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Wingnut Week In Review: Making Lemons Out Of 'Lemonade'
Two groups of people lose their minds when Beyoncé drops an album: Queen Bey’s biggest fans, and wingnuts. This week Beyoncé served up her finest "Lemonade," and wingnuts managed to make lemons out of it.
Food, LGBT Groups Ask Congress To Reject TPP
A coalition led by farm and rural groups sent a letter to Congress opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Meanwhile Pride At Work called out the dangers of TPP opening up Malaysia, a violator of basic human rights.
Progressive Breakfast
Democratic Tension Builds Sanders criticizes Democratic Party's commitments in Oregon address. NYT: "Sanders spoke at length about how Democrats had not spent enough time trying to help working-class people obtain adequate health care and higher wages. 'The Democratic...
The Protest Generation Wants Its Education Back
Protests in North Carolina against HB2, the infamous “bathroom law” limiting protections for LGBT people, made national headlines. But there's another wave of protest actions in the Tarheel State you should know about.
Where's The Big Money Danger Now? Look Down-Ballot
The success of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign and the failure of mega-millionaires to derail Donald Trump on the GOP side doesn't mean the Koch brothers and other big-dollar donors have been neutralized.
Verizon Strike In Week Three, Affecting Company Operations
The strike is affecting company operations and the customers are feeling it, but the executives want their huge paychecks, so the strike continues.
Carly Fiorina: The Worst Possible VP Pick
She was a failure at business and a failure at politics. She never had the qualifications to be president. The fact that Ted Cruz would take Carly Fiorina seriously only shows how low the Republican Party has sunk.
How School Vouchers Promote Religious Schools And Hurt Education
Due to school voucher programs, such as the one Congress is voting on for Washington, D.C., religious schools get large amounts of public tax dollars to fund religion-based curricula.
CWA Asks For Justice At T-Mobile
The cellular company T-Mobile is accused of violating federal labor law by creating a system that represents workers to management in order to convince employees they do not need a union.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders Moves To Shape Platform The Hill explains "How Sanders is actually winning": "...the Vermont senator has surpassed all expectations in the presidential race, creating a movement of impassioned supporters that is likely to shape politics for years to come ......
