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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...
"Financial Elder Abuse Charges" Against Trump. Business As Usual in DC.
Americans must learn to distinguish the ways Trump is uniquely terrible from the ways in which he is not so terribly unique — except as a matter of degree. Consider the charges of "financial elder abuse" made against him.
Trump's Infrastructure 'Plan' Is Really Just A Privatization Scam
Trump's plan does not call for public investment in public infrastructure, nor does it call for hiring local construction companies using American suppliers and creating jobs for American union workers.
Why We Need to Worry about Wilbur
America’s next secretary of commerce may be a private equity kingpin who owes his ample fortune to a career of manipulating the misfortune of America’s workers.
Progressive Breakfast
Some Warn Against Cooperating With Trump On Infrastructure Former VP Biden aide Ronald Klain tells Democrats Trump's infrastructure plan is "a trap": "...Trump’s plan is not really an infrastructure plan. It’s a tax-cut plan for utility-industry and...
