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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [] [] News & Views | 10/8/18 [] Feature... [] [UN Experts Warn of 'Climate Catastrophe' by 2040 Without 'Rapid' and 'Unprecedented' Global Action](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [IPCC presser](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Underscoring the need for "rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented" changes to life as we know it to combat the global climate crisis, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the United Nations' leading body for climate science—details what the world could look like if... [] [] News... [] [Pledging to Unseat Collins, Mainers Challenge Senator's "Infuriating and Completely False" Narrative on Response to Kavanaugh Vote](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) enters a Capitol Police vehicle after announcing on the Senate floor on Friday that she would vote for Brett Kavanaugh. The senator has taken heightened security measures since the announcement but has reported that she's received a positive response to her decision in Maine.](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Julia Conley, staff writer Despite the fact that Mainers protested at and called her offices for several months and signed letters demanding that she vote against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday claimed she's received a positive response to her decision to back the right-wing extremist. --------------------------------------------------------------- [As UN Report Warns of Looming Climate Catastrophe, 13 Stories From Front Lines of Fight for Fossil-Free Future](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [report](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer As the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday put out a report that warns, "If the current warming rate continues, the world would reach human-induced global warming of 1.5°C (2.7°F) around 2040," 350.org released a compilation of stories from 13 communities "fighting against fossil fuel projects and for a fast and just transition to 100 percent renewable energy." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Forgoing a Celebration of Colonization and Stolen Land, Cities Across the Country Opt to Recognize Indigenous Peoples Day](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR by Julia Conley, staff writer As cities across the United States aim to honor the millions of people who lived on the North American continent for centuries before they faced the persecution of European explorers who arrived to claim the land as their own, many local governments marked Indigenous People's Day on Monday. --------------------------------------------------------------- ["Stunning": State Court Silences Climate Experts Set to Testify in Valve Turners' Necessity Defense Trial](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [Annette Klapstein and Emily Nesbitt Johnston](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "Four days before trial, for no apparent reason, the court eviscerated our defense, and essentially overruled itself." --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Misogynist, Homophobic Bolsonaro Advances to Run-Off in Brazil's Election, Critics Fear 'Genuine Fascist' Takeover](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR by Julia Conley, staff writer Anti-fascist Brazilians expressed horror late Sunday as they watched the misogynist, racist former military officer Jair Bolsonaro advance toward a likely victory in the country's presidential race, days after hundreds of thousands of women and allies protested his extremist agenda. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Could Killing of Washington Post Writer by Saudi 'Murder Team' Finally Put Crack in US Support of 'Criminal Regime'?](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR by Jon Queally, staff writer Spurring fresh outrage among those who criticize the cozy relationship between the U.S. government and the Saudi monarchy, political dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabia national living in self-imposed exile abroad, was tortured and murdered last week by a Saudi government 'hit team,' according to Turkish sources, while inside the Saudi consulate building in Istanbul. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [] [] Views... [] [Letter From Indigenous Activists](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) ["We are fighting for the very right to resist as anti-protest laws emerge across the country, which aim to criminalize our people for protecting what is most sacred to us."(Photo:Leah Kolakowski)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Jade Begay, Dallas Goldtooth Essential reading on, and beyond, Indigenous Peoples Day --------------------------------------------------------------- [In Germany and America, Invisible Walls](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [East German border guards look through a hole in the Berlin wall after demonstrators pulled down one segment of the wall at Brandenburg gate on November 11th, 1989.(Photo: AP/Lionel Cironneau)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Michael Winship Donald Trump would build a wall to squelch immigration but Berlin is a city that knows the horror of what such a barrier's really like --------------------------------------------------------------- [What’s Happened to the Big Wage Increases Promised By Republicans?](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan claimed that it would result in wage gains for American workers ranging from $4,000 to $9,000 each. But, in reality, nothing like that has materialized. (Photo: @srbija_eu/Twitter)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Lawrence Wittner Although it appears that some workers (a reported 4 percent) did receive pay raises thanks to the tax cuts, it’s estimated that corporations spent 88 times more on stock buybacks than on pay increases for workers --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Admin Follows Corporate Media Playbook for War With Iran](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte (New York Times, 5/10/18) presents Trump and Bolton’s “deal” for Iran.(Patrick Chappatte/New York Times)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by John O'Day Iranian leaders have repeatedly said they do not want war with the US, but US corporate media, despite frequently characterizing Trump as a “mad king," continue to play an instrumental role in rationalizing a future war with Iran --------------------------------------------------------------- [Homeless America](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [Though federal estimates put the nation’s homeless number at 554,000, most cities—including Portland, which officially has about 4,000 people without shelter—estimate the homeless, notoriously hard to count, to be at least three times higher.(Photo: Mr. Fish / Truthdig) ](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Chris Hedges These men and women, and increasingly children, are the collateral damage of the corporate state, their dignity and lives destroyed by the massive transference of wealth upward, deindustrialization and the slashing of federal investment in affordable housing begun during the Reagan administration --------------------------------------------------------------- [Red Alert: Georgia Voters Must Check Today To See If They've Been Purged From Voting](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [By setting the Tuesday, October 9th deadline to re-register or lose the vote in November, Georgia has made it extremely difficult to fix this problem of its own making. (Photo: Keith Ivey/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) by Miles Mogulescu Georgia has purged nearly 10% of its registered voters –nearly 750,000 people from the voting rolls without their even knowing --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3ACNFkQ4YMR) [] [] Newswire... 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