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Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh Testify A day that will resonate in history. CNN: "When Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh and his original accuser Christine Blasey Ford deliver dueling testimony on Thursday, they will conjure drama of an intensity unusual even in the Trump...
We Speak, We Remember, We Will Win
My voice catches in my throat when I think about telling my own story of sexual assault. I know the courage it takes for Dr. Blasey Ford to speak. But I know that I, and millions like me, have absolutely no intention of letting her speak alone.
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Kavanaugh, Ford Testify Thursday Democrats in the dark on eve of historic Kavanaugh hearing. Politico: "Tens of millions of people will be watching Christine Blasey Ford when she appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a potentially history-shaping hearing...
The Rich Want To Take Away Your Right To Vote
Democracy is tough for one-percenters. They’ve got all that money but no more voting power than you or me. But they’ve got a plan to make America a one-dollar, one-vote plutocracy, by stripping voting rights from non-rich minority groups.
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Sexual Violence Survivors Flood Capitol Hill Dozens arrested as survivors flood Capitol Hill to share trauma of sexual assault, demand Senate reject Kavanaugh. Common Dreams: "Ahead of a 1pm national walkout on Monday to support Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah...
Does the United States Have a ‘Strong’ Economy?
An economy only deserves celebrating when people with full-time jobs are taking home rising paychecks. In America today, they aren’t. Median annual earnings for both men and women working full-time actually dropped 1.1 percent last year in real dollars. Since 2007, male full-time workers have seen their paychecks drop 2.5 percent in value.
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Kavanaugh Faces New Allegations, Dems Demand Delay Senate Judiciary panel’s top Democrat calls for delay in Kavanaugh hearing after new allegation. WaPo: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called late Sunday for a delay in...
Betsy DeVos Throws Favors to For-Profit Schools
The Democratic party has vowed to brand Republicans as the party of corruption in political campaigns for the upcoming midterm elections in November. Given the slew of scandal-ridden people that surround President Trump and the alleged crimes committed by...
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Trump Cuts Head Start, Cancer Research To Pay for Child Jails Cuts to cancer research, Head Start, and women's shelters among $226 Million diverted to pay for dhild detention. Common Dreams: "Along with tens of thousands of children and families, cancer patients,...
Stop the “Kavanaugh Coup” By Any Means Necessary
The reason Republicans want to rush Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation through, despite credible charges of sexual harassment and perjury, is that his confirmation would complete a slow-moving coup by their oligarchic donor class to turn American law back a hundred years.
