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Sessions Fast-Tracks Deportations U.S. attorney general issues order to speed up immigrant deportations. Reuters: "U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday sought to speed up the deportation of illegal immigrants, telling immigration judges they should only...

How to Win Elections from the Ground Up

Tuesday's primaries are proof that populist progressives are slowly remaking the Democratic Party. They are running to win at the state and local level, building momentum for reform and a deep bench for change in the future.

Progressive Breakfast

Coast-To-Coast Editorials Rebuke Trump Hundreds of newspapers denounce Trump's attacks on media in coordinated editorials. NPR: "More than 300 news publications across the country are joining together to defend the role of a free press and denounce President Trump's...

The Constitution's Case for Impeachment

The authors of a newly released book make a powerful case that Donald Trump has committed numerous impeachable offenses, individually and in the aggregate, and that failure to act endangers the future of American democracy. If our political leaders will not take up this call, then it must come from the people.

Progressive Breakfast

Diversity Wins In Tuesday's Primaries Diverse candidates rule the night and other takeaways from Tuesday's primaries. CNN: "The nation's first transgender governor, its first Somali-American woman in Congress and its first black woman in Connecticut's congressional...

Progressives Win Big in Wisconsin Primary

Citizen Action Wisconsin members who just won primary races by wide margins are proof the blue wave Democrats hope will crest in November continues to rise. They are the tip of a progressive iceberg, which is getting ready to crash the GOP’s “unsinkable” ship of gerrymandering and dark money and send it straight to the bottom of Lake Superior.

Progresive Breakfast

Primary Votes In Four States What To Watch In Tuesday's primaries: WI, MN, CT, VT. NPR: "Primary voters in four more states — Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Vermont — go to the polls on Tuesday. This year's been dominated by talk of Democratic gains, but today...

What’s At Stake When We Vote This Year

A lot is at stake when we go to vote this year. It’s about restoring our faith in our leaders, and in one another. People like us, working together, have the power to remake our institutions. And that is just what is beginning to happen.

Progressive Breakfast

Midwest Primary Voters At Crossroads WI faces a political crossroads Tuesday. Which way will it go? NYT: "Wisconsin’s urgent struggle to define — or redefine — its political direction is part of a larger identity crisis that has rippled across the Upper Midwest since...

WI Governor's Race Puts Education in the Spotlight

The race to be Wisconsin's next governor is a strong indicator of how the education debate in the Democratic party will play out across the nation. GOP incumbent Scott Walker has a horrible record of slashing school funding, undermining teachers, and redirecting taxpayer money to charter and private schools.

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