April 2017

Get Real About Preventing War with North Korea

April 30, 2017
Get Real About Preventing War with North Korea

PATRICK T. HILLER - It is time for the public and its servants – our elected officials – to get away from the pretense that there are no alternatives to projecting and using military force, when indeed there are many constructive responses. This matters greatly, because a study has shown that there is a...

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‘Too Cheap to Meter’ Nuclear Plants Seek Welfare Again

April 28, 2017
‘Too Cheap to Meter’ Nuclear Plants Seek Welfare Again

JOHN LAFORGE - You have to hand it to the nuclear industry for socializing costs and privatizing profits. Last year, lobbyists for operators of dirty, deadbeat old reactors won massive public subsidies -- bailouts -- in New York and Illinois that will keep decrepit, retirement-age reactors from shutting down. Instead of turning off the...

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Trump Quadruples Obama’s Rate of Drone Strikes

April 26, 2017
Trump Quadruples Obama’s Rate of Drone Strikes

JOSEPH GIBSON - “Trump has taken Obama’s massive and limitless drone war and quadrupled strikes—more than one a day now,” said Courage to Resist's Jeff Paterson. “My hope is that because it’s now The Donald lawlessly murdering people with flying robots, folks will begin to realize how insane this ‘less interventionist’ policy is. Aside...

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Trump’s Climate Demands Roil U.S. Allies

April 24, 2017
Trump’s Climate Demands Roil U.S. Allies

ANDREW RESTUCCIA - President Donald Trump’s abrupt turnaround on U.S. climate policy is fueling tension with several of America’s closest allies, which are resisting the administration’s demands that they support a bigger role for nuclear power and fossil fuels in the world’s energy supply.

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The Democratic Party’s Anti-Bernie Elites Have a Huge Stake in Blaming Russia

April 22, 2017
The Democratic Party’s Anti-Bernie Elites Have a Huge Stake in Blaming Russia

NORMAN SOLOMON - After Hillary Clinton’s devastating loss nearly six months ago, her most powerful Democratic allies feared losing control of the party. Efforts to lip-synch economic populism while remaining closely tied to Wall Street had led to a catastrophic defeat. In the aftermath, the party’s progressive base -- personified by Bernie Sanders --...

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The Potential of an “Oregon Climate Test”

April 20, 2017
The Potential of an “Oregon Climate Test”

ERIC DE PLACE - After a string of successes defending the Northwest from ill-conceived dirty energy projects, the thin green line—the Northwest’s opposition movement to coal, oil, and gas exports—is starting to play offense. Local governments around the region are already updating land use laws to protect their communities from the depredations of fossil...

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Keep Your Eye on Trump’s Main Agenda

April 18, 2017
Keep Your Eye on Trump’s Main Agenda

PETER BERGEL - Not so fast, fellow progressives! We’ve underestimated Donald Trump a couple of times now. Let’s not do it again. He may be all the things we think he is – racist, xenophobic, narcissistic, homophobic, anti-Muslim, power-mad. At the same time, though, he’s also getting away with a deadly distraction game –...

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Civil Rights Advocates Renew Efforts to Oust Bannon

April 17, 2017
Civil Rights Advocates Renew Efforts to Oust Bannon

NEWS RELEASE - As news outlets continue to report on whether embattled White House chief strategist and white nationalist Stephen Bannon will continue serving in the administration, 23 diverse civil rights groups are reminding the Trump Administration that governing through Bannon’s divisive and hateful campaign style is out of step with the country.

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Intelligence Professionals: Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation

April 15, 2017
Intelligence Professionals: Trump Should Rethink Syria Escalation

VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS FOR SANITY - More than two dozen ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Trump to rethink his claims blaming the Syrian government for the chemical deaths in Idlib and to pull back from his dangerous escalation of tensions with Russia.

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“They’ll Never Learn” Department: Trump and North Korea

April 13, 2017
“They’ll Never Learn” Department: Trump and North Korea

MEL GURTOV - As Donald Trump prepared to meet Xi Jinping, his administration was going down the old road of believing it can pressure China to solve the North Korea nuclear weapons problem—or face a US-initiated trade war.

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First Right to Climate Law Adopted in Colorado

April 11, 2017

COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND - Lafayette, CO, recently adopted the first law in Colorado recognizing the right to a healthy climate for people and nature, and banned the extraction of oil and gas as a violation of that right. CELDF assisted the community in drafting the measure.

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Trump Succumbs To Bush/Obama Perpetual War

April 9, 2017
Trump Succumbs To Bush/Obama Perpetual War

ANN WRIGHT - President Trump is becoming the third post-9/11 president to prosecute bloody conflicts in the Mideast and impose mass surveillance at home, with no end in sight.

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U.S. Out of Korea

April 7, 2017
U.S. Out of Korea

DAVID SWANSON - My biggest concern is not the embarrassment of a U.S. public afraid of the tiny impoverished nation of North Korea. If that embarrassed me, how would I survive what U.S. culture makes of ISIS, or -- for that matter -- the election of Donald Trump? My biggest concern is that U.S....

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Trump’s Budget Assault on the Environment

April 5, 2017
Trump’s Budget Assault on the Environment

HARVEY WASSERMAN - Donald Trump’s first budget makes his antipathy to the environment clear—and his love for fossil fuels and nuclear power even clearer.

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Leaked NAFTA Plan Another Gift to Corporations

April 3, 2017
Leaked NAFTA Plan Another Gift to Corporations

ARTHUR STAMOULIS - The Trump administration’s leaked plan to “tweak” the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) confirms one of our worst fears: that President Trump is poised to let big corporations dictate how NAFTA is rewritten.

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Trump’s Coal Mining Promise Can’t Be Fulfilled

April 1, 2017
Trump’s Coal Mining Promise Can’t Be Fulfilled

JAMES HAUGHT - Even if Trump wipes out federal pollution and safety controls, I doubt that it will “get . . . miners back to work.” They would stand a better chance if Trump shifted enough federal funds to training for jobs of the future instead of easy but hollow promises that he can’t...

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