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[] [Snowden Speaks Out for Assange: 'If You Would Deny a Thing to Your Enemy, It Is Not a Right'](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4 by Jon Queally, staff writer Acknowledging that many people have come to "despise" Assange over the years for a variety of reasons, Snowden declared: "If you would deny a thing to your enemy, it is not a right. What do you stand for?" --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Energy for Medicare for All Explodes, Steny Hoyer's Plan Includes Waiting for Trump to Help Make Obamacare Better](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4 by Julia Conley, staff writer While progressives have been focused this week on pressuring House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to embrace bold initiatives, an interview with Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) served as a reminder that the second-ranking Democrat's vision for the party is sorely lacking, as it heads into a new term with control of the House. --------------------------------------------------------------- [#IStandWithIlhan: Supporters Reject Smear Campaign After Newly-Elected Omar Declares Support of BDS](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [Minnesota Democratic Congressional Candidate Ilhan Omar speaks at an election night results party on November 6, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Omar won the race for Minnesota's 5th congressional district seat against Republican candidate Jennifer Zielinski to become one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress. (Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Free speech and human rights supporters are rallying behind Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar after a pro-Israeli government group attacked the representative-elect for announcing her support of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['It Keeps Getting Uglier': As True Costs of HQ2 Scam Emerge, Public Housing and School Offices Getting the Boot to Make Room for Amazon](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4 by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The fact that massive public subsidies are helping eliminate affordable housing units is just the latest reason this bad deal needs to be torn up and thrown away." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['An Insult to the American People': Outrage After Pentagon Fails First-Ever Audit](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [The Pentagon](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer After years of empty promises and demands from frustrated members of Congress, the Pentagon finally conducted its first-ever comprehensive audit—and unsurprisingly failed it, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan revealed Thursday. --------------------------------------------------------------- [As WaPo Accuses Trump of 'Abetting Saudi Coverup,' Crown Prince Shielded While Khashoggi 'Murder Team' Members Face Execution](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4 by Jon Queally, staff writer "It's not surprising at all, but there is something extra evil about ordering the death of a bunch of people who tortured and murdered a dissident on your orders while you pretend you had nothing to do with it." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [] [] Views... [] [Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card.](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not only attended the protest, but the same day posted on her website draft language to establish a Select Committee on a Green New Deal.(Photo: Sunrise Movement)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Lauren Burke To be truly transformational, any bold green jobs proposal must be rooted in the right to organize --------------------------------------------------------------- [Who, Us? Corporate Media Ignore Their Role in Trump’s Refugee ‘Invasion’ Panic](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [If the last month is any indication, establishment news organizations like the Post and the Times still haven’t learned the key lessons about their flawed 2016 election coverage. (Photo: Screenshot)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Reed Richardson Trump might as well have been the front-page assignment editor for elite newspapers like the Washington Post and New York Times, which simply couldn’t resist the siren song of his manufactured crisis --------------------------------------------------------------- [When Will America Stop Participating in Yemen's Genocidal War?](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [ ‘Most Americans have heard nothing of this ongoing clash in Congress, which has lasted for more than a year.’ (Photo: Hani Mohammed/AP)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Mark Weisbrot Sooner or later, the Trump administration will be forced to withdraw from this war. But how many people will die before it happens? --------------------------------------------------------------- [The #MeToo Movement Is Here to Stay](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [A sign is held aloft by a #MeToo supporter attending a January 2018 march in Hoboken, N.J. (Photo: Alec Perkins / Wikimedia Commons)(CC BY 2.0)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Sonali Kolhatkar “This is just the beginning. I see this becoming not just a movement, but a revolution that sweeps the globe.” --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Said Considering Extradition of Turkish Cleric to Quiet Erdogan on Khashoggi Murder](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [Trump’s desperate ploy, finally to shut Erdogan up about the crown prince and let the whole controversy die down if possible, so as to preserve Bin Salman as quarterback of the White House Middle East game. (Photo: Screenshot) ](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Juan Cole A stronger phrase than abject shamelessness needs to be coined in order fully to characterize the cheapness of what the White House is apparently considering --------------------------------------------------------------- [The ‘Pelosi Problem’ Runs Deep](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaking in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Charlie Neibergall / AP)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) by Norman Solomon Whether our concerns involve militarism, social equity, economic justice, civil liberties, climate change or the overarching necessity of a Green New Deal, the Democratic Party must change from the bottom up --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A7OSisqHb4) [] [] Newswire... 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