News & Views | Progressives 'Ready to Fight Back' Against Trump's Extremist Court Pick

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) [] [] News & Views | 7/9/18 [] Feature... [] ['Ready to Fight Back': Progressives Gear Up to Reject Trump's Extremist SCOTUS Pick](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is reiterating her warnings about what's at stake with President Donald Trump picking his Supreme Court nominee "off a pre-approved extremist list," while progressive groups get ready to gather on the steps of the high court to show they're ready "to fight back." [] [] News... [] ['Play to Win': With Trump Set to Announce Extremist Supreme Court Pick, Mounting Pressure on Schumer to Unite Democrats](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Jake Johnson, staff writer As President Donald Trump gears up to announce which of the pre-selected right-wing extremists he has chosen to become America's next Supreme Court justice, a coalition of advocacy groups is holding a rally outside of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) Manhattan office Monday night demanding that he do everything in his power to unite the Democratic caucus against Trump's nominee. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders on Trump's Whining About Big Pharma: "Stop Just Talking About High Drug Prices... Do Something"](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) [Meds $](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday called on President Donald Trump to "stop just talking about high drug prices" and actually "do something" after the president whined on Twitter about Big Pharma raising prescription drug prices while continuing to flout his campaign promise lower costs for consumers. --------------------------------------------------------------- [UK Government Preparing for Anti-Trump Protests as "If London Was Burning Down"](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Jake Johnson, staff writer As U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's "embarrassing sham of a government" continued its slow-motion collapse on Monday with the resignation of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, British authorities scrambled to prepare for "unprecedented" protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's upcoming visit by launching a major police mobilization aimed at containing what organizers have dubbed "The Carnival of Resistance." --------------------------------------------------------------- [As World Busts Heat Records, Study Warns Global Warming Could Be Twice as Bad Climate Models Project](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Jessica Corbett, staff writer As millions of people across the globe face extreme heat advisories—with temperatures even soaring beyond 90 degrees in Siberia last week—a recent study published in the British journal Nature Geoscience warns long-term warming, and thus sea level rise, could be twice as bad as climate models project. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Just Who Is ICE Targeting? Journalist Claims His Arrest Retaliation for Critical Reporting](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) [Manual Duran, seen on the left, is arrested by police on April 3, 2018. (Photo: screengrab/YouTube)](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Amid new revelations showing that Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be making indiscriminate arrests of undocumented immigrants—not prioritizing those with serious criminal records—one journalist in custody and facing possible deportation says in a new interview that he believes his arrest was absolutely the result of his reporting critical of the Memphis Police Department and Department of Homeland Security. --------------------------------------------------------------- [UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Trounces Theresa May's Failures After Boris Johnson Jumps Tory's Sinking Brexit Ship](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Jon Queally, staff writer In the wake of key resignations from the Tory government, leader of the UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn lit into Prime Minister Theresa May and her Tory government on the floor of the House of Commons on Monday as he castigated the failure of her leadership at a perilous time for the nation's economic and political future. "We need a government that is capable of governing," he declared. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) [] [] Views... [] [The Future of "American" Is Up To Us](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by George Goehl Many of our nation’s best moments have been when we heeded the call to stand down hatred and racism. Now should be one of those times. --------------------------------------------------------------- [America’s Addictions: Opioids, Donald Trump, and War](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Tom Engelhardt Overdosing in 21st-Century America --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s Policies on Immigrant Children Violate the Convention on the Rights of the Child](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) [Children and adolescents are kept in “cages”, a word disputed by the U.S. Border Patrol that says, in a statement, “It’s not inaccurate, but they are very ‘uncomfortable’ with this characterization.” (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) by César Chelala Although the convention has worldwide recognition and support, the U.S. is the only country in the world that hasn’t yet ratified the CRC --------------------------------------------------------------- [America Was in the Business of Separating Families Long Before Trump](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) ["When we sent Japanese Americans to internment camps, families were often separated when fathers were sent hasty relocation orders and forced labor contracts." (Photo: Clem Albers/ US National and Records Administration) ](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) by Jeffery Robinson The true story is that the United States has a well-documented history of breaking up non-white families --------------------------------------------------------------- [By Razing Khan al-Ahmar, Israel Will Bulldoze Illusions of Peace Process](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) ["The razing of Khan al-Ahmar and the forcible transfer of its population are war crimes." (Photo: Ma'an News Agency)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) by Jonathan Cook There will be no end to the slow-motion erasure of Palestinian communities until western governments find the nerve to impose biting sanctions on Israel --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jaime Guttenberg - Murdered in Parkland - Her Grandmother Speaks Out](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) 1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL by Pat LaMarche How is a grandma supposed to react when all NRA money pours into the pockets of the elected officials that are supposed to care about her grandchildren? In Guttenberg’s case, the grandma gets busy. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A8AC9pcvEL) [] [] Newswire... 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