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Schumer Lays Out Democratic Strategy Senate Minority Leader articulates oppositional vision. Yahoo! News: "Schumer mentioned infrastructure investments and tax and trade reform as areas of possible cooperation, while vowing to fight 'tooth and nail' on other issues,...
The Carolina Coup and the Fight for Public Education
The naked power grab by Republicans in North Carolina has shocked the nation. But few people understand that a struggle over public education is at the center of the fight against an authoritarian government in the era of Donald Trump
Trump Nominates Non-Free-Trader Robert Lighthizer to Trade Office
Lightizer's nomination signals that Trump is likely to oppose the "free trade" ideology and policy of the last several decades, as wel as much of the Republican coalition.
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House Guts Ethics Office "With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office" reports NYT: "House Republicans, overriding their top leaders, voted on Monday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office ... The move to...
Girding For The Education Fight Ahead
To get an idea of what kind of education policies to expect under Trump, look at Wall St, where the stock price of K12 Inc., the country’s largest operator of online charters, has reached an all time high
Coming Soon: American Made Battle of the Heavyweights
There’s a battle brewing between the President-elect and the Speaker of the House. Donald Trump promised the working class who elected him that he’d support Buy American provisions to create jobs. The Speaker backs anti-American imports.
Waging Class War in Comfort
No president has packed his cabinet with more bigwigs than president-elect Donald Trump. Do the corporate chiefs now parading into the new Trump administration see the United States as just another enterprise — to fleece?
"Corruption" Then And Now
Remember how the "news" media was going on and on about the Clinton Foundation -- at least when they weren't going on and on abut Hillary Clinton's emails, or airing entire Trump rallies for free?
What Happened? Doing the Math on Election 2016.
Now we have the hard numbers to do a thorough assessment of what really happened in our nation's 58th presidential election. One thing is certain. The votes are out there. Democrats have four years to go get them.
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House Gropes Toward Health Care Strategy House Republicans say they will replace Obamacare with "universal access." NYT: "'Our goal here is to make sure that everybody can buy coverage or find coverage if they choose to,' a House leadership aide told journalists ......
