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Meet The Conservatives Who Would Leave Trump's Party
A Donald Trump nomination means several elements of the Republican Party will sit out the election, vote third-party or even vote Democrat. The seams of the GOP coalition are tearing apart in front of our eyes.
Black Votes Matter, Because Black Lives Matter
Democrats are beginning to understand that black votes matter to their margin of victory. But to earn those votes, Democrats have to prove that black votes matter to them, with policies that prove black lives matter to them.
Why the Right Should Fear Inequality
Conservatives who worry about government "red tape" smothering "freedom" need to take a closer look at our great economic divides. And if they did, they'd start supporting America's trade unions instead of trying to subvert them.
The End of the Establishment?
Something very big has happened, and it’s not due to Bernie Sanders’ magnetism or Donald Trump’s likeability. It’s a rebellion against the establishment. The question is why the establishment has been so slow to see this.
Small Change In TPP Text Yields Big Results For Some
The difference is very difficult to spot. The word "paragraph" has been changed to "subparagraph." But this makes a major change for the worse to the intellectual property provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Progressive Breakfast
Can GOP Survive Trump? "Trump shatters the Republican Party" says Politico: "Suddenly, there are three strands of the Republicanism ... Ted Cruz is the leader of the traditional conservative purists. Marco Rubio [leads] the once-dominant, now diminished, mainstream...
Donald Trump Will Not Be President of the United States
Donald Trump keeps winning primaries. On Tuesday, he won big in Nevada caucuses. He leads in the vast number of upcoming March primaries. He's on his way to the nomination. But he will not be elected president of the United States.
Murdering American Manufacturing: “Strictly Business”
GOP candidates boast about building a physical wall to keep poor Mexican immigrants out of America. They fail to offer an economic barrier to prevent U.S. corporations from impoverishing American workers by exporting their jobs to Mexico.
Exit Polls Show Democrats Embrace "Liberal," Republicans Embrace Hatred
After three presidential contests, there is a striking trend in the Democratic entrance and exit polls: far more Democratic call themselves "liberal" than eight years ago.
Progressive Breakfast
Sign Up For "Democracy Awakening" Tele-Town Hall March 1 Sign-up to join the Democracy Awakening Tele-Town-Hall March 1 from 8 to 8:30 p.m. ET featuring Robert Reich, NAACP President Cornell Brooks, Sierra Club ED Michael Brune, Greenpeace USA’s Annie Leonard – to...
