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Why the TPP Trade Talks Stalled, and What We'll Have to Watch For Next
TPP is not dead. There is still time to squeeze this through Congress before the real Presidential campaign season begins if they can complete TPP in August.
How Our Inequality Is Corrupting 'Success'
In any society that winks as great stashes of wealth amass at the top, philosopher Elizabeth Anderson reminds us, the wealthy will sooner or later see most of the rest of us as failures.
Progressive Breakfast
Landmark Rule To Save Climate Obama to announce final EPA climate regs on power plants today. WSJ: "...the EPA sets the first-ever limits on greenhouse gases from power plants, requiring a 32% cut in emissions by 2030 from 2005 levels. The target is ambitious,...
Will Black Lives Matter At the Republican Presidential Debate?
A new generation of activists have sharpened the view of the threshold candidates must cross to earn the vote of African Americans, and once again Republican candidates are showing themselves incapable of rising to the challenge.
Wingnut Week In Review: The Lion King
A beloved lion named Cecil was lured out of his sanctuary in Zimbabwe, and killed by an American hunter. The world mourned, and wingnuts roared that the lion’s death drew attention away from their scam to bring down Planned Parenthood.
56 Organizations Unite In Opposition To Schumer Corporate Tax Plan
"The proposal appears to fail two principles of corporate tax reform," says a letter authored by Americans for Tax Fairness: It would not increase revenue and it would encourage more shifting of jobs and profits offshore.
Tobacco "Carve-Out" Dispute Tells Us What We Need To Know About TPP
"NAFTA-style" "trade" agreements like TPP contain "investor-protection" provisions that allow corporations to sue governments for passing laws and making regulations that might limit their expected profits.
Progressive Breakfast
Congress Punts On Transportation Bill Senate passes six-year transportation bill. The Hill: "Senators voted 65-34 to approve the six-year bill, which funds federal highway and infrastructure projects for three years ... Fifteen Republican senators, including three...
Right-Wing Shutdown of Ex-Im Bank Already Threatening to Kill Jobs
Conservatives are using this Export-Import Bank issue to look like populist champions fighting against "corporate welfare" on behalf of the taxpayer. Don't believe it. This is part of a bigger attack.
Bernie Sanders Tackles Immigration and Race
Some critics say presidential candidate Bernie Sanders struggles on the campaign trail when confronted with issues of race. He had a chance to make a better impression at an interview before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
