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Turning Back The Clock Incoming EPA chief Scott Pruitt threatens your water. American Prospect's Sam Ross-Brown: "...Pruitt led a multi-state lawsuit against Obama’s Clean Water Rule, a regulation aimed at protecting source water for one in three Americans. As with...

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Trump Still Unpopular Trump still unpopular in Pew poll: "55% of the public says that, so far, they disapprove of the job he has done explaining his policies and plans for the future, while 41% approve of the job he has done ... In December 2008, 72% said they...

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Trump Attacks Local Union Leader Trump attacks Carrier's union head. NYT: "Chuck Jones, the president of United Steelworkers Local 1999, told The Washington Post on Tuesday that the president-elect had 'lied his ass off' when he claimed he had saved 1,100 jobs ......

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Obamacare Divides GOP GOP divided on Obamacare strategy. Politico: "Lawmakers have proposed putting off the effective date of repeal from as little as six months to as long as three years ... Several senators suggested at the meeting with Pence that additional...

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Trump Transition Operates in the Dark "Trump’s Transition Team Is Dirty, and It’s Dark" reports The Nation's George Zornick: "Seventy percent of Trump’s landing team members have some corporate affiliation ... Several lobbyists are simply de-registering as lobbyists...

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New Social Security Spotlight Website Explains Program's Value Despite Trump’s promises, we now have to defend Social Security (again). The new Social Security Spotlight website (http://socialsecurityspotlight.org/) from the National Committee to Preserve Social...

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