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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [] News & Views | 8/2/19 [] Feature... [] [Bernie Sanders Dominates as Analyses of Fundraising Data Show Vermont Senator With Widespread Support Across Nation](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reported a $24 million haul for his presidential campaign in the second quarter, $18 million of which came from small dollar donations.](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer The data "contradicts both the mainstream narrative and some national polling data that suggest that only a centrist Democrat could succeed in this political environment." [] [] News... [] ['This Is a Huge Deal': Majority of House Democrats Have Signed on to Medicare for All](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Amazing what a little bold leadership can do." --------------------------------------------------------------- [17 Million Americans Purged From Voter Rolls Between 2016 and 2018, Analysis Finds](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe by Julia Conley, staff writer Millions of Americans are still suffering the consequences of the 2013 Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions of the Voting Rights Act, allowing states with long histories of voter discrimination to purge voters from their rolls without federal oversight. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['July Has Re-Written Climate History': Month Could Go Down as Planet's Hottest Ever](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [Smoke rises from a wildfire on July 3, 2019 south of Talkeetna, Alaska near the George Parks Highway](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "As temperatures rise, so will we," says 350.org. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Democrats Will Win This Seat' Party Says After Lone Black Member of House Republican Caucus Will Hurd Retires](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [Rep. Will Hurd (D-Texas) announced Thursday he will not seek re-election to the House. He is the ninth member of the House GOP caucus to do so this year. ](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "Texas is the biggest battleground state. Republicans know it, and Texas Democrats damn sure know it." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['A Dystopian Surveillance State Being Built in Plain Sight': Pentagon Tests Radar-Equipped Balloons to Spy on Vehicles Across Midwest](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe by Julia Conley, staff writer Millions of Americans across the Midwest this summer are being subjected to surveillance from high above as the Pentagon experiments with the use of surveillance radars attached to high-altitude balloons. --------------------------------------------------------------- [#FirePantaleo: Demands for Justice as NYPD Officer Who Used Fatal Chokehold on Eric Garner Gets Suspension](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [On the five year anniversary of Eric Garner's death, and one day after federal prosecutors declined to bring charges against the arresting police officer Daniel Pantaleo, activists join Garner's family members, including his five year old daughter Legacy, to march around the neighborhood where Garner lived and died on July 17, 2019 in Staten Island, New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Department puts Daniel Pantaleo on suspension after administrative judge recommends firing --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [] [] Views... [] [The U.S. Should Never Start A Nuclear War](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [Alongside climate change, nuclear weapons pose one of the gravest risks to human survival. (Photo: Shutterstock)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Olivia Alperstein Seventy-four years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a No First Use pledge would make our country—and the world—much safer. --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s Time for Democrats to Get Their Facts Right on Medicare-for-all](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [A sign supporting Medicare-for-all legislation on Capitol Hill in April. (Photo: Susan Walsh/AP)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Pramila Jayapal The Medicare-for-all movement has overwhelming public support, unprecedented grass-roots organization, and a serious plan that is ready to change our health-care system right now . --------------------------------------------------------------- [CNN’s Industry Spin Shows Need for Independent Debates](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [CNN debate viewers got industry talking points on healthcare from CNN moderators, bottom-tier industry-friendly candidates given outsized speaking time, and industry advertisements. (Photo: Screenshot) ](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Julie Hollar We desperately need serious, independently run debates, not over-the-top industry-friendly spectacles of the sort put on by CNN—and endorsed and gate-kept by the major parties. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Moscow Mitch and Yada, Yada, Yada: Progressives Need to Do a Better Job at Messaging](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [It’s almost unbelievable, but in Tuesday’s Democratic debate, Marianne Williamson, better than anyone on the stage, captured the number one issue that has been sabotaging democracy in America for decades. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by John Atcheson Money in politics is the reason government doesn’t work and doesn’t represent the people and why the US is an oligarchy headed toward authoritarian rule. --------------------------------------------------------------- [3 Bills to Rein in Executive Pay](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [While none of these bills would completely solve our executive pay problem, they are important steps towards a more rational, equitable system. (Photo: Pixabay/CC0)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Sarah Anderson Shortly before heading home for the summer recess, members of Congress are rushing to introduce proposals for cracking down on unpopular, overpaid executives. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Debating Democrats, Please, No Fighting in the War Room](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [The feigned gladiatorial confrontations CNN hyped in its promotion and then attempted to foment during the actual event serve no one. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) by Michael Winship Direct your artillery at the real enemy, not each other. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A9qHktLYMe) [] [] Newswire... 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