Maine Democrat Wins in Historic Race Decided by Ranked-Choice Voting | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [] [] News & Views | 11/15/18 [] Feature... [] ['Stunning': After Court Rejects GOP Lawsuit, Democrat Wins as Maine Becomes First State to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in National Race](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Julia Conley, staff writer Maine's 2nd congressional district made history Thursday afternoon as it named Jared Golden the winner of his race for incumbent Rep. Bruce Poliquin's (R-Maine) seat, after the state used ranked-choice voting for the first time in a national race to determine the winner. [] [] News... [] [As 'Green New Deal' Demand Grows, Democrats Have Choice: Confront and Defeat Fossil Fuel Industry or Take Credit for 'Doomed' Planet](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Julia Conley, staff writer With Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) fighting to win back her position as House Speaker in the coming congressional term, climate action groups and the new contingent of progressives on Capitol Hill are arguing that with their new power in Congress, Pelosi and other Democrats must make clear whether they will stand for bold action to curb the climate crisis. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Targeted by Smears, Color of Change Rips Facebook for Boosting 'Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories of White Nationalist Trump Base'](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Jake Johnson, staff writer After the New York Times published a bombshell report detailing Facebook's efforts to smear its critics by deploying anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that are commonly spread right-wing extremists, Color of Change—the online racial justice organization that Facebook attempted to discredit as a "puppet" of billionaire philanthropist George Soros—issued a scathing statement on Thursday denouncing the tech giant for "using anti-Semitism as a crowbar to kneecap a black-led organization working to hold them accountable." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Stop Walmart Act': Sanders-Khanna Bill Would Outlaw Stock Buybacks for Corporate Giants That Don't Pay $15 an Hour](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Jake Johnson, staff writer Just weeks after the progressive duo's pressure campaign against Amazon forced the online retail giant to hike its minimum wage to $15 an hour, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Thursday will set their sights on America's largest private employer and other massive companies by introducing the "Stop Walmart Act" (pdf), a bill that would ban corporate giants from buying back their own stock if they don't pay workers $15 an hour plus benefits. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Brexit Chaos: With Tory Government in Shambles, Jeremy Corbyn Demands Theresa May Withdraw 'Half-Baked' Brexit Deal](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Jake Johnson, staff writer As U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's attempts to negotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union descended into complete chaos on Thursday after her Brexit secretary and other key ministers resigned over a newly released draft agreement, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn demanded from the floor of the House of Commons that May immediately withdraw the "half-baked deal" that doesn't have the support of the Tory Cabinet, the Parliament, or the nation as a whole. --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Study Details 'Staggering' $6 Trillion (and Counting) Price Tag of Endless US War](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Julia Conley, staff writer According to a new analysis, the Pentagon barely scratched the surface of the costs of U.S. wars since September 11, 2001 when it released its official estimate last August regarding how much the U.S. has spent on fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Students Across Europe Excoriate World Leaders for Hiding Scientific Reality of Pending 'Global Collapse'](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [Gen Z](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Students from across Europe have sent letters imploring top United Nations and European Union officials to "stop hiding science about global collapse" and finally come clean about the perils of out-of-control human consumption and planet-warming emissions. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [] [] Views... [] [The Donald and the Fake News Media](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [“It may not be good for America,” he said, “but it’s damn good for CBS.” (Photo: Screenshot) ](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) by Tom Engelhardt An affair to remember --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why Every Democrat In Congress Should Support Bernie Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Bill](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [If Democrats want to show they side with the working class, they should get behind a $15 minimum wage. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images) ](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) by Marc Daalder Every member of Congress should be forced to vote on whether they will pass a bill helping tens of millions of people better afford housing, food and healthcare --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Midterms Prove It: Progressive Ideas Are Now Mainstream](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) greets supporters after claiming victory in Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District at his election-night party in Cranberry, Pa., on Nov. 6. (Photo: Gene J. Puskar/AP)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) by Adam Green Candidates who promised to stand up for working people, challenge powerful interests and shake up a rigged political and economic system won up and down the ballot --------------------------------------------------------------- [The War Over Words: Republicans Easily Defeat the Democrats](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [More recently, Republican extremists and the media have usurped the word “populist” to misuse it as a pretext to “divide and rule,” while the corporatists laugh all the way to the megabanks that are “too big to fail.” (Photo: Tom LeGrow/cc/flickr)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) by Ralph Nader The hard core political right wingers symbolically claimed the Bible and the American flag, and later the words “liberty," “freedom,” and "populism." --------------------------------------------------------------- [This Was No Voting Accident](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) 1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0 by Michael Winship But New York, too, has "retrograde voting laws and practices." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gunfire and Wildfire: The New Abnormal](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AE5LipDgu0) [I fear the influence of militarism expands well beyond the strategy and tactics that are under its control. 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