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Dear Tony Blair: It's Not the Pitch, It's the Product.
Although Tony Blair laments the failure of the “political center,” the Brexit vote didn’t happen because he and his colleagues failed. It happened because they succeeded. Voters don't like the effects on either side of the Atlantic.
Paul Ryan’s Hot New Idea: More Rank Corporate Giveaways
Some were excited when Speaker Ryan called a major press conference to present his idea for fixing the economy. But, sheesh. The House speaker's "economic agenda" would fix the economy in the same way a vet fixes your dog.
Here's How Clinton's Latest College Debt-Relief Plan Misses The Mark
The Democratic presidential nominee plays into a right-wing narrative of the economy that exalts so-called "job creators" but offers little if anything to the people doing those jobs.
Veepstakes: Tim Kaine's Troubles With The Left
Now Hillary Clinton knows what message a Sen. Tim Kaine nomination will send to Bernie Sanders voters; the question remains if that's the message she wants to send.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Stakes Ground On Trade Trump promises to withdraw from trade deals in PA speech. NYT: "He threatened to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and pledged to label China a currency manipulator and impose punitive tariffs on Chinese goods ......
Trump is a William McKinley Protectionist, Not a Bernie Sanders Populist
Donald Trump is not a Bernie Sanders populist. He cares not a whit about raising labor, health, human rights and environmental standards at home or abroad. His trade vision turns the clock back to the Gilded Age.
Burning Issues: What Our China Policy Should Be
Instead of listening to voices inside the Pentagon calling for more military muscle against China, we should continue President Obama's policy of "strategic patience," Lawrence Korb says in this Burning Issues video.
ANOTHER Corporation Suing Our Government Thanks To Trade Agreements
The lesson here is that we must do everything we can to fight the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and demand our government renegotiate the rest of the "trade" agreements the corporations got us into.
'Good Jobs' Clause Is Good News In The Democratic Platform
The draft Democratic Party platform calls for what's often referred to as a "good jobs executive order" that would require federal contractors to provide a "living wage, good benefits, and the opportunity to form a union."
Donald “You’re Fired!” Trump Kills Jobs
The name Donald Trump is synonymous with the words “You’re fired!” He made money by brutally, publicly taking people’s jobs from them. And he clearly enjoyed it. Donald Trump is no jobs candidate.
