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Promises, Promises, and More Broken Trade Promises
With reports that Trump's first year ended in record trade deficits, factory workers are still watching and waiting for him to keep his promises of fast trade enforcement, even as mills close and unemployment benefits expire.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Calls For Shutdown To Force Immigration Demands Trump says government shutdown a "good idea. NYT: "Mr. Trump is back to being a disrupter. After accusing Democrats of being un-American and even treasonous for refusing to applaud during his State of the Union...
Can Democrats Catch a Wave in 2018?
2018 offers Democrats the tantalizing promise of a wave election, in which they can take back Congress and revive their party's fortunes. But are Dems up to the task of articulating clearly what the country truly needs?
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Bids To Avert Shutdown With Pentagon Boost House GOP plans stopgap spending bill with Pentagon funding. WaPo: "House Republican leaders have come out with a plan to keep the government open for six more weeks while Washington grapples with a potential follow-up...
Black Lives Matter at Schools Rolls Out National Week of Action
A nationwide movement is underfoot as educators wear Black Lives Matter shirts to school this week and teach lessons about structural racism, intersectional black identities, black history, and anti-racist movements.
Progressive Breakfast
As Shutdown Looms, DREAMers May Lose Congress weighs leaving Dreamers in limbo another year. Politico: "As lawmakers grasp for a solution for the young undocumented immigrants, one option is a temporary extension — perhaps one year — of their legal protections paired...
GOP Tax Break Sucker Punches Wisconsin Workers
Failure to enforce international trade law and a corporate tax break that some are using to pay for plant closures are significant factors in the loss of thousands of paper mill jobs in Wisconsin, including two announced last week.
Progressive Breakfast
Russia Memo Distraction Escalates While you are tweeting Nunes, Russia is plotting its midterms attack. Mother Jones: “It is working — the Trump-GOP campaign to distract attention from the Russia scandal. And this is placing the nation—literally and...
How Public Schools Became Easy Pickings for the Kochs
The Koch brothers' dark-money network says public schools are the "lowest hanging fruit" in their campaign to dismantle government institutions. It's time for Democrats to step up and defend public education from this coming assault.
Progressive Breakfast
New Government Shutdown Looms Congress has 2 weeks to fund the government. They have 3 working days. Vox: "Still without a deal on DACA and spending, Congress has two jam-packed weeks — of retreats. Congress only has three working days between today and the next...
