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JC Watts In Trump Cabinet? What They Have in Common: Shady Infomercials
Donald Trump may tap former Rep. J.C. Watts for HUD Secretary. Both starred in infomercials for the shady Milin family. Watts flacked for the phony National Grants Conference, and Trump helped create the Trump Institute scam.
Trump's Absurd Plan To Dismantle Government's Protections
Underlying Trump's plan to "eliminate" government regulations is the premise that "government regulation" is itself a bad thing. And underlying that is the premise that government of by and for the people itself is illegitimate.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump's "Working-Class" Agenda May Buoy CEOs Trump may swap corporate tax cut for keeping Carrier plant in US. WSJ: "Representatives for the incoming administration ... have held wide-ranging policy talks with top-ranking executives at Carrier’s parent company, United...
House Democrats: New Leadership, New Energy
House Democrats pick their leaders this week. The betting is that they will retain the squad of septuagenarians that have led them over the last years. But it is long past time to groom new leaders.
Clinton Owes It To Us To Ask For Real Vote Counting
How did it get to be "normal" that actual, verifiable ballots are not actually counted, yet we trust the reported results? Instead of publicly counting ballots we rely on results reported by computer tabulators
Progressive Breakfast
Can Trump and Ryan Agree? "What Happens When Trump’s Populism Collides with Ryan’s Austerity?" asks TNR's Jeet Heer: "[Speaker Paul] Ryan rejects Trump’s agenda on trade, on immigration, and, not least, on infrastructure ... Infrastructure will be an early test of...
TPP Is Dead. Time For a Progressive Trade Vision.
Expect Trump’s trade deals to be even more damaging for people in the US and abroad than the TPP would be. That would not be a victory for progressives. What we need is progressive internationalism.
The Paris Pact Might Save The Climate From Trump
Nations of the world are sending a message to Donald Trump: mess with Paris, and you may get slapped with a carbon tariff. Such a response could not happen unless the world compromised on an imperfect climate agreement in Paris.
Fire Ants Killed the TPP
Thousands of civil society groups coalesced to combat the TPP. The battle engaged slowly with objections to the secret negotiations. Protests grew exponentially. It was the concerted action of many, like the fire ant, that killed the TPP.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Previews First 100 Days Trump lays out initial agenda. Roll Call: "On the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, the president-elect said he’d issue a 'a notification of intent to withdraw' from the agreement. He also plans to 'cancel' what he called 'job-killing...
