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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [] [] News & Views | 10/12/18 [] Feature... [] [Facebook Accused of 'Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent' After Independent Media Swept Up in Mass Purge](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Jake Johnson, staff writer After Facebook announced on Thursday that it shut down and removed hundreds of pages and accounts that it vaguely accused of spreading "spam" and engaging in "inauthentic behavior," some of the individuals and organizations caught up in the social media behemoth's dragnet challenged accusations... [] [] News... [] ['Outrageous' Voter Suppression by 'Cowardly Republicans' in Georgia Part of Nationwide GOP Attack on Democracy](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Jon Queally, staff writer "Cowardly Republicans are blatantly suppressing the vote and denying many African Americans the right to participate in the election. Every American must vigorously protest this outrageous action." --------------------------------------------------------------- [With #MarchToThePolls in Chicago, Women's March Aims to Channel 'Outrage and Energy' to Defeat Trump Agenda on Election Day](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Julia Conley, staff writer Energized by the outrage that resulted from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's nomination and confirmation in recent weeks, the Women's March Chicago will hold a rally and literal "march to the polls" on Saturday, with marchers walking to early voting sites to cast their ballots in the midterm elections. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With Campaign Only 'Powered by People,' Beto O'Rourke Shatters All-Time Senate Fundraising Record With $38 Million Haul](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [beto](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Shattering a record for a U.S. Senate race previously set nearly two decades ago, Congressman Beto O'Rourke—the progressive Texas Democrat vying to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz—revealed Friday that he raised $38.1 million in the last quarter, more than three times Cruz's $12 million from the same three-month period. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['This Is Pathetic': Progressives Furious as Schumer Rubber Stamps 15 More Right-Wing Judges for Trump](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Jake Johnson, staff writer With progressives still mobilized and angrier than ever following Judge Brett Kavanaugh's successful confirmation to the Supreme Court amid credible sexual assault allegations, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) provided further cause for fury—and added to already deafening calls for new leadership in the Democratic Party—by cutting a deal behind closed doors with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) late Thursday to fast-track 15 more of Trump's right-wing judges to lifetime federal court positions. --------------------------------------------------------------- [USA Today Under Fire for Fact-Checking Trump's "Lie-Filled" Medicare for All Op-Ed Only After Publishing It](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Jake Johnson, staff writer Reputable news publications tend to fact-check articles before they are published and blasted out to millions of Americans via social media, but USA Today is under fire for waiting a full day after it posted President Donald Trump's falsehood-riddled attack on Medicare for All to publish a refutation of the outright lies that filled nearly every single sentence of the president's piece. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With Khashoggi Believed Killed, Ethics Watchdog Says: We Must Ask If Trump's Silence "Being Dictated by His Business Interests" With Saudis](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Julia Conley, staff writer Lawmakers and ethics watchdogs said Thursday that President Donald Trump's reluctance to hold the Saudis responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance is exactly what they've warned about when calling attention to Trump's refusal to divest from his businesses—which the kingdom has patronized frequently. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [] [] Views... 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(Photo: Twitter)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) by Hassan El-Tayyab With no leadership coming from the White House, the onus falls on Congress to impose swift and concrete consequences on the Saudis --------------------------------------------------------------- [Seniors Are Getting Slowly Strangled by Social Security’s Flawed Math—Here’s How to Fix It](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [After a lifetime of work, Americans should have enough guaranteed Social Security to maintain their standards of living. (Photo: Courtesy of AFGE, Flickr | CC 2.0)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) by Nancy Altman 2019 Social Security benefits will rise, but checks may not --------------------------------------------------------------- [Stop Misdiagnosing Climate Change](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) 1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP by Diana Stuart, Ryan Gunderson So what's the real source of our planetary self-destruction? It's growth-dependent capitalism. --------------------------------------------------------------- [We Need Cities of Resistance: Climate Adaptation Is No Longer an Option](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [Debris from homes destroyed by Hurricane Michael litters the ground on October 11, 2018, in Mexico Beach, Florida. The hurricane hit the panhandle area with category 4 winds causing major damage.](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) by Jeff Biggers The old adage that a crisis is never a crisis until it is validated by disaster has become a reality for seventy percent of our cities already dealing with flooding, drought, fire and environmental decay --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump, Kavanaugh and the Path to Neoliberal Fascism](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [Brett Kavanaugh, during his nomination for the Supreme Court by Donald Trump. (Photo: D. Myles Cullen / White House Photo)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) by Henry Giroux We need an impassioned international social movement with a vision, organization and set of strategies to challenge the neoliberal nightmare engulfing the planet --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AcCPLM5rsP) [] [] Newswire... 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