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How to Destroy the Economy With 50 Votes
Every member of the Senate Republican caucus agrees on cutting taxes; that’s the fuel that keeps their health repeal bill moving forward. Not all agree about cutting Medicaid. Some will vote against what their own voters and states want.
Health Care Repeal: Playing Political Chicken With Our Lives
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is playing political chicken with our lives. Since he and other Republicans are drafting their health care repeal in secret, it’s up to us to share the stories of those who will bear the consequences.
Progressive Breakfast
Hatred Flares 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque. WaPo: "According to accounts from police and a mosque official, a group of four or five teens were walking back from breakfast at IHOP early Sunday when they were confronted by a...
Did Trump Revive Failed Cold War Cuba Policy to Buy Rubio’s Loyalty?
Did Trump make a deal with Senator Marco Rubio to go easy in the Russia investigation in exchange for reimposing failed Cold War sanctions on Cuba, which also help the president's business interests on the island?
Tennessee Dads Ask Senators for a Simple Father's Day Gift
A group of Tennessee dads gathered on a rainy Nashville day to ask Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander for a simple gift: for Father's Day, they want their senators to protect Medicaid. Senators, are you listening?
Infighting Is Good for the Democratic Party
The debate within the Democratic Party isn’t a diversion or a liability; it is a necessary step on the road to recovery. Progressives have energy, passion, and a bold agenda for change. Isn’t it time to debate ideas and strategy?
Progressive Breakfast
DHS Targets Undocumented Parents, Spares Kids For Now Obama's attempt to grant amnesty to millions of undocumented parents is over before it even began. The Atlantic: "U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly signed a memorandum Thursday revoking an...
Subjugation in Steel
To protect national security, American steel and family-supporting jobs, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and President Trump must stand strong against unfair foreign trade in steel that kills American jobs and creates American dependency.
Resistance in a Time of Gunfire
The smell of gun smoke had net yet lifted from an Alexandria baseball field when the calls for unity began. But unity doesn't mean silence, or inaction: issues like health care and gun violence need debate, and lives are at stake.
The Senate's Silent and Deadly Health Care Repeal
Republican leaders in the Senate are very quietly – and very secretly – forcing through a radical health care repeal that threatens the lives of people across the country. It’s up to us to make noise and demand our voices be heard.
