News & Views | Resisting the Trumpublican Shock Doctrine Blitzkrieg

[Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community] RESIST STICKERS Unprecedented. Unimaginable. And, unacceptable. Common Dreams is distributing #NotNormal RESIST stickers as a small but effective means of protest. As Inauguration Day approaches, it's time to join the community of resistance. [Order your stickers now] to share with your friends, co-workers, and family. --------------------------------------------------------------- News & Views | 01.13.17 Featured...   [Resisting the Trumpublican Shock Doctrine Blitzkrieg] by Miles Mogulescu If the millions of citizens who care about the future resist and fight back, the Trumpublican Blitzkreig can be defeated.       News...   [GOP House Takes Next Step Toward Taking Healthcare Away From Millions] by Deirdre Fulton "The new Republican Congress has begun efforts to dismantle America's healthcare system"         [Obamacare Repeal = $7 Million Tax Cut for the Richest 400 People] by Andrea Germanos New report from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows getting rid of healthcare law would deliver windfall tax cut for top earners         [GOP Leader Threatens to Subpoena Ethics Chief Who Called Out Trump Conflicts] by Lauren McCauley Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican head of the House Oversight Committee, issued a not so veiled threat against the head of the Office of Government Ethics         [Arizona Bill Would Ban Discussion of Social Justice, Solidarity in Schools] by Nika Knight State lawmaker proposes legislation that would ban classes and extracurricular activities that "promote" social justice or solidarity         [EPA Acknowledges Neonics' Harm to Bees, Then 'Bows to Pesticide Industry'] by Andrea Germanos 'This is like a doctor diagnosing your illness but then deciding to withhold the medicine you need to cure it'         [Rise of Rightwing Demagogues Threatens Democracy Worldwide: HRW] by Nadia Prupis President-elect Donald Trump's scapegoating of immigrants, minorities, and women exemplifies "politics of intolerance," Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth says     [more news...]  Views...   [Why This Nuclear Engineer Says Every Nuke Plant in the US Should Be Shut Down Yesterday] by Karl Grossman "I’d like to see every nuclear plant shut down­ yesterday"         [Donald Trump’s Plan for Our Water is Just as Bad as You’d Imagine] by Kate Fried While modernizing key infrastructure systems is laudable, the devil is in the details         [Trump and the Dangers of Secret Law] by Elizabeth Goitein Trump will soon inherit the secret laws generated under the Bush and Obama administrations. What actions will they permit?         [All the President’s Deniers] by Juan Cole Climate change is one of the big security challenges facing the US. How can a denialist deal with the refugee flows it will create?       [Unicorns, Gnomes, and Plea to the Press on Covering Trump] by Cynthia Kaufman We need to stay grounded in our shared and dangerous reality, and not get sucked into an analysis of the illusions created by a master illusionist         [Five Ways Trump’s “News Conference” Wasn’t a News Conference] by Robert Reich Trump isn’t even president yet, but he’s already eroding our democracy     [more views...] Newswire... - [National Nurses United Say "Ellison for DNC Chair" at Phoenix DNC Future Forum Saturday] - [Friends of the Earth: 10 Banks Financing Dakota Access Pipeline Decline Meeting with Tribal Leaders] - [Jubilee USA Network: Seven Years After Devastating Earthquake, Haiti Struggles with Debt ‎and Hurricane Matthew Recovery] - [Demand Progress: 20 Groups + Ethics Experts Tell Hse. Oversight Comm. Chairman Chaffetz: Hands off the Office of Government Ethics] - [ACLU Statement on Release of Department of Justice Findings on Chicago Police Department] - [Friends of the Earth: EPA Botches Bee-Toxic Pesticide Risk Assessments] [more newswire...] --------------------------------------------------------------- Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, Maine 04112. [Find us on Facebook] | [Follow us on Twitter] Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. [www.commondreams.org] This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to the Daily News & Views. [Click here to manage your email preferences.]