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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [] [] News & Views | 4/4/19 [] Feature... [] [Republicans Have Put Our Country on a Path of Warp-Speed Decline—And They Want You to Think It's Worth Cheering For](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS by Thom Hartmann As long as the GOP can fool some of the people all of the time, they don't give a rat's ass about the rest of us [] [] News... [] ['Historic' Yemen Vote Puts Power to End US Complicity in World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Trump's Hands](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS by Jake Johnson, staff writer "President Trump has threatened to veto the resolution, but he could and most certainly should change his mind." --------------------------------------------------------------- [157 Republicans, and 1 Democrat, Side With NRA as House Passes Updated Violence Against Women Act](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [VAWA rally](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The vast majority of House Republicans caved to pressure from the gun lobby on Thursday and refused to back Democrats' successful effort to extend the Violence Against Women Act for five years because of a new provision that would make it harder for abusers to acquire guns. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Peach State or 'Banana Republic'? Critics Howl Over Georgia GOP's Proposal to Target Journalists With Secretive Ethics Panel](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS by Julia Conley, staff writer Press freedom advocates on Thursday warned of the dangers posed by a bill proposed by Republicans in Georgia which would create a journalism ethics board in the state and subject reporters to fines if they don't comply with new rules. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rejecting Demand to Leave Venezuela, Russia's Lavrov Says 'Whole World Dotted' With US Soldiers](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a security meeting in Moscow.](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "Take a look at the map," says country's foreign minister --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Release the Mueller Report. Now': 300+ Rallies Nationwide to Demand Full Transparency](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS by Jon Queally, staff writer Campaigners have organized rallies nationwide for Thursday in order to give voice to the widespread public demand the report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice by Special Counsel Robert Mueller be disclosed to members of Congress and the public—with as little redaction as possible—without further delay. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Progressives Fight Back Against Centrist Democrats' Ploy to 'Water Down' $15 Minimum Wage Bill](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Being in Congress means leading, and we need to lead on minimum wage," said Progressive Caucus co-chair Pramila Jayapal --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [] [] Views... 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(Photo: U.S. military) ](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by Danny Sjursen Ironic as it may seem, more military service may actually be the only workable formula for less war --------------------------------------------------------------- [The PHASE-in $15 Act Would Lock in Low Wages for Millions of Workers](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [Demonstrators rally in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Photo: United Healthcare Workers East–Maryland/DC Division)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by Heidi Shierholz Working people in every region of this country deserve a decent wage and the The PHASE-in $15 Act will not accomplish that --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ayatollah Trump: The Global Rise of the Christian Right](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [Trump, too, has an apocalyptic view of the world: American carnage, international chaos. (Photo: Shutterstock) ](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by John Feffer Islamic extremism gets all the press, but Trump is just one of a growing number of Christian extremists in positions of political power --------------------------------------------------------------- [India, Pakistan, and a Planet in Peril](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [People living along the ceasefire line dividing Kashmir into India and Pakistan-administered portions have continually been at risk due to hostility between the armies of the two nuclear rivals. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)(Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by Dilip Hiro South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors pull back from the abyss...barely --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘The Essence of Being Palestinian’: What the Great March of Return is Really About](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [The March of Return is the latest manifestation of the ongoing Palestinian resistance. (Photo: AFP) ](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) by Ramzy Baroud Their protests are a collective statement, a cry for justice, an ultimate reclamation of their narrative as a people—still standing, still powerful and still hopeful after 70 years of Nakba, 50 years of military occupation and 12 years of unrelenting siege --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3APaIdGZUVS) [] [] Newswire... 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