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What To Make Of VP Pick Tim Kaine's TPP Reversal
This is the new Democratic party -- recognizing reality, and starting to listen to the voices of working people again.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Kicks Off Dem Convention Tonight Bernie Sanders, Michelle Obama address convention's opening night. USA Today: "Sanders’ will hammer that point home in his speech Monday and will 'rip into Trump' for denying climate change is real, according to his campaign. He...
Watch Sen. Tammy Baldwin Talk Wall Street Reform [Video]
"The Zero Hour" interviewed Sen. Tammy Baldwin about ending Wall Street's huge bonuses for employees who enter government service and other key reforms sought by progressives.
Burning Issues: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Climate Change
The Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens to undermine the real progress the United States and the world is poised to make on addressing climate change, says Ilana Solomon of the Sierra Club in this Burning Issues video.
Two Democratic Parties in Philadelphia: They Must Unite And Beat Trump.
Two Democratic parties will meet in Philadelphia this week. It is crucially important that they unite to defeat Donald Trump – and then work together to win progressive change for all Americans.
Wingnut Week In Review: Slouching Towards Cleveland
For four days, the Republicans convened in Cleveland, officially nominated Donald Trump for president, and wingnuttery abounded.
A Clinton Campaign In Big Trouble Must Make An Audacious Choice
Democrats who chose Hillary Clinton because she was more electable may have picked the least electable Democrat and placed the country in danger of a proto-fascist President Trump. To recover, Clinton needs audaciousness, not caution.
What's Taking Little Rock Back To Its Segregated Past?
Progress on racial integration achieved during the civil rights period has gradually eroded. But in places like Little Rock, Ark., where progress started in 1957, the conflict continues; only the actors have changed.
Ailes Out, Trump In
On the day Donald Trump gave his speech accepting the nomination of the Republican party Roger Ailes left Fox News. Ailes' work here was done. Trump's speech was the culmination of the Fox News project.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Goes Full Nixon Trump delivers "grim" capstone address. W. Post: "...Trump offered a powerful echo of Richard Nixon almost 50 years ago ... a law-and-order message in the hope of summoning an army of disaffected and forgotten voters large enough to topple the...
