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The Real Reason Republicans Want to Pull the Plug on Obamacare
Repealing Obamacare will put an average of $33,000 of tax cuts in the hands of the richest 1 percent this year alone, and a whopping $197,000 of tax cuts into the hands of the top 0.1 percent. This is lunacy. We must stand up to it.
The Push to Get Disney CEO Bob Iger Off Trump's Economic Council
People's Action is collecting signatures on a petition, to be delivered to Disney's headquarters on Tuesday, designed to persuade Iger to follow the lead of Uber's CEO and leave the economic advisory council.
Progressive Breakfast
Mnuchin Up, Puzder Next Mnuchin expected to be confirmed today. Reuters: "...no Republicans have declared opposition, setting the stage for a party-line 52-48 vote. The vote is set for around 7 p.m. EST." Expect more Wall Streeters in the Treasury. Politico: "Senior...
Steve Mnuchin Is No Joe Kennedy and He's Unfit for His New Gig
How can Americans resist Wall Street’s influence with Trump in the White House, Mnuchin at Treasury and Republicans holding both houses of Congress? Some principles already seem clear.
A Trump Appointee Standing Up for ‘Bullied’ CEOs
Fortune 500 CEOs make twice as much in a month as U.S. workers make in a decade. But any move to require corporations to document that disparity, a new Trump appointee likes to argue, would be shameful.
What Do We Know about Neil Gorsuch?
Ian Milhiser, the Think Progress justice editor, explored Trump's Supreme Court nominee in an interview that explored his background, ideology and judicial philosophy.
Progressive Breakfast
Travel Ban Banned Travel ban restraining order remains in place after 3-0 9th Circuit ruling. NYT: "The three-judge panel, suggesting that the ban did not advance national security, said the administration had shown 'no evidence' that anyone from the seven nations —...
We Have Not Yet Begun to Fight Tom Price
Let’s protect the Affordable Care Act by doing what Democrats should have done all along: by making the case for a better health care system, and then fighting for it. That means making the case for government itself.
Abortion Rights Advocates Working to Turn the Tide
Over the past two weeks, lawmakers and advocates from 18 states jointly announced that they have, or will, introduce more than 85 abortion rights policies. Here's why and how.
How the Affordable Care Act Turned Me Into a Health Care Activist
Public speaking, you see, makes me sweat. And possibly vomit. Glossophobia, they call it. But in the process of trying to get myself out of this sweat-inducing, stomach-churning public-speaking gig, it hit me: This isn’t about me.
