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Obamacare Divides GOP GOP divided on Obamacare strategy. Politico: "Lawmakers have proposed putting off the effective date of repeal from as little as six months to as long as three years ... Several senators suggested at the meeting with Pence that additional...
DC Rally Wednesday With Bernie Sanders, Danny Glover, Keith Ellison
Our Revolution and Good Jobs Nation will hold a rally with low-wage federal contract workers Wednesday to call on President-elect Trump to honor his promises to working people, including federal contractor employees.
Will Trump Bring the Robot Apocalypse?
The future was supposed to bring prosperity and leisure to working people, not joblessness and misery. But that was before the money guys took over.
Public-Sector Compensation Should Be a Model for the Private Sector
Most public-sector jobs are secure middle-class jobs that attract educated workers willing to work for less. Yu wouldn’t know this to read reports from the American Enterprise Institute, the Arnold Foundation, and countless others.
Enormous, Humongous $42.6 Billion October Trade Deficit Is Unbalanced
A trade deficit is a deficit in people's jobs and livelihoods. Forty straight years of trade deficits is a big part of what led to Donald Trump.
The Carrier Con: You Are Paying To Replace American Workers With Robots
1300 Carrier manufacturing jobs are still going to Mexico. And the 800 jobs staying in Indiana aren't safe, because Carrier is moving to automate much of the work, with the help of the American taxpayer.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Transition Operates in the Dark "Trump’s Transition Team Is Dirty, and It’s Dark" reports The Nation's George Zornick: "Seventy percent of Trump’s landing team members have some corporate affiliation ... Several lobbyists are simply de-registering as lobbyists...
Families Have a Lot to Lose - and Protect - Long Before Inauguration Day
The right-wing assault on the advances our country has made in the more than 70 years since the presidency of FDR isn’t waiting for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
How We Won the ‘No’ in #NoDAPL – And What We Must Take On Next
Blocking a segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Native territory was a landmark victory accomplished through an unprecedented, Native-led grassroots movement. But that victory laid bare the work that remains.
Ben Carson's Opposition To Obama's Desegregation Plan Is Incoherent
The incoming HUD Secretary doesn't like President Barack Obama's plan to enforce the 1968 Fair Housing Act, even though he knows housing segregation is a problem and doesn't have any better ideas to offer.
