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Trump Wants To Deregulate Infrastructure Trump's infrastructure plan will be heavy with deregulation. Time: "The strategy, aides say, is to shell out between $100 billion to $200 billion in federal dollars, while overhauling the regulatory process, cutting regulations...
Roger Wilkins: A Man of Honor for a Tempestuous Time
Words fail to give full measure to Roger Wilkins, who left us just after his 85th birthday. A great champion of social justice, proud father and good friend, he will be missed.
Trump's Climate Order Assaults Vulnerable Communities
President Trump's sweeping executive order reverses years of efforts to promote clean air, water and energy. His claim? Environmental protections are bad for jobs. His solution? Windfalls to industry that threaten vulnerable communities.
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GOP Prepares To Nuke McConnell readies nuclear option for Gorsuch. Politico: "Mitch McConnell told his leadership team in private [that] Neil Gorsuch probably won’t get 60 votes to avoid a filibuster [and] Republicans should have no compunction about pulling the...
Gorsuch on Labor: A Soulless Man Cannot Serve Justice
The fact that Judge Gorsuch, born and bred a one-percenter, decided the "frozen trucker" case and others for moneyed interests without a thought for people injured on the job, disqualifies him for a seat on the nation’s highest court.
Did You Vote For Unfair Pay and Unsafe Workplaces?
“Fair pay and safe workplaces” sums it up. The rule, which Trump and the Republicans saw fit to repeal, stated that our government should contract with companies that have “a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics.”
The Big Lie Behind Trump's Education Budget
The anger public school advocates have for Trump's proposed education budget cuts is well-deserved. But the target for their anger should not be just the extent of the cuts but also how the cuts are being pitched to the public.
ALEC's Push for a Constitutional Convention Reaches Wisconsin
A constitutional convention makes for a snappy hashtag, #ConCon. But, as GOP leaders in Idaho recently discovered, it is an impractical idea that could result in a "runaway" convention that dangerously rewrites the U.S. Constitution.
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Trump Proposes Immediate Cuts to Fund Wall Trump proposes $18B cut in social programs in bill to keep government open. AP: "...the proposals have little chance to be enacted [and] were sent to Capitol Hill as a set of 'options' for GOP staff aides and lawmakers ......
Trump Nominates 'Alligator' Clayton To Run SEC
Trump has been filling his administration with swamp creatures, and Wall Street bailout lawyer Jay Clayton, Trump's pick to head the SEC, appears to be one more alligator.
