by People's Action | Aug 16, 2016 | Breakfast
WH Launches TPP Blitz WH to barnstorm country during congressional recess to promote TPP. Politico: "...30 events [are scheduled] over the congressional recess ... Administration officials including Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Agriculture Undersecretary Alexis...
by People's Action | Aug 15, 2016 | Breakfast
TPP Battle Heats Up "Liberals rally to sink Obama trade deal" as Obama moves toward lame duck vote, reports The Hill: "...Obama on Friday sent notice to Congress that he intends to deliver TPP implementing legislation to Capitol Hill later in the year — a maneuver...
by People's Action | Aug 12, 2016 | Breakfast
Clinton Embraces Populist Rhetoric "Clinton gives liberals nothing to worry about" in economic speech, says W. Post's Dave Weigel: "Nothing in the speech nodded at Republicans, or the center-right goals Democrats have conceded since the Reagan era. Not only was there...
by People's Action | Aug 11, 2016 | Breakfast
Left Unsettled By Clinton Strategy Support for Clinton from hawks unnerves left. W. Post: "...said Glenn Greenwald, ... 'I think she’s receiving those endorsements because they like what her foreign policy will be. That’s what worries me.' ... 'I don’t like it, but it...
by People's Action | Aug 10, 2016 | Breakfast
Trump Excoriated For "Second Amendment" Threat Trump's faces massive backlash after "Second Amendment" remarks. NYT: "...Trump’s remark quickly elicited a wave of condemnation from Democrats, gun control advocates and others, who accused him of suggesting violence ......
