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As the Trump Train Derails, We Must Keep Up the Pressure
Trump’s fake economic populism is laying the groundwork for greater corporate control over our lives and replacing the war on poverty with a war on the poor. We must keep up the pressure.
There's Still Time to Tell Your Senators to 'Toss DeVos'
Education Secretary Nominee Betsy DeVos is President Trump's most-protested cabinet appointment. It's possible that most, if not all, Democrats will vote against her confirmation.
Holocaust Denial and Religious Persecution, Courtesy of the White House
The point of Holocaust Remembrance Day was to counter people who say “lots of people suffered, not just Jews." The Trump administration's statement said just that.
Senate Democrats Must Muck Up Trump or the Resistance Must Make Them
If elected Democrats accommodate to the Trumpublicans instead of using every tool to fight back, then the Resistance has to force them, occupying their offices until they grow a backbone, if necessary.
Donald Trump’s $100-Million Men
For us, another day, another dollar. For them, another day, another fortune. And another reason we need to start exploring the notion of a surtax on excessive CEO pay.
Progressive Breakfast
Resistance Rises Protests against Trump refugee order sweep country. NYT: "Protesters amassed in public spaces and at airports to oppose the order, which they assailed as un-American ... protesters gathered by the thousands outside the front lawn of the White House...
Will the Senate's 'Good Republicans' Reject a Dishonest Nominee?
There's compelling evidence to show that Steve Mnuchin, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Treasury, lied to the Senate in both written and verbal testimony. Senate Republicans seem to be taking those offenses in stride.
Trump’s First Test on Taxes
Donald Trump's supporters didn't vote to make the richest richer, but the Republican Congress is about to with a plan to abolish the estate tax and allow tax loopholes to continue.
Labor Secretary Nominee Hit With 33 Labor-Violation Charges
The nominee for Secretary of Labor, the department with the mission of promoting rights and higher wages for working people, was hit this week with 33 anti-worker charges.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Confuses On Border Tax Mixed signals from Trump on border tax. NYT: "...Trump appeared to embrace a proposal by House Republicans that would impose a 20 percent tax on all imported goods. The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, told reporters that the...
