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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.
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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...
Menace and Mush: Trump’s State of the Union
Donald Trump drenched his audience in calls to unity, then purposefully preyed on our fears, plying the race-bait politics he and his party have perfected. This is his trademark: a combination of patriotic banality with toxic cunning.
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State of Our Union Calls For Women To Unite State of Our Union event calls for women to unite against Trump agenda. Detroit Free Press: "The resistance to President Donald Trump made its objections loud and clear on the night of his first State of the Union address......
The State of OUR Union Is Ready To Lift Up Truth
There’s a new wave of defiance growing, and that defiance is female, is young and old, and is every color of the rainbow. The state of OUR union is ready to lift up truth, to raise our voices collectively and move mountains. We are ready.
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Federal Judge Frees Immigrant Activist, Slams ICE Federal judge blasts ICE for ‘cruel’ tactics, frees immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir. WaPo: "Comparing the Trump administration’s immigration practices to those of an authoritarian regime, a federal judge in...
Women Take the Stage for 'The State of Our Union'
Five hundred women gather in Washington for tonight's State of Our Union, an alternative vision for our nation in which gender and economic justice can overcome the forces that seek to divide us along fault lines of race and class.
The Pentagon’s Plan for Never-Ending War
Did the Pentagon just officially declare a new Cold War with both China and Russia and commit to wage endless wars around the globe? Apparently, yes. The new National Defense Strategy pushes for a massive and costly military buildup.
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Environmental Groups Challenge EPA With Dozens Of Suits Big green readies dozens of lawsuits as only 'antidote' for Trump EPA. Washington Examiner: "'EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt wants to roll back the clock on environmental protections and drag us back decades,'...
