by People's Action | Aug 30, 2016 | Breakfast
Next President Has Power To Thwart TPP "White House says it sees a path to approval of Pacific trade deal" reports Reuters: "The White House said on Monday it could still win congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact before President Barack...
by People's Action | Aug 29, 2016 | Breakfast
ISDS Exposé Blow To TPP Buzzfeed begins four-part series on investor-state dispute settlement courts, a key feature of TPP: "The BuzzFeed News investigation ... will show how the mere threat of an ISDS case can intimidate a nation into gutting its own laws, how some...
by People's Action | Aug 26, 2016 | Breakfast
Clinton Takes On Trump and the 'Alt-Right' Jamelle Bouie at Slate explains why "Hillary Clinton’s Alt-Right Speech Was Shrewd Strategy": "As analysis, Clinton’s argument about Trump’s distance from the rest of the GOP is wrong. ... As strategy, however, Clinton’s...
by People's Action | Aug 24, 2016 | Breakfast
“Evolving” on Immigration? Trump’s evolving immigration plan compared to Clinton, Obama. US News & World Report: “ Donald Trump’s new line on immigration — ”fair, but firm“ — is leaving both Republicans and Democrats with the same question: Is the famously...
by People's Action | Aug 22, 2016 | Breakfast
Sanders To Launch Our Revolution, Wed, Aug. 24 Join Bernie Sanders Wed, Aug. 24 – to launch Our Revolution – at more than 2,000 organizing meetings nationwide. Find a house meeting in your area. Or, if you can’t host or get to a house, meeting, you can find the live...
by People's Action | Aug 19, 2016 | Breakfast
Justice Dept. To End Use of Private Prisons Justice Department cites weak track record of private prisons. NYT: "Sally Q. Yates, the deputy attorney general, wrote in a memo [that private prisons] 'do not save substantially on costs,' and they provide fewer...
