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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [] News & Views | 7/15/19 [] Feature... [] [Trump Denounced for 'Incitement to Violence' Against Ilhan Omar After Latest Racist Attack on Congresswoman](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa by Julia Conley, staff writer Democrats in Congress condemned President Donald Trump Monday after he defended and doubled down on his weekend attacks on progressive women of color in the House, this time focusing his racist comments on Rep. Ilhan Omar. [] [] News... [] [As Trump Sows Discord, Chief of Staff Mulvaney Reportedly Focused on 'Building Empire for the Right Wing'](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [Mick Mulvaney](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer While President Donald Trump dominates national media with racist tweets and lies, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is quietly "building an empire for the right wing" and pushing Cabinet members to impose a radical and rapid deregulation agenda across the federal government, according to a new Washington Post report. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Describing 'Future We Want to Live In' Scores of Groups Unveil New Blueprint for Reproductive Rights](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [Women hold signs and chant during a rally for reproductive rights on June 09, 2019 in Sydney](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "The last two years," says new agenda, "have seen increasingly hostile attacks on reproductive autonomy and rights" --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Not Acceptable': Analysis Estimates Biden Healthcare Plan Would Kill 125,000 People in First Decade Alone](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa by Jake Johnson, staff writer As Biden vows to "do everything in my power" to defend system based on for-profit insurance industry, People's Policy Project shows death toll would be equivalent "of 42 September 11-style attacks" --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Racist' and 'Patently Unlawful': Trump Unveils New Rule to Block Asylum-Seekers at Southern Border](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [Asylum-seekers ](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Immigrant rights advocates vowed to challenge a new "racist" and "patently unlawful" policy from the Trump administration—set to take effect Tuesday—that aims to block many refugees from being eligible for asylum at the U.S. southern border. --------------------------------------------------------------- [AOC Slams Lindsey Graham for Comments Akin to '1950s McCarthyism' as Battle Between Progressive Dems and White House Continues](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [Sen. Lindsey Graham, during an appearance on "Fox and Friends," attacked a quartet of popular progressive Democrats.](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "This man has lost his damn mind and revealed his soul," said one commentator of Graham --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders Accuses Biden of Parroting Pharma and Insurance Industry Script With Attacks on Medicare for All](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa by Jake Johnson, staff writer "At a time when Donald Trump and the health insurance industry are lying every day about Medicare for All, I would hope that my fellow Democrats would not resort to misinformation about my legislation." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [] [] Views... [] [Iran’s Not the Aggressor. The U.S. Is.](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [The U.S. is brutalizing ordinary Iranians, even as its actions and rhetoric are driving toward a more serious military confrontation. (Photo: Shutterstock) ](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Khury Petersen-Smith If a war breaks out, it won’t be because the Trump administration "bumbled" into one. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump's Latest Tweets Are Not Just Racist, But Part of a Broader Reactionary Attack on the Left](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during his 'Made In America' product showcase at the White House July 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump talked with American business owners during the 3rd annual showcase, one day after tweeting that four Democratic congresswomen of color should “go back” to their own countries. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Jeffrey C. Isaac Trump hates immigrants and he hates people of color. But it doesn't stop there. He hates worker rights. He hates journalists, and scientists, and educators. He hates democracy. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pelosi's War on Progressives Risks Another Trump Victory](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks during a press conference at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC on November 6, 2018. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by John Atcheson There are three reasons Trump won, and some of the leading Democrats don't seem to understand any of them --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Workers in Our Homes Deserve Rights](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [Congress should quickly pass this bill so these precarious and undervalued jobs can become good, dignified ones. (Photo: thinkprogress.org)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Ai-jen Poo A new bill would give nannies, house cleaners and home care workers long overdue protections --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Congress Manufactured a Postal Crisis—And How to Fix it](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [Rather than the story of a Postal Service facing dire financial straits, it is time we see the Postal Service for what it really is: a well-loved public institution that has risen to every challenge and innovated its way to new services even in the face of an unprecedented congressional mandate. (Photo: Ron Doke/Flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Sarah Anderson, Scott Klinger An unprecedented congressional mandate threatens the Postal Service's ability to continue to provide good jobs and universal service --------------------------------------------------------------- [I Had an Abortion and Now I'm Not Ashamed](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [A woman walks in front of a pro-choice mural relating to the laws regarding abortion in Dublin on May 11, 2018 ahead of a national referendum (Photo: Artur Widak/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) by Rebecca Gordon The personal is still political. And it's planetary, too. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AtXzjt86Fa) [] [] Newswire... 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