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Kitchen Logic: Don't Let Trump's GOP Privatize America

If you needed a new stove or refrigerator, you wouldn’t give the keys to your kitchen to Olive Garden, then pay them to let you eat. You’d be opening your wallet for the rest of your life. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of logic Donald Trump and his party are using to...

How States Can Fight Climate Change On Their Own

Confronting the climate crisis shouldn’t be rocket science — to push society to decarbonize, just treat greenhouse gases the way governments treat liquor and cigarettes: Raise the price. With the climate-change movement at an impasse as the Paris climate treaty...

CHOICE Act Is a Lump of Coal in Our Stocking

“Wall Street wrote their wish list, and to Congress they’re flocking: But this Christmas in June, let’s put coal in their stocking!” Republicans in the House want make the deepest desires of Wall Street sharpies, loan sharks and big banks come true.  They are poised...

Rural Communities Lose Most With Health Repeal

The GOP health bill won't just roll back Obamacare - it will end Medicaid as we know it. For thirty years, I’ve helped people fight for health care. In one of my proudest moments, I worked with people in small towns across Idaho to expand Medicaid for children. So...

The Unpleasant Impact of an Unserious Budget

If you can get past the fuzzy math, Trump's budget means certain pain for most families — and big tax cuts for the wealthiest few. Federal budgets, while boring and wonky, can have a serious impact on our lives. They dictate our collective priorities for how we choose...

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