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[] ['Glimmer of Hope' for Yemen as Khanna Invokes War Powers Act to End US Support for Saudi-Led Slaughter of Civilians](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [young yemeni boy](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Amid reports that civilian deaths have "surged dramatically" in Yemen since June, when the Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive to take control of the port city Hodeidah, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday officially introduced a highly anticipated resolution invoking the War Powers Act of 1973, in hopes of ending American support for the coalition's attacks and the resulting humanitarian crisis. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['This Process Needs to Stop Right Now': Demand for Withdrawal of Kavanaugh Nomination After Swetnick Rape Allegations](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip by Julia Conley, staff writer As the Senate Judiciary Committee reviewed on Wednesday a sworn statement given by Julie Swetnick, who alleged that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took part in gang-raping girls as a high school student, Democratic lawmakers and political observers demanded that Kavanaugh's nomination be immediately withdrawn. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Here Is the Full Text of the Declaration by Julie Swetnick, the Third Women to Accuse Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip by Common Dreams staff In her sworn statement, Swetnick says that she "fully understands the seriousness" of her accusations and charges that she was "gang raped" when she was a high school student at a party where Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge were both in attendance. --------------------------------------------------------------- [After Latest Sexual Assault Allegation, Sen. Merkley Announces Lawsuit Against McConnell and Trump to Halt Kavanaugh Nomination](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [merkely](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Jon Queally, staff writer What Trump and the GOP are doing, says Democratic senator from Oregon, "is absolutely unacceptable and unconstitutional. RISE UP America and make your voices known." --------------------------------------------------------------- [To Fight Climate Threat and 'Greed-Is-Good' Capitalism, Corbyn Offers 'Radical Plan to Rebuild and Transform' UK](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Closing out the Labour Party's annual conference on Wednesday, Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn vowed to end "greed-is-good" capitalism and "kick-start a green jobs revolution" as part of his "radical plan to rebuild and transform" the United Kingdom. --------------------------------------------------------------- [An 'Outrageous' Move by 'Chickensh*t' GOP as Grassley Schedules Kavanaugh Vote Less Than 24 Hours After Ford Hearing](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip by Jon Queally, staff writer The word "chickenshit" became one of the operative adjectives and "sham" a widely-used noun overnight after it was learned late Tuesday that Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee had hired an outside female prosecutor to grill Dr. Christine Blasey Ford during a hearing scheduled for Thursday and then proceed to a committee vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday morning, less than a day later. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [] [] Views... [] [The Unbelievable Cruelty of the GOP’s Kavanaugh Charade](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [On TV, politicians say that it’s unreasonable to hold a man accountable for an assault he committed decades ago. Why on earth not? His victim is almost certainly still suffering from it. (Photo: Shutterstock)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Jill Richardson When I hear people shouting on TV that an assault in one's teens doesn't matter, it feels like they're shouting at me, too. --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Trump Hijacked the Government’s Transparency Process in an Attempt to Trap Rod Rosenstein](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [President Trump coyly allows he’s open to keeping Rosenstein, maybe until after the midterms. Don’t believe him? Tune in to find out. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Jefferson Morley Donald Trump took a popular liberal idea and use it to attack the rule of law --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Strength of Kavanaugh’s Accusers Is Truly Amazing](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [Ford has had to leave her home after death threats were leveled at her family. (Photo: Shutterstock) ](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Aniqa Raihan I know what it’s like to seek justice against all odds. The fact that women keep doing it speaks volumes. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Harbingers: Florence, Forest Fires, and the Future](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [People don’t fully understand the true nature of the threat that climate change poses, and the press – when they bother to cover it – understates it. (Photo: CIRA/RAAMB)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by John Atcheson If past is prologue, the media will soon move on, leaving the greatest threat humanity has ever faced virtually uncovered --------------------------------------------------------------- [Brett Kavanaugh's Accusers Are Being Treated Just Like Anita Hill Was. The Senate Has Learned Nothing.](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., center, leads a delegation of congresswomen from the House to the Senate on Capitol Hill to voice their concerns on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in Washington D.C., Oct. 8, 1991. Accompanying Schroeder, from left, are, Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Eleanor Holmes-Norton, D-D.C., Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., Patsey Mink, D-Hi., and Jolene Unsoeld, D-Wash. (Photo: Marcy Nighswander / AP file) ](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Nita Lowey It seems increasingly likely that the Senate Judiciary Committee will repeat its catastrophic failures from the Clarence Thomas hearings --------------------------------------------------------------- [Five Reasons to Support a Total Ban of Nuclear Weapons Today](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [No War Demonstration in GermanyAktion gegen Irak-Krieg in Berlin (Photo: © Paul Langrock / Greenpeace) ](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) by Jen Maman September 26th is the United Nations’ International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3ADVL3Wb4ip) [] [] Newswire... 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