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August 15, 2020

Trump is Trying to Destroy the US Postal Service. We Should Expand It

Bhaskar Sunkara The Guardian

A completely politicized and manufactured crisis threatens to destroy the US Postal Service, our most important, successful and trusted institution by any measure. While the Trump Administration seeks to destroy it we must embrace and empower it.

August 15, 2020

Trump’s War on Seven Decades of Arms Control and Disarmament

Melvin Goodman CounterPunch

Workers cut launch tubes from a nuclear missile submarine.

President Trump has undermined a US arms control regime developed over seven decades by successive US administrations. He is seeking to reverse important steps towards disarmament and arms control taken by every US president from Eisenhower to Obama.

August 15, 2020

‘We Have to Get Rid of Trump’: Pro-Bernie Group Launches Effort to Boost Biden

Holly Otterbein Politico

RootsAction.org is asking swing state progressives to bite the bullet and support the Democratic nominee whose record they've described as abysmal. Their message: “vote Trump out —and then challenge Biden” after November.

August 15, 2020

As Bolivian Regime Delays Elections a Third Time, Media Continue to Ignore Coup

Bryce Greene FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

US media has a history of supporting right-wing coups and not much seems to be changing. That media narratives remain unchanged even after acknowledgment of new evidence indicates it is official dogma, not reality, that sets the tone for coverage.

August 14, 2020

The Largest Private-Sector Strike of the Year Is Headed for Union Victory

Jeremy Gantz In These Times

After nearly seven weeks on the picket line at Bath Iron Works, Machinists union members will soon vote on a contract that includes everything they’re fighting for.

August 14, 2020