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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [] [] News & Views | 11/5/18 [] Feature... [] [Vote Against the Litany of Lies](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Michael Winship The GOP is openly talking about gutting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, the programs you’ve paid for throughout your working life. Vote! [] [] News... [] ['Instilling Fear in the 11th Hour': Experts Warn Trump DOJ Poll Monitors Being Sent to Intimidate Voters, Not Protect Them](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Jake Johnson, staff writer In a move civil rights groups denounced as a blatant attempt by the Trump administration to intimidate minorities, spread hysteria about non-existent voter fraud, and suppress turnout, the Justice Department announced on Monday that it is dispatching personnel to "monitor" 35 voting locations in 19 states during Tuesday's midterms just as President Donald Trump warned in a tweet that any "illegal voting" will be punished with "maximum criminal penalties." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Big Oil Spending Tens of Millions to Defeat Washington State's Groundbreaking Carbon Fee Initiative](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Andrea Germanos, staff writer One way the global climate crisis is appearing on U.S. ballots on Tuesday is through Washington state's Initiate 1631, a measure that would enact the nation's first carbon fee. And the fossil fuel industry is dumping tens of millions of dollars into the state to defeat the measure proponents say could be a "game-changer" for curbing global warming. --------------------------------------------------------------- [On Eve of Midterms, Americans Urged to Vote 'Like the Planet Depends On It—Because It Does'](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Julia Conley, staff writer President Donald Trump has urged voters to treat the 2018 midterms as a referendum on his presidency, and climate action advocates on Monday made a similar call—asking Americans to remember the vast damage the president and the Republican Party have done to previous efforts to curb the climate crisis in the past two years, and to vote accordingly. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Crisis for American Democracy': It's 2018, in the Richest Nation on Earth, and Voting Machines Still Distorting Elections](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Jake Johnson, staff writer It's 2018, and the United States is the richest nation in the history of the world... but much of the country still doesn't have functional, glitch-free voting machines. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rouhani Vows to Defy 'Unjust' Sanctions Imposed by 'Bullying Enemy' Amid Mounting Warnings of War](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [Iranian President Hassan Rouhani](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to "proudly break the unjust sanctions" the Trump administration re-imposed on Monday amid warnings that the sanctions will primarily impact the Iranian people and that U.S. President Donald Trump intends to destabalize the nation rather than improve diplomatic relations or the nuclear treaty from which Trump withdrew earlier this year. --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Brian Kemp Goes All "Banana Republic" in Georgia, Stacey Abrams and Democrats Have This Plan: Massive Voter Turnout](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Julia Conley, staff writer Georgia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams, remained focused Monday on mobilizing volunteers who are eager to help in her "Get Out the Vote" effort—despite her opponent's latest attempt at unfairly swaying the election in his favor, this time with bogus claims of a Democratic hacking attempt. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [] [] Views... [] [Trump's Racism Can't Win Elections. Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Can.](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [Bev Jackson signs up volunteers for door-to-door campaigning outside of the event featuring Oprah Winfrey and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams at the Cobb Civic Center on Nov. 1, 2018 in Marietta, Georgia. (Photo:Jessica McGowan / Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. It is time to fight for the heart of our democracy, and to elect those who can reconstruct its basic infrastructure --------------------------------------------------------------- [Don’t be Flattered, Fooled and Flummoxed in Tomorrow’s Election](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Ralph Nader On how to become a super-voter --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Bullying Will Hurt Millions of Iranians](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Medea Benjamin The sanctions are already taking a tragic toll. While there are humanitarian exemptions on food and medicines, restrictions on banks and shipping companies make even exempted items difficult to obtain. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Get Ready for the Shake-Up: Grassroots Candidates Drive Midterm Surge](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [Ilhan Omar won her primary race this week, setting her up to become the first Somali-American woman to win a seat in the U.S. House. (Photo: @politico/Twitter)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) by Ruth Conniff While Donald Trump rallies the rightwing base with flagrant appeals to fear, anger, and racism, the most diverse slate of candidates in U.S. history is poised to change the direction of the nation’s politics for a long time to come --------------------------------------------------------------- [Voting Machines: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [Joe Raedle/Getty Images](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) by Jennifer Cohn Beyond the midterms, voters must pressure Congress to pass substantive election security legislation --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) 1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T by Paul Buchheit Poverty—and the stress of being poor—is killing people every single day --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AuE6kjfA1T) [] [] Newswire... 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