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Dems Troll Trump At SOTU Democrats are trolling Trump with their State of the Union invites. WaPo: "The powder-keg partisanship that drove Capitol Hill into the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is not likely to cool by Tuesday’s State of the Union address....
Egalitarians Gain Ground in Washington
If you worry about inequality, and if you want an end to grand — and dangerous — concentrations of income and wealth, pinch yourself. We have entered a new political moment. Egalitarians have suddenly seized the policy momentum. They have forced onto the nation’s...
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DOJ Rolls Back Anti-Discrimination Rules Trump Justice Dept. reversing Obama-era positions on discrimination policies. CNN: "Recent Trump administration moves on civil rights bring into sharper focus its efforts to reverse the Obama era and curtail decades-old laws...
Get Ready for 100% Just
VIRGINIA — People and Planet First leaders gathered to build a long term strategy to grow their base of low-income people and communities of color in the fight for climate justice. Since its founding, People’s Action Institute has been organizing to address the...
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House Takes On Voting Rights After years of Republican rule, the House takes on voting rights. Truthout: " The bill before the judiciary committee is known as the For the People Act, and its proposed reforms would address virtually every high-profile electoral...
More Billionaire Presidential Candidates: A Bitter Pill
Billionaires are pretty damn sure they know what’s best for you. No more taxes on the rich and none of that Medicare-for-all is what’s best for you, according to two billionaires toying with seeking the presidency. Or, maybe, that’s what’s best for them. One of those...
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Foxconn Nixes WI Factory After Receiving Subsidies Foxconn's change of plans in Wisconsin undercuts Trump's promises on manufacturing. CNN: "President Donald Trump went quiet on Wednesday as a deal that would have delivered thousands of new US manufacturing jobs --...
For Iowa's Sake, Steve King Must Resign
Communities like mine are dying. Steve King, the congressman who supposedly represents us in the Fourth District of Iowa, should be fighting for us in Washington. Yet he stays mostly silent about this crisis. Instead, King spouts racist rants about immigrants (whom he...
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Actor Attacked In Chicago Hate Crime 'Empire' star Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crime. NY Daily News: "“Empire” star Jussie Smollett says he was was the victim of a possible hate crime Tuesday in Chicago after he was targeted by two attackers who hurled...
In Solidarity with Jussie
Photo courtesy of Music of Sound / Jussie Smollett In reading about the racist and homophobic attack on 36-year-old actor Jussie Smollett, I was plunged into deep sadness. I stand in spiritual solidarity with Jussie - I cannot be at his bedside tonight. Instead, I’ve...
