Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
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Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out These Medicare for All Fliers
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-02-10
US Presidential Candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a Town Hall event in Keene, New Hampshire. – US Presidential Candidates are in the state for the upcoming 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary who will take place on February 11, 2020. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Brazilians Mobilize to Clean Up Massive Oil Spill and End the Fossil Fuel Era
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
A major oil spill, coming from a mysterious source in the South Atlantic Ocean, has been contaminating Brazil's coastline since Aug. 30. The oil has already reached a 1,500-mile stretch of the coast across 11 Brazilian states. It's contaminated beaches, coral reefs, estuaries, mangroves, and at least 14 nature conservation areas. And it has been impacting the health of traditional coastal communities, including the liv…
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'He's pretty fragile': Football legend Pele 'embarrassed' to leave house amid ill-health concerns, son says
rt.com | 2020-02-10
Brazilian all-time great Pele is in a 'fragile' state of health according to his son and is understood to be "embarrassed" to be seen in public in a wheelchair or walking frame as he battles back from poor health. | The former Santos player, who amassed an incredible 77 goals in 91 appearances for his national team in a career lauded as being one of the best the sport's annals, has endured a series of health woes in recent times. | Pele, 79, was hospitalized last year for a urinary infection, as well as for prostate surgery a number of years ago, but a chronic condition in his hip has flared up to the point th…
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Trump's Social Security Changes Pose Dire Threat to Rural Disabled People
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Changes to the Social Security Disability Insurance program proposed in January by the Trump administration could make it harder for over 8 million Americans with disabilities to maintain federal benefits. | That's particularly true for those in rural communities, where we have worked and studied for the past 35 years. |
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Trump outlines massive cuts in Medicaid and Medicare in 2021 budget plan
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
The Trump administration is scheduled to release a 2021 budget plan on Monday that includes deep reductions in entitlement programs and other mandatory spending while increasing funding for the military and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Trump Puts Rejected Budget Cuts Back on the Block
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-10
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Trump Budget Would Slash Medicare and Social Security While Boosting Pentagon
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Just two days after vowing the White House "will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare" in its budget proposal for fiscal year 2021, President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to unveil a $4.8 trillion blueprint that includes hundreds of billions in combined cuts to those programs over the next decade, deep reductions in safety-net spending, and a major increase in Pentagon funding. | The president's pl…
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Coronavirus Is Becoming a Western Excuse for Sinophobia and "China-Bashing"
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Coronavirus is, undoubtedly, one of the greatest epidemic tragedies of our times. Hundreds of dead people and thousands of ill ones are the proof of it. For any person with good faith and interested in the well-being of people, it …
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Chinese Slams "Racist" Reports by German Media over Coronavirus
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
"Epidemic outbreaks must not be used as an excuse for discrimination and xenophobia, and press freedom must not become a reason for creating a racist opinion in German society," said the Chinese embassy in Germany in a statement. | *** | The …
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China: Slow Return To Work As Coronavirus Toll Hits Daily Record
teleSUR, jg | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-10
Workers restarted their activities in offices and factories in China on Monday, as the government eased some of the work and travel restrictions imposed after the coronavirus outbrake that has already killed more than 900 people, mostly in the Asian continent. | RELATED: | Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 800 to Surpass SARS Epidemic | However, Sunday's death toll…
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Oscars, movies help pass the time on cruise ship quarantined in Japan
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-10
Some cruise ship passengers savoured lavish meals; others watched movies or were glued to the live Academy Awards broadcast. The lucky few whose turn it was to get fresh air paced the decks, revelling in a glimpse of blue sky.Nearly a week into quarantine on the Diamond Princess, tied up at the quay in Yokohama, boredom warred with anxiety as the hours ticked by and 66 more people tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total cases on the ship to 136.Health authorities have said the quarantine will stretch to Feb. 19 unless something unexpected happens, meaning deliverance is still more than a week away for…
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Bats are not part of Chinese cuisine, says defiant official as coronavirus deaths increase
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-10
Dozens of videos and photos purporting to show Chinese people eating exotic animals have been circulating on social media platforms after the deadly coronavirus outbreak, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan wet markets, claimed hundreds of lives, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic.One of the viral videos that shows a Chinese woman, supposedly in Wuhan, eating a whole bat at a restaurant was disseminated widely on social media platforms, stirring prejudices against Chinese eating habits as bats are considered as a possible origin of the new virus.The virus is said to have…
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Trump Budget to Propose 'Savage' Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security While Hiking Pentagon and Wall Funds
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-10
"This budget is Trump's pledge that as long as he stays in office, slashing Social Security, Medicaid, and whatever's left of SNAP will remain a White House priority." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Trump Says Covering All Immigrants Would Bankrupt Our Healthcare System. That's a Lie
Adam Gaffney | commondreams.org | 2020-02-09
During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump put Medicare for All in the crosshairs.
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Trump's Homelessness Czar Seeks to Further Criminalize the Homeless
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-09
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Glyphosate and Roundup Proven to Disrupt Gut Microbiome by Inhibiting Shikimate Pathway
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
First published and posted in GR in December 2019 | Fatty liver disease and death of liver tissue were also confirmed in rats fed regulatory permitted and thus presumed safe doses of the weedkiller | The primary mechanism of how glyphosate herbicides …
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Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English
Utah Flies Employees to Mexico to Save on Prescription Drugs
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-09
The public insurance program is a dramatic example of steps states are taking to beat the high cost of prescription drugs in America.
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The Democrats Finally Get Around to Talking About Abortion
Sarah Jones | commondreams.org | 2020-02-09
On Friday evening, when the Democratic Party's primary candidates convened for another interminable showdown. Once moderators got the usual questions about socialism and Medicare for All out of the way they decided, bravely, to breach new ground.
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Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 800 to Surpass SARS Epidemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
The death toll from the Coronavirus has officially topped the SARS epidemic after China announced on Sunday that more than 800 people had died from this illness. | RELATED: | Russia Sends Plane With Help to China to Fight the Coronavirus | According to the Chinese authorities, the death toll from the coronavirus has been recorded at 811, with the U.S. reporting its first death as a result of this fast-spreading illness. | China's cabinet said on Sunday it would coordinate wit…
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UN Chief Praises China's Coronavirus Response As Remarkable
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that China's response to curb the novel coronavirus outbreak is "remarkable" while warning stigmatization against China. | RELATED: | Putin Praises China's Measures to Stop Novel Coronavirus | "It is clear that there is a massive effort that is made by China in order to contain the disease and avoid its propagation. I think that that effort is remarkable," Guterres told reporters on the sidelines of the African Union summit in…
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Israeli Forces Kill a Palestinian Teen Near Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-07
A Palestinian teenager was pronounced dead, Friday, shortly after he was shot and critically injured by Israeli occupation forces, north of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, said the Ministry of Health. Bader Nidal Nafla Harha, 19, was fatally wounded by Israeli soldiers during protests near the village of Qaffin, …
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Trump sinks to racist panic as China mobilizes against disease
Joel Wendland-Liu | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-07
Even though a tiny number of cases of coronavirus have surfaced in the U.S., widespread panic about the disease has surfaced in the form of hostility and racism toward Chinese people and even people who seem to be of Asian descent who are not Chinese. Many Americans, often self-identified as fans of Trump and living …
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Trump says Xi's 'sharp' leadership will defeat coronavirus in U-turn on harsh anti-China rhetoric
rt.com | 2020-02-07
Donald Trump says China will defeat the deadly coronavirus, thanks to its great discipline and Xi Jinping's strong leadership, as the US president's tone on Beijing softens following the recent signing of a new trade deal. | The two leaders discussed the outbreak of the virus, which has claimed 640 lives in China, during a phone call on Friday. | That provided the perfect grounds for an attack on Beijing, but Trump, who earlier blasted China for currency manipulation, intellectual property theft, and election meddling, was this time reluctant to take advantage of the dire health crisis in order to attack Beiji…
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Coronavirus: demand for face masks creates shortfall for those in real need
news.un.org | 2020-02-07
Unprecedented global demand for face masks and other protective equipment fuelled by the coronavirus epidemic, has created potentially dangerous shortages for those who need them most, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday.
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Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It's a Better System
J. Mijin Cha | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It's a Better System…
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Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It's a Better System
J. Mijin Cha | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It's a Better System…
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Chinese national describes life inside the coronavirus quarantine zone
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-07
SINGAPORE–It's been more than two weeks since authorities in the city of Wuhan quarantined 11 million people in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak spreading across China and around the world. Except for a few foreign nationals whose governments have ferried them out on charter flights, the capital of epidemic-hit Hubei province remains, essentially, …
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Central African Republic: One year after peace deal, a 'long, steep' road ahead to ensure child rights protections
news.un.org | 2020-02-06
A year since the signing of a peace deal between the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and 14 armed groups, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Thursday that millions of children across the country remain threatened by violence and a lack of access to food, health care and other basic needs.
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Female Genital Mutilation costs $1.4 billion annually: UN health agency
news.un.org | 2020-02-05
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) poses serious risks to the health and well-being of women and girls, but it also exacts a crippling economic toll, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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$675 million appeal to stop coronavirus in its tracks, as deaths rise
news.un.org | 2020-02-05
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Wednesday for $675 million to boost international measures to counter the new coronavirus epidemic, as deaths from the outbreak neared 500.
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Ocean Conference has potential to be a 'global game-changer'
news.un.org | 2020-02-04
The second global Ocean Conference taking place in Portugal in a few months' time promises to be "a critical moment" for the health of life under water and on land, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Tuesday, as preparations got underway.
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Laurie Garrett on How Trump Has Sabotaged America's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the United States has declared a public health emergency and is barring foreign nationals who have recently traveled to China from entering the country. So far, there are 11 confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. The virus has claimed at least 361 lives in China. A 44-year-old man in the Philippines became the first casualty of the disease outside of China Saturday, and over the weekend the number of confirmed cases worldwide rose to at least 17,205 across more than two dozen countries, with most of those cases occurring in China. U.S. citizens who have visited H…
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Laurie Garrett on How Trump Has Sabotaged America's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-03
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the United States has declared a public health emergency and is barring foreign nationals who have recently traveled to China from entering the country. So far, there are 11 confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. The virus has claimed at least 361 lives in China. A 44-year-old man in the Philippines became the first casualty of the disease outside of China Saturday, and over the weekend the number of confirmed cases worldwide rose to at least 17,205 across more than two dozen countries, with most of those cases occurring in China. U.S. citizens who have visited H…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/3/laurie_gar…
Headlines for January 31, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-31
Senate Poised to Acquit President Trump in Impeachment Trial, World Health Organization Declares International Public Health Emergency, U.S. Special Envoy Warns of International Crisis in Idlib, Syria, Britain Formally Withdrawing from European Union Tonight, Pentagon Deploys 1st Low-Yield Nuclear Warhead-Armed Submarine, Trump Admin Poised to Loosen Restrictions on Use of Landmines, Human Rights Groups Condemn Mexico for Crackdown on Central American Migrants, Mexican Butterfly Conservationist Found Dead, Bolivia's Movement for Socialism Candidate Luis Arce Returns to Bolivia, U.S. Pushes EU to End Ban on Chemic…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/31/headlines
What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective
Jay Stanley | aclu.org | 2020-01-28
The world is watching anxiously to see what happens with the | coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. As scientists and public health | officials in the United States learn more about the virus, and as we all see | how bad the outbreak turns out to be, it is important that public policymaking | remain firmly centered around science. | Unfortunately, our history of reactions to infectious | disease outbreaks suggests that if this outbreak becomes severe, we're likely | to see strong pressure to the contrary. In particular, we can expect three | things: | We can expect some to | panic.: | Unfortu…
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