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AOC Calls Out GOP for Attacking Green New Deal While Supporting Oil Subsidies
She also slammed Republicans for fervently criticizing the resolution without appearing to have read the document.
Homeland Security Purge Ushers in the Stephen Miller Administration
Stephen Miller’s brazen fascism now dominates White House policy.
Trump’s Inaugural Committee Is Under Criminal Investigation
Trump’s team may have violated some of the few campaign finance regulations that still apply to inaugural committees.
Is Your Bank Profiting From Gun Violence?
A coalition of activists is challenging the financial industry's ties to the gun industry.
Conservatives Don’t Hate Socialism, They Hate Equality
Republicans are mortally afraid not so much of socialism as of equality with people they see as inferior.
Peace Activists Face 25 Years for Action at US Nuclear Submarine Base
Four Plowshares activists who are out on bond discuss the actions they took a year ago.
As It Stifles Primary Challengers, DCCC Takes More Money From Corporations
A number of lobbyists representing major health insurers and oil and gas giants are bundling big checks for the DCCC.
Big Political Spenders Under Scrutiny for Role in Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis continues to kill more than 130 people per day in the U.S.
Threats Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar Prompt Warnings of “Normalized Hate Speech”
Despite threats to the congresswoman's safety, Trump continued “using her as fodder for ridicule” in a weekend speech.
Fueled by Union Cash, Tim Ryan Enters 2020 Democratic Primary
Ryan is calling on his blue-collar background to attract union funding.