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Trump's Immigration 'Pivot' and the Effort to Expose It For What It Is
Trump is trying to have it both ways: Reassure his base that he is the same candidate who promised to kick out all 11 million undocumented immigrants while offering what sounds like more rational, realistic policy.
EU Tells Apple It Is The Boss Of Them
The EU decided that Ireland's tax deal with Apple, based on Apple demanding a tax break to "bring jobs" to Ireland instead of somewhere else, is "state aid" to the company.
Cheaters like Trump See Cheaters Everywhere
Trump called Pennsylvanians vote thieves, although the state GOP could find absolutely no in person voter fraud in the state. None. But that doesn’t matter because when Republicans like Trump cheat, they think everyone else cheats too.
Progressive Breakfast
Next President Has Power To Thwart TPP "White House says it sees a path to approval of Pacific trade deal" reports Reuters: "The White House said on Monday it could still win congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact before President Barack...
Health Care Is a Right, Not a Business
The U.S. insurance industry has objectively failed to manage either the cost or quality of health care. Health care is a human right, and private insurers have failed to safeguard it. They had their shot, and they blew it.
Good News In The Reported Collapse of U.S.-Europe Trade Talks
The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has provisions similar to the those in the Trans-Pacific Partnership that would allow multinationals to sue governments in a special trade court.
After Trump
I recently got a call from a political analyst in Washington. “Trump is dropping like a stone,” he said, convincingly. “After Election Day, he’s history.” I think Trump will lose the election, but I doubt he’ll be “history.”
Donald Trump Doesn't Understand Social Security
The truth is undocumented immigrants have paid billions of dollars into the Social Security system but legally can't collect benefits. Claims to the contrary appear designed to undermine support for Social Security.
Progressive Breakfast
ISDS Exposé Blow To TPP Buzzfeed begins four-part series on investor-state dispute settlement courts, a key feature of TPP: "The BuzzFeed News investigation ... will show how the mere threat of an ISDS case can intimidate a nation into gutting its own laws, how some...
The “People’s Fed” and the Oracles of Jackson Hole
Many of the Fed officials who met with Fed Up activists expressed support, at least in principle, for the group's goals. That's commendable. But the Fed is hamstrung by its own ambiguous structure.
