[blind-democracy] FW: 'Election Day' Not Just in November This Year—It's Now! | News & Views
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As Early Voting Begins in Key States, Advocates Emphasize 'Election Day' Not
Just in November This Year—It's Now!
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Given the pandemic, said one organizer, "we are really stressing that folks
should try to vote as early as possible, whether they do that by mail or in
person."
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 'Advocate for Equality and
Reason,' Dead at 87
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On her deathbed, she told her granddaughter: "My most fervent wish is that I
will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
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Right-Wing Operatives Accused of Trying to Entrap Progressive Pro-Democracy
Groups in North Carolina to Undermine Their Election Work
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Common Cause may be the target, but the attack is on our democracy and on the
right of every eligible voter to have a say in the future for our families,
communities, and country."
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Amid Pandemic and Endless War, 170+ Global Organizations Urge World Leaders to
'Recommit to Peace Today'
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Our hearts go out to those suffering today, in the sober knowledge that this
may turn out to be but a foretaste of the disruptions that may arise in the
years to come."
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Ex-Pence Aide, Covid Task Force Member, Denounces Trump's 'Flat-Out Disregard
for Human Life' in Biden Defection Video
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Olivia Troye—a self-described lifelong Republican—is the first member of the
president's Coronavirus Task Force to speak out publicly against him.
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'Unprecedented Abuse of Emergency Powers': Free Speech Advocates Denounce
Trump Effort to Ban TikTok, WeChat Apps
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The move, says one advocate, is "shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely
unconstitutional."
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Bolstering Case for Single Payer, Study Shows For-Profit Insurer Plans Pay
Hospitals Nearly 250% More Than Medicare
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A new study released Friday by the RAND Corporation details the astronomical
prices hospital systems across the U.S. charge private insurers and the more
than 153 million patients who obtain health coverage through their
employers—while Medicare proves to be a far more affordable option.
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Top Dems Demand IG Probe Into Possible Illegal Election Influencing in Favor
of Trump by William Barr
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Recent actions by the U.S. Attorney General, said chairs of key House
committees, "clearly appear intended to benefit President Trump politically."
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'National Human Disaster' Looms as Utility Shutoff Moratoriums Come to an End
Across US
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Millions of Americans "shouldn't have to forgo more meals just to keep the
lights on so their children can attend remote classes."
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Trump Blasted for 'McCarthy-Like' Call for 'Patriotic Education' and Attack on
Howard Zinn, 1619 Project
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Zinn, the renowned historian and author of A People's History of the United
States , often said that being "honest about the history of our country" is the
best way to combat propaganda.
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'Astounding': Trump Officials Reportedly Bypassed CDC Scientists to Publish
'Dangerous' Covid-19 Testing Guidelines
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump's hacks just sidestepped the CDC entirely and shamelessly wrote their
own politically-motivated testing guidelines and published them under the
agency's imprimatur."
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To Invent Our Way Beyond COVID-19, We Need Open Science
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by Christopher Morten
It is time for our government to put science and public health ahead of private
profit.
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Trump’s Climate Denial Gains Strength If We’re in Denial About His Neo-Fascism
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by Norman Solomon
Climate change is an emergency. And so is Trumpism. Flames are approaching
what’s left of democratic structures in the United States.
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Trump Knew Covid-19 Could Kill. He Just Didn’t Care.
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by Mitchell Zimmerman
Trump and his falsehoods are responsible for most of America’s 200,000
coronavirus deaths to date.
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by Robert Lipsyte
Is this athletic revolt for real and is it a danger to Donald Trump?
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by Robert C. Koehler
State and local powers have approved a 14-plant plastics-production complex
that would more than triple the levels of carcinogens in the region. It’s up to
the residents to fight back to save their community.
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by Trita Parsi
Less than six weeks before the crucial November elections, the United States
may be in a new war. The timing could not be more convenient.
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