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June's Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Is Up 9 Percent
Imagine if we were engaged in actual "trade," and American factories had $66 billion more in orders in June. (And another $66 or so billion the following month, and every month.)
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Cozies Up To Wall Street Trump's economic team full of "real-estate investors, hedge-fund managers and bankers." Politico: "Names on the list, which the Trump campaign boasted as having "unparalleled experience and success in business" include Steve Roth, the...
The Birds on Trump's Brain
Here's what Trump said about wind power on Monday:"The wind kills all your birds. All your birds, killed. You know, the environmentalists never talk about that."
Trump has birds on the brain. Who put them there?
As Republicans Defect, Will Clinton Be Tempted To Tack Right?
Republican support poses a dangerous temptation for Clinton. She may see it as a mandate to form something like a unity government with Republicans, a call to tack right toward the failed "centrism" and "bipartisanship" of the past.
Donald Trump and The Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 2
Donald Trump has not sown the seeds of anger and hatred so much as he has reaped their fruits in a bumper crop. Their roots go very deep, and they will blossom anew in the wake of a Trump defeat.
Did You Know That AARP Is A Paying Member Of ALEC?
The Center for Media and Democracy revealed at AARP is a paying member of ALEC, an organization dedicated to, among so many other things, privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Just wow.
The Birds on Trump’s Brain
Donald Trump’s brain. It’s an unusual instrument, and a frightening one, even in the best of circumstances. Now someone has “put a bird on it”– a lot of them, in fact. Here’s what Trump said about wind power on Monday: “The wind kills all your birds. All your...
Republicans Leaders Who Don’t Unendorse Trump Face Disgrace
After Trump's litany of irresponsible statements, including questioning the legitimacy of the election and considering using nuclear weapons, if Republican leaders don't unendorse Trump, their names will go down in infamy.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Panics RNC chair hits panic button. AP: "Party chairman Reince Priebus appealed to the New York billionaire’s adult children to help ... Priebus also joined a handful of high-profile Trump allies in considering whether to confront the candidate directly following...
Don't Be Fooled. TPP Is Still Very Much Alive. Help Kill It For Good
Hillary Clinton could help kill TPP by demanding the President Obama withdraw TPP from any possibility of consideration in the "lame duck" session of Congress.
