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Over 100 Legal Scholars Warn About TPP Dangers
While the Trans-Pacific Partnership is still secret, leaks and precedent indicate that it will contain provisions allowing giant, multinational corporations to bypass our country’s legal system.
Krugman Gives the TPP a "Thumbs Down"
Krugman takes on the old trope that “protectionism” — democracies using tariffs to protect wages and regulations from being undermined by the lower costs that a thugocracy offers — harms the world’s economy.
A Trade Campaign Built On Four Pinocchios
A new PR campaign in support of Trade Promotion Authority a.k.a. “Fast Track” and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is launching. As its foundation are a set of misleading (at best) claims beginning with a Four-Pinocchio whopper.
Progressive Breakfast
Union Full-Court Press Against Fast-Track AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka leads charge against fast-track. USA Today: "'We are going all out to oppose it: phone banks, leaf letting, door knocks in various congressional districts and Senate states in informing the general...
Will Social Security Decide Maryland's Senate Race?
It comes down to this question: Are these Democrats committed to ensuring that retired working people can live in dignity and financial security? That's become a litmus test for their commitment to the American majority.
Republicans Ignore the Message of Selma
Despite rumors that House Republican leadership would skip the 50th anniversary of Selma, several Republicans showed up, but missed the point so completely that they might as well have stayed at home.
Medicare Controls Costs While Private Insurers Sit Idly By (Part 1)
We hear a lot of talk from the health insurance industry about how hard it works to hold down health care costs, but that claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. The hard work is really being done by Uncle Sam.
Progressive Breakfast
Walker Signs Anti-Union Law Gov. Scott Walker signs "right to work" bill, then fundraises off of it. AP: "His sleeves rolled up and his suit jacket off, the Republican governor sat at a table with a banner that said 'Freedom to Work' as he signed the bill that makes...
Citizens United Is Making GOP Learn To Love Government Regulations
Republicans insisted it was a First Amendment principle to equate money with speech. Now they must contend with the Citizens United world they fought to create.
MSNBC Roundtable: What If Hillary Doesn't Run? [VIDEO]
Yesterday on MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki," I discussed my recent POLITICO Magazine analysis "What If HIllary Bows Out?" Of course, the former Secretary is highly likely to run. But exploring the matter still has value.
