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Trump Alienates G7 Allies Trump refuses to sign G-7 statement and calls Trudeau ‘weak’ NYT: "President Trump upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on...
Will South Korean Doves or Washington Hawks Prevail at Summit?
Donald Trump’s unprecedented summit meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong-un could lead to a more peaceful world, or a return to fire-and-fury tweets and provocative military action. It depends, in large part, on whether Trump listens to America’s ally, South...
“Establishment Wins” Are Bad for Democrats – and the Country
Diehard science-fiction fans will remember the mystical mantra at the heart of the 21st-century “Battlestar Galactica” reboot: “All this has happened before and will happen again.” Democratic Party leaders and members of the mainstream media should keep that sentence...
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G7 May Exclude U.S. At Summit Macron threatens rare rebuke of U.S. at G-7. WaPo: "French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday threatened to join with other world leaders to issue a rare rebuke of the United States at a global summit here this weekend, drawing...
For Captured Regulators, Repealing the Volcker Rule is Child’s Play
Our country’s economic condition is fragile, and the next recession could be catastrophic. Why, under these conditions, would the people entrusted with our economy decide to make things more dangerous? Given Wall Street’s fraudulent behavior and self-proclaimed incompetence, why would regulators or politicians place more trust in it?
And yet, that’s exactly what a bipartisan group of lawmakers (including Democratic senators Heitkamp, Donnelly, and Tester) did recently when they loosened Dodd-Frank rules for most American banks. And it’s what Trump appointees are about to do by weakening the Volcker Rule, a move that could pave the way for another financial disaster.
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Mulvaney Disbands CFPB Advisory Council Mulvaney effectively fires CFPB advisory council. NPR: "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to come under fire by the man running the watchdog agency — Mick Mulvaney, the interim director appointed by President...
Charter School Industry's Stunning Loss in CA Primaries
In reviewing the losers in this week's primary elections in eight states, one shouldn't overlook the charter school industry, which took a drubbing in the California governor's race where its preferred candidate former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa drew a...
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Dems Score Primary Wins Dems, women score gains at polls. The Hill: "Voters in seven states cast their ballots Tuesday in what amounts to the most significant primary election of the 2018 season, a Super Tuesday for partisans battling for control of Congress. In...
Making Movement Politics Real in Iowa and Beyond
“Our fight to lift up a million Iowans didn’t end when the polls closed,” said Cathy Glasson last night, when she conceded her race in the Democratic governor’s primary. “We’ve built a bold, progressive movement that will be a force to be reckoned with in Iowa...
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Primary Votes In Eight States What you need to know about Tuesday's primaries. CBS: "There are eight states holding primaries on Tuesday, June 5: Alabama, California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. That makes Tuesday one of the...
