"Dam's Not Breaking. It's Broken": Pelosi Submits to Demand for Trump Impeachment Inquiry | News & Views

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[] [As Trump Authorizes Transcript Release, Expert Critics Say 'Anything Short of Whistleblower Complaint Is More Obstruction'](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [ U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House in this file photo. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Jon Queally, staff writer "Anything short of whistleblower complaint is more obstruction." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Because 'Puerto Rico Must no Longer be Treated as a Colony,' Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Lead Demand to End Painful Austerity](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wave to the crowd at the end of a campaign rally in Wichita, Kansas on July 20, 2018.](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "We must hold la Junta accountable—otherwise Wall Street vultures will continue to be prioritized over the needs of the people." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Brazilians Blast Bolsonaro's UN Speech Denying Amazon Devastation as a Total 'Scam'](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Brazilians and environmental advocates around the world responded with outrage to a speech that Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro gave Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly that included what one reporter described as "a cantankerous and conspiratorial defense of his environmental record." --------------------------------------------------------------- ["I Don't Think Billionaires Should Exist": Sanders Proposes Wealth Tax to Slash Fortunes of Ultra-Rich](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Enough is enough. We are going to take on the billionaire class, substantially reduce wealth inequality in America, and stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oligarchy." --------------------------------------------------------------- [After Climate-Focused 2020 Bid, Inslee Faces Indigenous Campaigners' Demand to End All Fossil Fuel Projects in Washington](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr by Julia Conley, staff writer Washington Gov. Jay Inslee won praise during his five-month presidential campaign for setting the tone of the climate debate in the 2020 Democratic primary and forcing other candidates to propose bold climate action—but in his own state on Tuesday, indigenous residents demanding the governor make his commitment clear at home. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Labor Dept Slammed for 'Wholly Inadequate' Overtime Pay Rule That 'Leaves Behind Millions of Workers'](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [President Donald Trump](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Labor rights advocates and progressive economists slammed the Trump administration Tuesday after the Department of Labor announced a final rule on overtime pay to replace a bolder Obama-era proposal blocked by a federal court in Texas. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [] [] Views... [] [The "Quid" Is a Crime: No Need to Prove "Pro Quo" in Ukrainegate](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [Through the Mueller investigation, President Trump should have learned the legal risks of seeking foreign support for his election efforts. Instead, he seems only to have learned that he can get away with it. (Photo: Donald Trump/cc/flickr)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Paul Seamus Ryan Americans have long prided themselves on a belief that no one is above our nation’s laws. President Trump seems determined to prove us wrong. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why the Private Health Insurance Industry Faces an Existential Crisis](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [In my 20 years working inside the industry and the 11 years I’ve been watching from the outside, I have never seen such high support among the people who get their coverage through their employers for switching to a publicly financed, privately delivered health care system. (Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Wendell Potter A former health insurance executive says the moment the insurance industry fears most has arrived. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Step Aside Agribusiness, It's Time for Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [The industrial food system only exists today because of the support it gets from governments which march in lockstep with corporate lobbyists. (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by GRAIN Big food and agribusiness companies are desperate to portray themselves as part of the solution to the climate crisis. But there is no way to reconcile what's needed to heal our planet with their unflinching commitment to growth. --------------------------------------------------------------- [What Corporate Media Like Best About Elizabeth Warren: She’s Not Bernie Sanders](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) 1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr by Julie Hollar Why has Warren—who has positioned herself as Bernie Sanders’ closest ideological competitor, and a vocal crusader against corporate control over the political system—so far escaped the scathing and skeptical coverage Sanders has received? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why on Earth Is Nancy Pelosi Protecting Donald Trump?](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [Flanked by other House Democrats, House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) speaks as Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) listens during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol January 4, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Robert Freeman The House Speaker is directly, and personally, undermining the role of Congress as the sole institution of government designed to hold to account a corrupt, inept, and destructive executive. --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Serious People Planned to Avert Climate Catastrophe at the UN (While Trump Hung Out in the Basement)](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [Trump spent most of the day at an event on religious discrimination, held in a basement room and not attended by many world leaders but appreciated by American evangelists. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) by Evelyn Leopold The Trump administration has leapt back into the 19th century, canceling as many fuel emission policies as possible and rolling back more than 80 environmental rules and regulations. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [] [] Newswire... [] [NIAC Statement on Trump's Address at the UN General Assembly](1f9d0/ct30_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [World Leaders Must Act To Stop Egyptian President al-Sisi's Repressive Crackdown](1f9d0/ct31_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [350.org US on Donald Trump’s United Nations Remarks](1f9d0/ct32_0/1?sid=TV2%3AWq2GmP1Sr) [U.N. 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