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Nothing Populist About Trump's Campaign of Character Assassination
You can say this for Donald Trump; he doesn't delegate the job of attack dog. He likes to scorch his own earth. His campaign strategy is to regurgitate the greatest anti-Hillary hits from the right-wing fever swamp.
Really, Really Rich Trump Is No Workers’ Champion
It’s easy to understand why Donald "I am really, really rich" Trump opposes raising the minimum wage. This guy who was born with a really, really silver spoon in his mouth doesn’t have a clue what living on $7.25 an hour means.
Progressive Breakfast
Burning Issues: Why The Pentagon Needs an Audit Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, in this Burning Issues video, says an audit of the Defense Department’s finances must be the next president’s top priority to root out waste and...
This Week Is Infrastructure Week, But Every Week Should Be
Our country's infrastructure is in bad shape and rapidly getting worse. But we can't get our own government to spend the necessary money to fix the problem. This week more than 150 organizations are working to elevate this issue.
Our Failure to Invest in Infrastructure Is Literally Making Us Sick
It’s one thing for congressional leaders to carry on with their budget antics year in and year out, skirting disaster, even with all that’s at stake. But the lack of response to the emergency in Flint takes it to a whole new level.
Burning Issues: Why The Pentagon Needs an Audit
The next president and Congress needs to make an audit of the Defense Department a top priority to root out waste and what the Project on Government Oversight's Danielle Brian calls "legalized corruption."
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Takes Low Road Trump plans scorched-earth campaign. NYT: "Mr. Trump will try to hold her accountable for security lapses at the American consulate in Benghazi ... And he intends to portray Mrs. Clinton as fundamentally corrupt, invoking everything from her...
What’s Killing the American Middle Class?
A new study by the Pew Research Center spurred a rash of headlines last week about the "dying" middle class. It's dying, but not from natural causes. It's being killed. What – and, for that matter, who – is responsible?
Is This The Return Of U.S. 'Gunboat Diplomacy' Serving Corporations?
Colombia is allowing a generic form of a cancer drug that is ultraexpensive thanks to a government-granted monopoly granted to a giant, multinational pharmaceutical corporation.
The $3,400 'Tax' You're Paying That The Media Decided Not To Talk About
Something that is costing each American family on average $3,400 a year is worth at least a few minutes of discussion – and that something is our inadequate national investment in our infrastructure.
