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To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up Washington
For decades, majorities of Americans have favored swift, meaningful action on climate change. They understand that we must transition away from dirty fuels and toward clean, renewable energy. Yet despite this overwhelming support, Congress has repeatedly failed to...
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Rebukes Trump, Setting Up Veto Senate votes to reject Trump’s emergency declaration, setting up president’s first veto. WaPo: "The Senate passed a resolution Thursday to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border,...
Expanding Supreme Court May Be Only Way to Protect Democracy
Mitch McConnell has achieved his lifelong political dream: packing the Federal Courts, and especially The Supreme Court, with right-wing extremists, who thanks to him, now hold lifetime appointments. The result: Even if the Democrats manage to win the Presidency, the...
The Big Cheat
The children of working stiffs learned a brutal lesson this week as federal prosecutors criminally charged rich people with buying admission to elite universities for their less-than-stellar children. The lesson is that no matter how hard you work, no matter how smart...
Progressive Breakfast
Black Caucus, Progressives Back Warren Housing Bill Warren’s affordable housing bill is now backed by Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. Boston Globe: "Senator Elizabeth Warren is reintroducing her ambitious legislation to create millions of new affordable housing...
We Will Not Rest Until Housing Justice Is Done
On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a historic housing bill, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act. This bill is an important step forward in our fight to guarantee housing for all, and to close the wealth gap between Black and white...
Progressive Breakfast
New Budget Includes Massive Cuts To HUD New HUD budget proposes massive cuts to affordable housing programs. ThinkProgress: "The federal government would largely abandon its longstanding commitments to keeping the poorest people in the country off the streets if...
Will the Senate Sell Our Future for Campaign Dollars?
My name is Jessica Juarez Scruggs, and I recently joined the Sunrise Movement and a courageous group of young Kentuckians who took over the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to demand he stop playing political games and take real action to address our...
Progressive Breakfast
White House Wants 'Medicare For Less' Medicare-for-all v. Medicare-for-less: Trump’s proposed cuts put health care at center of 2020 race. WaPo: "A new proposal by President Trump to slash Medicare spending puts Republicans in a political bind ahead of the 2020...
A Modest Proposal: Don't Start a Nuclear War
In a matter of minutes, as easily as sending a tweet, a sitting U.S. president could decide to launch a nuclear attack, without anyone else’s approval or authorization. In a matter of minutes, millions of lives would be lost, and millions of futures halted...
