Finally Facing Impeachment, Trump Responds With Outright Lies, Fabrications, and Propaganda | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Browser View](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) | 9/28/19 [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [] [] Your Week in Review [] ['I Approved This Message': Trump Releases 2020 Campaign Ad With Completely 'Fabricated' Lie About Biden](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [A screenshot of the Trump Campaign's new campaign ad that is riddled with falsehoods and misleading statements. "When Joe Biden went to Ukraine," explains the investigative reporter who first broke the story back in 2015, "he was not trying to protect his son — quite the reverse." (Photo: 2020 Trump Campaign ad/Screenshot)](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) by Jon Queally, staff writer "The allegation in this ad is made up. Fabricated." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['As Bad, If Not Worse, Than Watergate': Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Massive White House Cover-Up](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the duo's July phone call. ](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "This whistleblower complaint is only the tip of an iceberg of corrupt, illegal, and immoral behavior by this president," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Calls for Democrats to 'Immediately Get to Work' as Majority of House Lawmakers Now Support Trump Impeachment Proceedings](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3 by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The American people cannot afford to wait for Donald Trump to be impeached, and Congress cannot slow walk this process." --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Research Warns Severe Climate-Related Droughts Could Threaten 60% of Global Wheat Crop by 2100](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3 by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Underscoring the necessity of aggressive action to combat human-caused global warming, research published Wednesday warns that the majority of the world's wheat fields are at risk of enduring "severe, prolonged, and near-simultaneous droughts" by the end of the century—raising serious concerns about future food insecurity and political instability. --------------------------------------------------------------- [UN Climate Report on Oceans, Frozen Regions Warns 'Unprecedented Transitions in All Aspects of Society' Needed to Sustain Life on Earth](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3 by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A landmark United Nations climate report published Wednesday details the observed and anticipated future impacts of planet-heating emissions from human activity on the world's oceans and frozen zones—and warns of the emerging consequences for humanity, marine ecosystems, and the global environment. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Smoking Gun': Experts Say White House Memo Reveals 'Blatantly Impeachable Conduct' by Trump](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [A memo, released Wednesday morning, of the Trump call. (Image: screenshot)](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "The president sought to use the powers of the United States government to investigate a political opponent. We have no choice but to impeach." --------------------------------------------------------------- ["I Don't Think Billionaires Should Exist": Sanders Proposes Wealth Tax to Slash Fortunes of Ultra-Rich](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3 by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Enough is enough. We are going to take on the billionaire class, substantially reduce wealth inequality in America, and stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oligarchy." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['How Dare You!': Greta Thunberg Rages at 'Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth' at UN Climate Summit](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [Greta Thunberg speaks during the UN Climate Action Summit on September 23, 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "Entire ecosytems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['If a House Is on Fire, You Don't Add Fuel': 530 Groups Back Call to Rapidly Phase Out Fossil Fuels Worldwide](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [house on fire](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer The environmental group Stand.earth announced on Monday that 530 organizations have signed on to the Lofoten Declaration, which calls for rapidly phasing out fossil fuels on a global scale and transitioning to clean energy, as world leaders and activists gathered in New York City for the United Nations Climate Action Summit. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reports of Wedding Party Bombing Indicate US Forces Have Massacred at Least 70 Afghan Civilians in One Week](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [Afghan villagers sit on the back of a vehicle carrying dead bodies to a hospital following an airstrike, in Lashkar Gah the capital of Helmand province on September 23, 2019.](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Don't kill us," said one local who survived the recent bombing in Helmand province. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Share this newsletter with a friend](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) [] [Donate](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rate us on Google](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) | [Follow us on Facebook](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) | [Follow us on Twitter](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AeFMc0EbY3) Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. 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