Mourn the Children. Trounce the Billionaires. Impeach the President. Save the Earth. | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) to view this message in a browser window.  [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [] Friend, Our Summer campaign is moving into the final week. We cannot miss our goal. And we have a long way to go. 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Period.](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [(Photo: Illustrated | AP Photo/File, AP Photo/APTN, Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons, DickDuerrstein/iStock) ](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) by Ryan Cooper It's worth remembering that if the Constitution was functioning as intended, Trump would be impeached immediately --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Common Dreams is not your normal news site. We don't survive on clicks. We don't want advertising dollars. We want the world to be a better place. But we can't do it alone. It doesn't work that way. We need you. Without Your Support We Simply Don't Exist.](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [Help Common Dreams Survive](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [] [] [Hounds 'Closing In' and 'Dam Breaking' as Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg Latest to Get Immunity for Testimony](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [TNY Trump Hounds](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Offering the latest evidence that the walls are closing in on President Donald Trump, federal prosecuters reportedly have granted immunity to Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg for providing information about the president's longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty this week to violating campaign finance laws at Trump's direction, to pay off two women who say they had affairs with Trump. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Impeach Away! Thoughts on a Possible President Pence](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) ["Pence is less impulsive and therefore probably less dangerous than Trump in terms of starting a war or engaging in engaging in other really disastrous actions." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) by Stephen Zunes Progressives should not hesitate to mobilize in support of the impeachment and conviction of Donald Trump. Here’s why --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Incredible': New Poll That Shows 70% of Americans Support Medicare for All Includes 84% of Democrats and 52% of Republicans](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) 1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q by Julia Conley, staff writer A Reuters report made abundantly clear that universal government-funded healthcare should not be seen as a polarizing, far-left proposal—but rather as an idea with broad support across the political spectrum and one whose popularity Democratic leaders dismiss at their own peril. --------------------------------------------------------------- [By Double-Digit Margin, Poll Shows Sanders Mopping the Floor With Trump in Latest 2020 Matchup](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Polling results released Wednesday by Politico/Morning Consult show that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is widely speculated to make another run for the Oval Office in 2020, would beat President Donald Trump by double digits. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['In a Functional Democracy, This Would Be a No-Brainer': Warren Unveils Bold Anti-Corruption Legislation](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q by Jake Johnson, staff writer Confronting the "rot" of corruption that has poisoned every corner of the American political system and rigged government to work solely in the interests of the rich and well-connected, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would address the flagrant ethics abuses of the Trump White House while also taking on the systemic crisis that gave rise to the thoroughly crooked status quo. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With Sixteen "Guilty" Verdicts All in a Row, Hundreds of Thousands Ready to Hit Streets If Trump Issues Pardons or Moves Against Mueller](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) 1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q by Common Dreams staff "Manafort could spend the rest of his life in jail, and Cohen could be headed there too. This raises the threat that Trump will try to pardon his way to obstruction of justice. If he does, we will take to the streets." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['We Are Climbing Rapidly Out of Humankind's Safe Zone': New Report Warns Dire Climate Warnings Not Dire Enough](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) 1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q by Jon Queally, staff writer "It is no longer possible to follow a gradual transition path to restore a safe climate," write David Spratt and Ian Dunlop, authors the new report. "We have left it too late; emergency action, akin to a war footing, will eventually be accepted as inevitable. The longer that takes, the greater the damage inflicted upon humanity." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Facebook](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [Twitter](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4RD8BcE4Q) [] Share this newsletter... 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