Despite pandemic shutdowns, the NOAA warns that carbon dioxide and methane “continued their unrelenting rise in 2020.”
Source: CO2 Now at Levels Unseen in 3.6 Million Years – In These Times
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Why Capitalism Was Destined to Come Out on Top in the 2020 Election
No matter who “won” the U.S. election, what will not change is the capitalist organization of the country’s economy. The great majority of enterprises will continue to be owned and operated by a small minority of Americans. They will continue to use their positions atop the capitalist system to expand their wealth, “economize their labor costs,” and thereby deepen the United States’ inequalities of wealth and income. More
Source: Why Capitalism Was Destined to Come Out on Top in the 2020 Election – CounterPunch.org
This passage from a Russian dissident reads as a haunting warning for the United States in 2020
When President Donald Trump was asked about new reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently had opposition leader Aleksei Navalny poisoned, he predictably refused to condemn the Kremlin and cast doubt on the evidence. “We haven’t had any proof yet, but I will take a look,” Trump said, s
‘We Can Do This’: Elections Advocate Says Measures Must Be Taken to Help States and Post Office Handle Surge in General Election Vote-By-Mail
“We’re in an unprecedented time.”
Election doomsday 2020: Here’s how scholars fear the Trump-Biden race could go terribly wrong
With six months to go until November’s 2020 election, dozens of America’s top legal minds convened to consider what would have been unthinkable before Donald Trump’s presidency. They gathered to brainstorm what could be done to prevent the country from descending into a “civil war-like scenario,” as
Democratic strategist says Trump’s 2020 campaign is ‘a crumbling empire’ — and his own aides are grifting him
Earlier this year, when it looked like Sen. Bernie Sanders stood a good chance of becoming the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville expressed a great deal of pessimism about his party’s chances of defeating President Donald Trump in November. But that
The Moral and Strategic Calculus of Voting for Biden — or Not
Is voting for Biden, a terrible candidate, the only principled position to fight Trump?
Source: The Moral and Strategic Calculus of Voting for Biden — or Not
2020 Presidential Candidates Voter’s Guide – Vote Climate U.S. PAC
Where do the 2020 presidential candidates stand on the climate? Compare the candidates’ stance on carbon fees and more in our Voter’s Guide.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/27/huge-divide-among-democratic-presidential-frontrunners-on-climate-change/
Source: 2020 Presidential Candidates Voter’s Guide – Vote Climate U.S. PAC
Donald Trump Is Worried About Socialism. He Should Be.
In private meetings, Trump has worried that socialism won’t be so easy to beat in 2020. His political intuition was right in 2016, and it’s right again now.
Source: Donald Trump Is Worried About Socialism. He Should Be.
Sanders Campaign Says Trump ‘Worried About Being Exposed as a Fraud’ as Report Suggests President Wary of Running Against Socialism in 2020
“We’ll have a national debate about policies that help the one percent versus policies that lift the 99. I get the sense Trump knows the reckoning is coming.”
