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Trump Wants to Steal 800,000 Immigrant Dreams
My name is Gerardo, and I live in Colorado. I am one of the hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who contribute to this country every day, thanks to DACA. If DACA ends, our lives will be on the line. Help us save our dreams.
When the Parades Are Over, Who Stands With Unions?
The Labor Day parades are over. The bands have packed up. The muscular speeches celebrating workers are finished. Now, conservative politicians from Trump on down will revive their systematic efforts to weaken unions and undermine workers.
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Working on Labor Day to Recover from Harvey
This Labor Day, the union members and other workers who risked their lives to rescue hurricane victims will be volunteering. They’ll be helping all of those affected by the storm to recover - this weekend and long after.
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One Million Displaced by Harvey A week after Harvey, cities deluged and one million displaced. Reuters: "A week after Hurricane Harvey came ashore in Texas, no let-up in rescue efforts was expected on Friday as large pockets of land remained under water after one of...
Harvey Won't Be The Last Thousand-Year Storm
The sight of thousands displaced by Hurricane Harvey is painfully familiar in New Jersey, where we're still waiting on the help we were promised after Superstorm Sandy. The road home will be long, but we can get there if we work together.
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Hurricane Aftermath Threatens Drinking Water, Chemical Plants Blasts, ‘chemical reactions’ rock storm-crippled chemical plant in Texas as Harvey flooding persists. WaPo: "The remnants of Hurricane Harvey carried its wrath up the Mississippi Delta on Thursday, but not...
Trump's Tax Plan Is a Confidence Scam
Trump's tax plan is the essential confidence scam: he's peddling a plan that does not yet exist on paper, using populist bluster to sell what will be a one-percenter's dream. The only question is if Americans are gullible enough to buy it.
Our President, the White Supremacist
The President of the United States is a white supremacist. He is not just a defender or apologist for bigots and hatemongers. He is one of them, and no one who’s been paying attention can be shocked to learn this. Here's what that means.
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Mexico Offers Support to Hurricane Victims Mexico says nope to Trump's wall but offers Harvey disaster relief 'as good neighbors do'. DailyKOS: "Mexico has reasserted that their nation 'will not pay, under any circumstances and under any circumstances, a wall or...
