back and remember how we used to do things before the ubiquitous presence of plastic, but many of us are young enough that we can’t visualize our lives without plastic encasing everything."(Photo by Laura Lezza/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct13_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Eileen McCabe We are at a crossroads not just for the health of our planet, but also for the health of our society. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Other Countries Expect More of Their Leaders. So Should We.](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) ["Our leaders have apparently judged that we either don’t need — or don’t deserve — things like an adequate standard of living and universal health care." (Photo: Otherwords) ](1f9d0/ct14_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Mona Younis We're the wealthiest country on earth, but over 40 percent of us live in or near poverty. --------------------------------------------------------------- [ICE’s Military-Style Raid Leaves Immigrant Communities Terrorized](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) ["Though large-scale immigration raids have happened before, the size and brutality of this particular raid, along with the use of military tactics, have shocked even the most seasoned immigrants’ rights activists."(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct15_1/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) by Veronica Isabel Dahlberg Regardless of citizenship status, for workers — including teenagers, mothers, fathers, and those with medical issues — to be treated like enemy insurgents is beyond disturbing. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AdlPE1URii) [] [] Newswire... 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