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Critics Use Bernie Sanders’s Heart Attack to Smear Medicare for All
Opponents of single-payer argue that Sanders “would be dead” under his proposed health plan.
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Taxing Financial Transactions Is More Strategic Than Taxing High Wealth
If we rely overwhelmingly on taxing a small group of super-rich people, they could simply renounce their citizenship.
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Democrats Waited Too Long to Impeach Trump. It Could Backfire in 2020.
Having chosen Joe Biden's integrity as the hill to die on, the Democrats' decision to impeach Trump now may be a trap.
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There Could Be a Second Whistleblower on Trump’s Dealings With Ukraine
The second official is considering coming forward and speaking to Congress, according to The New York Times.
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Marijuana Legislation Passed by House Lacks Racial Justice Provisions
Allowing legal cannabis businesses to access banking services won’t undo the drug war’s racist legacy.
![Former Vice President Joe Biden waits to be introduced during the Democratic Polk County Steak Fry on September 21, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1001-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Will Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Turn Biden’s Campaign Into Collateral Damage?
Getting sucked into the Trump scandal is the last thing Biden's campaign needs.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren on debate stage](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/2019_0929-sanders-biden-warren-400x300.jpg)
New Polls Show Three-Way Race Emerging Among Biden, Sanders and Warren
Sanders has tied for first with Biden in Nevada while Warren has moved into second in South Carolina.
![U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) at the end of a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 25, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/GettyImages-1177076369-400x300.jpg)
Will This Be the Scandal That Finally Prompts Republicans to Defect From Trump?
If Republicans circle the wagons now, they’re doing so around a stick of lit dynamite.
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The Right-Wing Media Twisted My 2015 Reporting on the Bidens and Ukraine
“It’s strange to see my journalism twisted, perverted and turned into lies," says reporter James Risen.
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Trump Can’t Decide Whether to Deny or Brag About His Impeachable Offense
Speaker Pelosi must switch gears -- impeachment is a national imperative.