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Five States Head To Polls GOP Fears Ohio upset; Trump And Ocasio-Cortez back challengers. NPR: "A critical House special election on Tuesday could provide some of the biggest clues yet about how much trouble Republicans could be in this November. In Ohio, the last...
Hometowns Rise Up To Support Separated Families
All across America, residents of rural communities and small towns are stepping up to stand in solidarity with immigrant families and refuse the intimidation and fear the Trump administration wants to use to keep them apart. “It’s really concerning that in America, we...
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Federal Judge Orders WH To Restart DACA Federal judge orders Trump sdministration to restart DACA in full. NYM: "A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully restart the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the fourth district court ruling...
"Portfolio" Boosters Want to Privatize Public Schools
Remember when Democrats, at the urging of their progressive base, defeated an attempt to privatize Social Security by President George W. Bush in 2005? As Bush barnstormed the country to sell his plan to let workers place a portion of their payroll taxes in personal...
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Big Oil Loves EPA Move To Relax Fuel Standards Big Oil cheers Trump moves to ease auto standards. Bloomberg: "The Trump administration’s plan to relax fuel-economy and vehicle pollution standards could be a boon to U.S. oil producers who’ve quietly lobbied for the...
Pandering to Deficit Hawks Is a Losing Strategy
Democratic leadership’s obsession with asserting a “centrist” – that is, fiscally conservative – fiscal ideology threatens to put the party at odds with its base. It endangers the party’s chances of retaking the House, and will make it difficult for Democrats to offer a credible alternative to the failed conservatism of Trump and his party should they win in November.
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Judge Rules For Sanctuary Cities Trump’s order against ‘sanctuary cities’ is unconstitutional. WaPo: "A federal appeals court in California ruled Wednesday that President Trump acted beyond his authority when issuing an executive order attempting to penalize...
Don’t Believe New Orleans is Regaining Control of its Schools
Pundits say Louisiana has finally returned control of New Orleans charter schools to a locally elected school board, and that they are now accountable to the city’s residents. But New Orleanians will tell you: that’s not the case.
Move Our Nation Forward In Hope: Vote
Thursday, August 2, 2018 is Primary Election Day in Tennessee. To find out when and where to vote, click here. Tennessee is a national leader – in a race to the bottom. We lead the nation in hospital closures per capita. We have more people working for the minimum...
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ICE Says Detention Is Like "Summer Camp" Migrant detention centers are ‘Like a Summer Camp,’ official says at hearing. NYT: "Not until the day it was announced did senior officials from three key agencies learn of the Trump administration’s 'zero tolerance' policy to...