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Hillsdale College Connection Reveals Trump's Extremist Education Agenda
Trump’s selection of DeVos for Education Secretary isn't the only clue that his education policy may be veering to the religious right. A connection to a small Christian college reveals even more about where he's taking the nation's schools
Coal Communities Ask Trump To Honor His Promises
Coal miners, their communities and Faith groups are calling on President-presumed-Elect Donald Trump to honor his campaign promise to help coal workers.
Progressive Breakfast
Ellison Makes Case For DNC Chair Rep. Keith Ellison calls for "3,007 County Strategy" for DNC. Chicago Tribune: "'We need a 3,007-county strategy. We need a town strategy. We need a precinct strategy," said Ellison, as [Sen. Bernie] Sanders and AFT President Randi...
As Trump Meets Tech CEOs, "Silicon Valley Rising" Calls For Resistance
The coalition warns "Trump’s policies present a dire threat to the lives and well-being of workers and contractors across the tech sector ... be they immigrants, women, workers or Muslim Americans."
Why Would Perez Challenge Ellison for Democratic Party Chair?
Keith Ellison is the perfect messenger and chief organizer for these times. Tom Perez was a great Labor Secretary but he represents continuity for the same White House operatives that have run the Democratic Party for the last eight years.
Progressive Breakfast
Rates May Go Up Today Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates today. Politico: "Expectations of more rapid growth, coupled with the threat of inflation, could bring more rate hikes, which could undermine Trump's plans to fire up the economy ... Trump and...
By Picking Tillerson and Perry, Trump’s Pretty Much Just Trolling Us Now
At this point Trump's staffing process has pretty much turned into an extended exercise in trolling, a test to see how much humiliation Americans will endure. It's also kleptocratic grift, of course.
Purging Career Civil Servants? That's The Conservative Playbook.
Years ago, I reported on how the Bush administration followed the counsel of a January 2001 Heritage Foundation memo, "Taking Charge of Federal Personnel." Now the Trump administration is dusting it off.
Dirty Energy Rules A Dark, Dirty Administration. We Must Resist This.
Radical changes coming, the will of We the People notwithstanding. We need to organize, protest, resist and most of all apply pressure to politicians. We can't let them get away with this.
The Catastrophic Oil Spill in Trump's Cabinet
With the nomination of Exxon-Mobil's CEO and an Energy Transfer Partners board member to Cabinet posts, Donald Trump has added to the swamp he pledged to clean two corporate alligators who will put the planet in peril.
