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December 13, 2019

American Muslims to Democrats: 'Palestine is a Foreign Policy Priority'

Azad Essa Middle East Eye

The American Muslims for Palestine convention was bigger than ever, with participants looking to build momentum with Democrats. Speakers included Marc Lamont Hill, Linda Sarsour, Zahra Billoo, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib.

December 13, 2019

Senators Have a Choice: Convict Trump or Crown Him

David Cay Johnston DC Report

Letting the president get away with contempt of Congress will make the legislative branch as irrelevant as the Roman Senate

December 13, 2019

Friday Nite Videos | December 13, 2019

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Trump Is "Surprised" He's Being Impeached for Ukraine Scandal. 'A Rapist in Your Path': Chilean Protest Song Becomes Feminist Anthem. America’s Afghanistan Fiasco. Man Climbs Over Trump's Border Wall. How America Fails Its Whistleblowers.

December 13, 2019

Why the Media Is Ignoring the Afghanistan Papers

Alex Shephard The New Republic

The documents are a bombshell. So why do so few news outlets care?

December 13, 2019

Climate Models Got It Right on Global Warming

Chelsea Harvey Scientific American

Even models in the 1970s accurately predicted the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and temperature rise

December 13, 2019

Overturning Felony Disenfranchisement in Southern States

Benjamin Barber Facing South

In six Southern states — Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia — more than 7 percent of the adult population is disenfranchised, disproportionately more of minorities and the poor

Trump Is "Surprised" He's Being Impeached for Ukraine Scandal

December 13, 2019

Seth takes a closer look at the House Judiciary Committee debating two articles of impeachment against President Trump

'A Rapist in Your Path': Chilean Protest Song Becomes Feminist Anthem

December 13, 2019

A Chilean protest song about rape culture and victim shaming has become an anthem for feminists around the world

America’s Afghanistan Fiasco

December 13, 2019

The Washington Post releases a staggering report about the war in Afghanistan that shows an alarming lack of strategy, gross mismanagement of funds and a continued pattern of painting the war as successful from Presidents Bush, Obama and Trump. #TheDailyShow

Man Climbs Over Trump's Border Wall

December 13, 2019

Watch this man overcome President Trump’s border wall using nothing but a rope ladder.