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Arizona, Utah and Idaho Vote Tomorrow Dems joust in AZ. USA Today: "[Bill Clinton] appeared at an afternoon rally at Central High School in Phoenix after he was scheduled to appear at a Tucson event with former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords ... [Sanders] invested...
Burning Issues: Is Our Military Big Enough?
In this installment of the "Burning Issues" video series, Miriam Pemberton of the Institute for Policy Studies explains why voters should be wary of candidates who say America's military is weak and underfunded.
Fact-Check This: Arrogance Of Elites Helps Drive The Trump Phenomenon
Last week's Washington Post "Fact Checker" column criticizing Donald Trump's positions on trade demonstrates the elite blindness to how bad things have gotten for millions of Americans.
Wingnut Week In Review: The Breitbart Breakup
Once again proving the bigger bully, Donald Trump may have caused the wingnut media site Breitbart News to self-destruct, after his campaign manager assaulted one of the site's reporters.
Trump's Challenge: Winning Two-Time Obama Voters In Swing States
Donald Trump needs to make a 180-degree turn to win two-time Obama voters in swing states. He has shown a greater capacity to flip-flop than Mitt Romney did in 2012. But he also needs to hold on to his right flank.
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders Makes Case To Stay In Obama tries to nudge Sanders out. NYT: "President Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors last Friday that ... the party must soon come together to back her ... Mr. Obama chose his words carefully, and did not explicitly call on...
Has The Election Finally Killed TPP And Corporate "Free Trade"?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is not all that is in trouble with voters; the entire corporate-dominated free trade agenda is coming under fire as well. For good reason.
Don't Blame Bernie; Most People Don't Get Charter Schools
When Bernie Sanders fielded a question about charter schools, his answer left a lot of folks scratching their heads. But charter schools do inhabit a sort of twilight zone in the legal distinction of what is public versus what is private.
The GOP Elites Have Themselves to Blame
Trump's the symptom, not the disease. The Republican establishment has been infecting the body politic for years.
Progressive Breakfast
“LISTEN LIBERAL”: Join Thomas Frank Friday in Washington as he discusses his new book, “Listen Liberal: Whatever Happened to the Party of the People?” Sign up here for the event, to be held at noon at the AFL-CIO headquarters. To learn more about the book and for tour...
