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[] ['Smoking Gun': White House Finally Admits Bannon and Kobach Were Racist Minds Behind Scheme to Rig 2020 Census](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy by Jon Queally, staff writer "Big big deal," said journalist Josh Marshall, in reaction to the news. "So the white nationalists—Bannon and Kobach—are the guys behind the plan to rig the census to disenfranchise blue state voters." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Definition of a Rigged System' as GOP Candidate for Georgia Governor Commits Massive Purge of Registered Voters](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy by Julia Conley, staff writer As Georgia's Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, called for voters in her state to fight Republican efforts at voter suppression by showing up at polls in large numbers, a national grassroots group reported Secretary of State Brian Kemp to the Justice Department this week for blatantly violating the Voting Rights Act in order to swing the upcoming election in his own favor. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Wake Up': Climate Campaigners Tell World Leaders Liberation From Fossil Fuel Industry's Grip Only Solution](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [Phlomena Telker stands on what was her covered porch after Hurricane Michael tore the roof of her home as it passed through the area on October 10, 2018 in Panama City, Florida. ](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) by Jon Queally, staff writer "The IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C makes it clear that you're either on the side of science or on the side of the fossil fuel lobby." --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Demands for US Probe Into Alleged Murder of Khashoggi Grow, Trump Says Halting Saudi Arms Sales 'Very Tough Pill to Swallow'](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in the Oval Office at the White House, March 14, 2017 in Washington, D.C. ](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) by Julia Conley, staff writer Nine days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, President Trump has expressed only vague concern over reports that he had been murdered by Saudi Arabia's government—and late on Wednesday he all but took the possibility of cutting off arms sales to the Saudis if they are found responsible for Khashoggi's likely death, off the table. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['The Guy Who Defended Company That Caused Worst Oil Spill in US History' Just Confirmed to Head DOJ's Environmental Division](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.) joined with Senate Republicans on Thursday to confirm Jeffrey Bossert Clark—a climate-denying former attorney for the fossil fuel industry—to lead the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Citing Arbitrary Use and Racial Bias, Washington Supreme Court Abolishes State's Death Penalty](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy by Jon Queally, staff writer "This is a hugely important moment in our pursuit for equal and fair application of justice," declares Democratic Governor Jay Inslee --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [] [] Views... [] [Trump Lies About 'Medicare for All' and He's Made Health Care Worse](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [Americans are very clear about which side they are on. (Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) by Bernie Sanders Medicare for All is popular because it would save people money and assure them the health care they need. Trump's only defense is to lie about my bill --------------------------------------------------------------- [If We Don’t Stop Digging Up Fossil Fuels, Who Will Die?](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [San Ardo Oil Field in Monterey County, California (Photo: Loco Steve via Wikimedia Commons | CC 2.0)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) by Shaye Wolf Report details brutal cost of climate inaction --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mr. Trump, If You Love Medicare, Improve It and Expand It to All](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) 1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy by Dr. Carol Paris Can the U.S. afford to expand Medicare to all? The real question is, can we afford not to? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why We Can’t Give Up on Democracy](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [Frances Moore Lappé marching in Democracy Spring from Philadelphia to the Capital steps. April 2016.](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) by Frances Moore Lappé Only democracy can meet essential human needs, even beyond the physical --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why Is the Radical Right Still Winning?](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) 1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy by John Feffer What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements — and the order they seek to replace --------------------------------------------------------------- [Journalists and Media: Stop Feeding the Right-Wing Spin Machine](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) went on overdrive talking about an assault by a bunch of activists around the Hill who were engaging in nothing more than boisterous lobbying and advocacy around one of the biggest legislative fights in recent years. And the serious reporters in traditional corporate media outlets just ran with that spin. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) by Murshed Zaheed Reporters and pundits in corporate media act less like journalists and more like right-wing megaphones. This needs to stop. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AsM9u0ZfAy) [] [] Newswire... 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