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The GOP’s Tax Bill Is A Turkey No Pardon Can Save
GOP lawmakers think their budget means tax cuts for the rich are finally within reach, if they can hold on a little longer. But they're wrong; we' re going to stop them. We won't let this stinker slide through.
Center For American Progress Makes a Failed Case for Charters
The Center for American Progress's recent 'progressive case' for charter schools is flawed and unconvincing in multiple ways. What's most obvious is CAP hasn't spent much time seriously considering what charter school skeptics say.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Budget Heads to House Vote Republican tax fight complicates plan to pass budget in House. CNBC: "A budget plan crucial to President Donald Trump's hopes for large-scale tax cuts looked set for a close vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday after...
Trump's ‘Reform’ Tilts Tax Code to Favor the Rich
Lawmakers ought to make improving Social Security, not enriching the rich, the goal of tax reform. What the White House calls “tax reform” favors the rich so much, the rest of us ought to call it an outrage.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Votes To End CFPB Arbitration Rule Flake and Corker join Trump to upend a major consumer protection. The Intercept: "With national attention focused Tuesday morning on a mushrooming feud between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., followed by a feud...
Why "Centrists" Will Sink the Democrats, If They Haven't Already
No ideology in modern American history has failed as consistently or for as long as the Wall Street-friendly "Democratic centrism." Its practitioners are undeterred by the losing streak that has brought their party to its knees.
Do Democrats Really Need Wall Street?
Some argue Democrats need to forget our progressive past if we want to win. They're dead wrong. We are descended from activists who made America truly great by refusing to bow to the powerful and instead fought to extend and deepen freedom.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump, GOP Barrel Towards Tax Cuts Trump heads To Capitol Hill with clear message: Pass A Tax Cut. NPR: "Marching down Pennsylvania Avenue to send a message to Congress is a classic move in presidential political theater, and today is President Trump's inaugural...
Dems Need To Ignore Wall Street's Advice for the Party
As the Democratic Party finds itself in the wilderness, the Wall Streeters are trying to argue that they have a way out. But we shouldn't listen. Big money perverts our democracy, period.
Why We Need Moral Leadership and Access to Justice
The CFPB’s arbitration rule keeps courthouse doors open, and creates a more level playing field for consumers to bring their claims. That's why some sectors of Corporate America want to see this rule go away for good.
