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October 22nd, 2019
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s been secretly advising Pete Buttigieg with his 2020 presidential campaign.

Meanwhile, Chile ’s trade unions call for a general strike in support of the country’s massive student-led uprising .

And lastly, one of California’s largest cities wants to turn the privately-owned Pacific Gas & Electric company into a giant customer-owned utility.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

Bernie Sanders lashed out Monday at critics of fellow 2020 presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard including Hillary Clinton, after Clinton and others suggested that Gabbard is a "foreign asset" for Russia amid reports that Moscow's online bots and trolls are supporting her campaign. In a tweet, Sanders called such accusations "outrageous," pointing to Gabbard's background as a military veteran.

A new CNN poll finds 50% of Americans say Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, a new high in the poll and the first time that support for impeachment and removal has significantly outpaced opposition.

CBC News is projecting that Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party will form a minority government in Canada and Trudeau will serve another term as prime minister.

And according to the annual Global Wealth Report, the millionaires of the world, who account for just 0.9 percent of the global population, now own nearly half of the planet's $361 trillion in wealth while the bottom 56 percent of the population owns just 1.8 percent.