Ocasio-Cortez's "Radical" 70% Tax Rate for Rich Proves Extremely Mainstream | News & Views

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When you got home, you got to keep it, because it's only $10.... Then we taxed the billionaire in town because he's making tons of money underpaying the townspeople." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Gillette Must Be Doing Something Right': Toxic Men Freak Out Over Ad Urging Men to Combat Toxic Masculinity](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL by Julia Conley, staff writer With right-wingers and men's rights activists attacking the shaving accessories company Gillette for its new ad campaign pledging to promote positive images of masculinity in its future advertisements and work to combat bullying and sexual harassment, a number of observers on Tuesday noted that the company must be doing something right. --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Senate Hearings Begin, Calls to Block 'Trump Enabler' William Barr From Becoming Next AG](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Barr may be the kind of enabler Trump desires to further skirt Congress and, through emergency decree or executive action, fund a border wall, continue to gut asylum protections, and keep rounding up, detaining, and deporting tens of thousands of migrants." --------------------------------------------------------------- [In Rebuke of Trump's Effort to 'Weaponize' 2020 Census Against Immigrant Communities, Federal Judge Strikes Down Citizenship Question](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL by Julia Conley, staff writer Unequivocally rejecting the Trump administration's claims that it must use the 2020 Census to count U.S. residents who are not citizens, a federal judge in New York on Tuesday ruled against the Commerce Department's attempt to include a citizenship question on next year's nationwide survey. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) [] [] Views... 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(Photo: AP)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) by Vanita Gupta Senators must obtain assurances from Barr that he will embrace and enforce our federal civil rights laws, not seek to undermine them --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Democrat Who Votes With Trump 69% of the Time Should Be Primaried](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) [This cycle, progressives have an opportunity to strategically primary the worst Democrats in their ranks, and Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, should top the list. (Photo: Screenshot) ](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) by Alexandra Rojas, Sean McElwee When new members know there's a progressive base they need to respond to, they embrace progressive policies --------------------------------------------------------------- [This Is How American Democracy Ends](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) [While there is little question that Trump has the legal authority to declare a state of emergency, it remains to be seen whether doing so will actually get him the money he wants for the border wall. (Photo: Victoria Pickering / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) by Bill Blum Trump’s threat to deploy extraordinary powers to counter a fake crisis on our southern boundary should spark a clarion call to reexamine, repeal and replace the NEA --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democrats Are Afraid Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Too. And That’s A Good Thing.](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) [Freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is alarming some Democrats by pushing the party to the left. (Photo: AP)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) by Norman Solomon The corporate Democrats who dominate the party’s power structure in Congress should fear losing their seats because they’re out of step with constituents --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democrats' Attacks on AOC Are Silly and Self-Defeating](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) [But a move to sideline Ocasio-Cortez is a mistake—she has shown that she picks her battles carefully.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) by Zeeshan Aleem Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't a bomb-thrower, she's a rising star who is picking her battles and who looks more and more like the future of their party --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AIxLSTiiqL) [] [] Newswire... 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