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Republicans: Up is Down, Medicare is Safe
The reason Republicans believe in Magic Unicorn Money is that they never actually socialize with, or speak to, or even vaguely know minimum-wage workers, or middle-class workers or precariat workers who drive for Uber at night because their day jobs deny them full-time hours. These workers get paid in cold, hard currency that lacks the power of Unicorn Money to magically materialize whenever necessary to pay bills.
Memo to Rudy: Collusion Isn’t a Crime, But Conspiracy Is
Hey Rudy: back in the day when you were a federal prosecutor, you were a pretty good lawyer. Maybe you’ve gone senile. Or maybe you’re just making stuff up to confuse the public about the possible criminal liability of top Trump campaign officials, or even President...
Progressive Breakfast
Rural Communities Step Up For Immigrant Families Why it's time to show more compassion for immigrant families. Des Moines Register: "The Trump administration says that ICE is supposed to target criminals and violent offenders. But we’re not seeing violent criminals...
Standing Up For Immigrants - In Alabama
I’m sick and tired of my people — working-class white people and small town Alabamians — being used by politicians to justify separating families, even as they back policies that harm every family in our state.
Progressive Breakfast
ICE 'Deletes' Families It Now Can't Reunite ‘Deleted’ families: What went wrong with Trump’s family-separation effort. WaPo: "When a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reunify migrant families separated at the border, the government’s cleanup crews...
An Economy in the Fast Lane – With No Brakes
Donald Trump has been bragging about the economy a lot lately. He says the United States is now the “economic envy” of the world. Unfortunately, Trump is once again trying to reshape reality to fit his own delusions. Reality is refusing to cooperate. It’s true the...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Crows Over Growth G.D.P. grew at 4.1% Rate in U.S. in Latest Quarter. Here’s What That Means. NYT: "The Commerce Department released its initial estimate of second-quarter economic growth on Friday, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy. Economic...
Dems Shouldn’t Defend Bad Policies Just to Resist Trump
When Trump strikes a populist tone, expose him as a fraud - don’t back the corporate stance. Last week on CNBC, President Donald Trump upbraided the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates. “I don’t like all of this work that we’re putting into the economy and then...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Claims Trade Truce With EU Why Trump blinked. CNN: "The announcement on trade was dressed up as a huge victory, held in the Rose Garden, the traditional venue for big state announcements, and in front of a group of Republican lawmakers apparently called down...
Why the New Push for Charter Schools Should Anger Progressives
A new push by supporters of charter schools to promote their "education reform" agenda and vilify opponents should anger progressives. Those who mention the flaws and failures of charters are now being accused of "classic whataboutism." Specifically, David Leonhardt,...
