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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.
Progressive Breakfast
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,'...
A New Benchmark for Measuring Progress Against Inequality
Oxfam's eye-popping report on the growing gap between the world's richest and poorest offers not just laments, but some attainable strategies that can make societies fairer for all, if our leaders would only follow their advice.
America Needs Cops on the Trade Beat
American manufacturers and workers aren't looking for protectionism. They don't need it. They can compete with any manufacturer in the world that abides by international trade law. They are seeking prosecution of trade law violators.
Progressive Breakfast
WH Floats Demands On Immigration Deal Trump's Immigration Concession Sets High Price for Democrats. Bloomberg: "The administration Thursday night proposed giving 1.8 million undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children a path to citizenship in exchange for...
Trump's General Just Announced a New Cold War. Who Will Stop It?
Defense Secretary Mattis is not a “Mad Dog.” He's a rational and articulate spokesperson for the national security ideology that has dominated American political life since the end of World War II. That’s disturbing in a very different way.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Says Open To Solution For DREAMers Trump says he is open to a path to citizenship for ‘Dreamers’. NYT: "President Trump said on Wednesday that he is open to a path to citizenship after 10 to 12 years for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought...
Massive Charter School Failure Exposes Thousands of Students
A massive charter school closure in Ohio leaves thousands of students in the lurch, and the state with the bill. This failure prompts questions about accountability in this business model, but how many school-choice zealots will ask them?
Progressive Breakfast
U.S. Talks Trade War At Davos Commerce's Ross declares trade war under way. Bloomberg: "Trade wars 'are fought every single day,' and the U.S. has been engaged in one 'for quite a little while,' Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in comments that diverge from...
The Shutdown Debacle: Trump and the Politics of Hate
The GOP’s shameful treatment of DREAMers isn’t accidental or random. It exemplifies the repugnant preying on racial fears that is a core strategy of Donald Trump’s Republican Party. We must build a broad majority that rejects this.
