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Trump, EU's Juncker Face Off On Trade Trump set for tense trade talks with top EU chief Juncker. CNBC: "The White House will open its doors for the president of the European Commission Wednesday, with relations looking strained amid tariffs and the possibility of an...
Show Trump Who We Love, And Who We Are
There’s an old Creole proverb, “Tell me who you love, and I’ll tell you who you are.” By standing up for migrant families and children, people from small towns and small cities across the country are telling us who we love and what they stand for. On June 30th,...
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Trump Moves To Silence Critics Trump moves to silence critics. CNN: "President Donald Trump's latest gambit to choke off the flow of information for past spy chiefs who have criticized him is a disturbing move that again exposes an imperious streak out of place in...
Was Goldman's CEO “Inspiring” or Good for the Economy? Nope, and Nope
Was Goldman Sachs' CEO “inspiring” or good for the economy?"Nope, and nope. Lloyd Blankfein may have dodged prison, but his self-enrichment undercut the life savings and prospects of millions of American families.
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Rulings Weaken Fed's Independence A Trump-appointed judge just gave him a scary new power. ThinkProgress: "Two Republican judges, including one who was just recently appointed by Donald Trump, held on Monday that Trump has the power to fire the head of an obscure...
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GOP Withdraws Judge Nominee For Views On Race White House withdraws Appeals Court nominee who deplored multiculturalism. NYT: "The sprint by President Trump and Senate Republicans to install conservative judges to the nation’s courts hit an unexpected speed bump on...
It's Time for a Mass Movement to Impeach Trump
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers...
Geithner’s Grift, Paydays and Democratic Drift
What does it mean when Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama’s bro-ish and apparently self-satisfied former Secretary of the Treasury, becomes president of a company that hoodwinks the victims of the financial system he helped rescue? If you care about economic justice, or...
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IRS Moves To Empower "Dark Money" Donations IRS drops “dark money” rule, will no longer require disclosure of donors to political nonprofits. Salon: "The IRS has just made it easier for politically powerful nonprofits to conceal who donates to them. President Donald...
Teachers Join Progressives as Partners "In a Revolution"
Conservatives think they've scored big with the Supreme Court's ruling against public-sector unions, but they may have also unwittingly unified progressives with teachers in a movement to reinvigorate labor.
