Even with large parts of the Western United States on fire and Hurricane Laura battering the Gulf Coast, none of the speeches at the Republican National Convention mentioned the threat that climate change poses to the United States.
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As of the morning of August 28, the most recent tweet from the Chicago Bulls’s Twitter account showed a picture of a Black Lives Matter protest sign, with the caption: “Bigger than basketball #NBATOGETHER #BLACKLIVESMATTER.”
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On Wednesday, before game five of the first round NBA playoff series, Bucks players decided not to take the court in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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President Donald Trump is waging a war on all current and future Social Security beneficiaries.
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A majority of voters trust Biden over Trump to handle major problems, including the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and job market, and race relations
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As part of an August survey, Data for Progress asked voters who they plan to support in the upcoming presidential election between the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and President Donald Trump.
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On January 23rd, 2016, Donald Trump boldly claimed: “…I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters…”
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On July 30, a nation mourned as we put to rest one of America’s greatest heroes: Congressman John Lewis. He repeatedly put his own freedom, even his own life, on the line to fight for the democratic principles our country was founded on.
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The Trump administration has launched an all out assault on the United States Postal Service (USPS).
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Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Senator Elizabeth Warren were in a fierce debate over health care reform. The eventual victor, Biden, initially supported a comparatively modest plan to build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with a Medicare-like public option. Sanders, of course, demanded Medicare for All with no cost-sharing. And Warren ended up in between, eventually backing a generous public option as a major step toward a universal Medicare program.
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It is now five months since the United States began shutting down in response to the coronavirus pandemic and according to this week’s tracking poll, concern over the coronavirus remains high
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Last month the Trump Administration announced rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a 50-year-old environmental law which requires major federal infrastructure projects, such as highways, to undergo environmental review with opportunities for public feedback.
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