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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.
Progressive Breakfast
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...
Progressive Breakfast
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...
Progressive Breakfast
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.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump's Russia Flips Flop Trump attempts to walk back Russia comments. Politico: "The White House climb-down from President Donald Trump’s disastrous news conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin began Monday night, just hours after Trump said he saw 'no...
Trump's Policy Agenda Is an All-Out War on Kids
Donald Trump’s choice to separate migrant children from their parents unleashed a flood of outrage across the political spectrum. While he has been forced to step back from separating families at the border, the administration's solution is to imprison...
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Appeases Putin In Helsinki Trump caved spectacularly to Putin. Here's what might happen next. CNN: "For as long as history remembers Donald Trump, it will be a day that will live in infamy. The President's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki...
