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Heartland Holds the Key to Winning in 2020
While the country was captivated on election night by insurgent campaigns led by Southerners like Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams, and Beto O’Rourke, people in the America’s Heartland and the Rustbelt were preparing a message of their own. Two years after they sent...
Progressive Breakfast
Hyde-Smith Wins Mississippi Senate Runoff Republican wins Mississippi's US Senate runoff. The Guardian: "The Republican US senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has won her race for re-election in Mississippi, after a tense runoff during which she attracted national attention for...
How Betsy DeVos Does the Koch Brothers' Bidding
While the serial outrages of the Trump administration continue to make headlines, the more mundane activities of his cabinet officials and their underlings often fly under the radar. Take U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, for instance, whose nomination drew a...
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Introduces Massive, Lame Duck Tax Bill House Republicans unveil giant tax package. Politico: "House Republicans on Monday evening unexpectedly released a 297-page tax bill they hope to move during the lame-duck session of Congress. The legislation would revive a...
Amazon’s HQ2 Is a Punch in the Gut To New Yorkers
Amazon is a massively profitable company. Its founder, Jeff Bezos, is the world’s richest man, by far – at least $50 billion richer than every other billionaire on the planet, and light years ahead of you and me. That’s why the $3 billion gift bag Governor Cuomo and...
Progressive Breakfast
New Government Shutdown Looms Congress braces for fight-filled week. Politico: "It’s Monday, and by next Friday, a chunk of government is slated to shut down. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP also wants funding for his border wall by Dec. 7. Seven spending bills need to pass in...
What Is a Trumpducken?
If you're like me, you're doing a lot of cooking and shopping over the holidays. But there is one item that you’re just not going to find anywhere, much less on sale. It’s a Trumpducken. What is a Trumpducken, you ask? A lie wrapped in a blunder wrapped in propaganda?...
Progressive Breakfast
Mueller Net Closes In On Trump Trump sends finished written answers to Mueller. CNN: "President Donald Trump on Tuesday submitted written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller related to the investigation of possible collusion between Trump...
Labor's Challenge to the New Democrats in Congress
Labor union members and a diverse group of Democrats will take the majority in the U.S. House in January. Among their challenges is reversing the Trump administration measures that have battered workers and their families.
Progressive Breakfast
Judge Blocks Trump's Asylum Ban Federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico. WaPo: "A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the southern border into the United...
