News & Views | 'Historic' Step: Over 60 House Democrats to Launch Medicare for All Caucus

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [] [] News & Views | 7/18/18 [] Feature... [] ['Historic' Step in Fight for Universal Healthcare: Over 60 House Democrats to Launch Medicare for All Caucus](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by Jake Johnson, staff writer Building on the rapidly growing wave of support for Medicare for All at the grassroots and on Capitol Hill, more than 60 House Democrats are forming an official Medicare for All Caucus with the goal of closely examining specific policy components of single-payer and seriously discussing the steps... [] [] News... [] ['Our Democracy Is Under Attack': Broad Coalition Hosts 175+ #ConfrontCorruption Vigils Nationwide](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [Confront Corruption and Demand Democracy](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer As backlash continues following President Donald Trump's bizarre and widely ridiculed Monday press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin—which came amid rising concerns about foreign meddling in U.S. elections—grassroots activists and national advocacy groups have planned more than 175 anti-corruption candlelight vigils, scheduled to begin at sundown on Wednesday. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Absolute Ghoul' Joe Lieberman Emerges From Political Irrelevance to Urge Third Party Bid Against Ocasio-Cortez](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by Jake Johnson, staff writer Taking a quick break from his lucrative work as a lobbyist for the law firm that has represented President Donald Trump for years, former Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) emerged from the realm of complete political irrelevance on Tuesday to urge defeated New York Rep. Joe Crowley to disregard the will of voters and mount a third-party bid against democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. --------------------------------------------------------------- [World's Artificial Intelligence Experts Sign Pledge Aimed at Averting 'Dystopian Future With Robots Flying Around Killing Everybody'](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [autonomous tank ](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Thousands of artificial intelligence (AI) experts and developers have signed a pledge vowing to "neither participate in nor support the development, manufacture, trade, or use of lethal autonomous weapon," and imploring governments worldwide to work together to "create a future with strong international norms, regulations, and laws" barring so-called killer robots. --------------------------------------------------------------- [WH Stenographer Who Resigned in Protest: Trump's "Not Even Trying to Tell the Truth"](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [Beck Dorey-Stein](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "It's clear that White House stenographers do not serve his administration, but rather his adversary: the truth." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Appalling': Sure Looks Like Trump Crossed Out Line Calling for Election Meddlers to Be Brought to Justice](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by Jake Johnson, staff writer Casting further doubt on the notion—splashed across the front pages of corporate media outlets Wednesday morning—that President Donald Trump has walked back his deferential remarks alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, President Donald Trump on Tuesday appears to have crossed out a line in his prepared statement to reporters that called for perpetrators of election hacking to be brought to justice. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With Lurking Demand Google Be Broken Up, EU Hits Tech Giant With Record $5 Billion Antitrust Fine](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [google](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The company has "denied rivals the chance to innovate and compete on the merits," and "denied European consumers the benefits of effective competition in the important mobile sphere," says EU competition chief --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [] [] Views... [] [The Capitalism/Racism Partnership](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by Richard Wolff Revulsion is building towards the smokescreens of hypocrisy, racism, and nationalism barely masking capitalism’s ongoing failure to provide the jobs and incomes people need --------------------------------------------------------------- [Solidarity With Medical Students Who Demand Single Payer Now: An Open Letter](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) ["Currently, the majority of Americans and practicing physicians support single-payer health care." (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) by Students for a National Health Program "Market-driven healthcare is leading Americans to early graves and medical bankruptcy." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump’s Policy Agenda Is an All-Out War on Kids](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by George Goehl If you’re not part of Trump’s family or the corporate class he works for, his agenda is bad for our children. Not just someone else’s children — our children. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Soft Targets: The Muddled and Anti-Intellectual American Brains That Made Election Meddling Possible](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) ["It's a daily question - how did this happen?" (Photo: Screenshot)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) by Bill C. Davis Has the ability for critical thinking been drummed and drugged out of just enough of the American population? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Localization: A Strategic Alternative to Globalized Authoritarianism](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by Helena Norberg-Hodge In order to see how corporate deregulation has led to a breakdown of democracy, to increasing fundamentalism and violence, and to the rise of far-right political leaders, it is vitally important that we see the broader connections that mainstream analyses generally ignore. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Warner Slack—Doctor for the People Forever](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) 1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq by Ralph Nader Dr. Slack, in his pioneering, brilliant humane work, always focused on the lives of the American people whom he served in the millions, directly and indirectly --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AhvESipjRq) [] [] Newswire... 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