Rahm Emanuel Is in the Running for a Top Ambassador Post. The Prospect Is Appalling.
by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
on March 11, 2021
Rahm Emanuel has never been associated with the word “diplomatic,” but news reports say that President Biden is seriously considering him for a top position as U.S. ambassador to Japan or China.
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No Honeymoon For Biden? A Live Talk with Jeff Cohen
by Free Speech TV
on March 11, 2021
In the very first episode of our new series, "Just Solutions," we're talking with Jeff Cohen, co-founder of RootsAction about the No Honeymoon for Biden campaign, a grass roots movement that pledges to keep challenging the Democratic Party and the Biden administration to enact progressive policies, from the Green New Deal, to universal healthcare and much more.
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Transpartisan Letter to President Biden on the U.S. Global Posture Review and Closing Military Bases Abroad to Improve National and International Security
by Overseasbases.net
on March 10, 2021
Dear President Joseph Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Members of Congress,
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Rep. Johnson reintroduces bipartisan bill to de-militarize police
by Rep. Hank Johnson
on March 10, 2021
Congressman works to rein in Pentagon’s 1033 Program that gives military-grade weapons to local law enforcement departments for free.
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RootsAction.org Statement on Withdrawal of Tanden Nomination
by RootsAction.org
on March 02, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Tuesday, March 2
RootsAction.org Statement on Withdrawal of Tanden Nomination
"RootsAction is proud to have led the progressive opposition to Neera Tanden's nomination and heartened that she will not be OMB director. The opposition of Republican senators over nasty tweets was of course hypocritical and absurd, given their muted response to years of Trump's tweeting. But it was inexcusable for Democratic senators to be silent about the legitimate reasons to oppose her nomination -- the potential conflicts of interest raised by her years of coziness with powerful corporate elites. That silence may be explained by the fact that Democrats in the Senate are beholden to some of the same corporate donors that lavishly bankroll Tanden's think tank. Tanden was the wrong choice to head a federal agency that is vital in the regulatory process. It strains credulity to contend that she would have been a true advocate for the public interest after many years of dutifully serving corporate interests."
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Why Texas Republicans Fear the Green New Deal
by Naomi Klein, New York Times
on March 02, 2021
Small government is no match for a crisis born of the state’s twin addictions to market fixes and fossil fuels.
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Massachusetts’ Progressive Lawmakers Push Congress to Abolish Qualified Immunity
by Akela Lacy, The Intercept
on March 02, 2021
A bill introduced by Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren comes as the House prepares to vote on major policing reform.
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Biden's Flaccid Stance on Human Rights Offers Little Hope
by William Boardman, Reader Supported News
on March 02, 2021
Addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council on February 24, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had an opportunity to demonstrate the Biden administration’s break with the past by establishing a new level of human rights leadership. He failed.
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Universality or Fighting Over Scraps
by David Swanson
on February 25, 2021
Why should rich people get pandemic survival checks? Why shouldn’t descendants of enslaved people get reparations payments? Why should someone who doesn’t go to college pay taxes to make college free? Why should smokers get health coverage? Why should someone get out of their student debt when I didn’t?
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A Virtual Wall Is Trump’s Wall by Another Name
by RootsAction.org
on February 25, 2021
In response to the provisions of the Biden administration’s U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, which directs the Department of Homeland Security to deploy surveillance infrastructure and technology along the border, both at and between ports of entry, the following border community, immigrant rights, and privacy organizations issue this statement:
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