by Liz Ryan Murray | May 23, 2017 | Blog, Current Issues
With its 2018 federal budget proposal, the Trump administration made public, and made plain, its priorities for our nation. Its vision for America is one where the sick, children, families and the disabled are sacrificed for tax breaks for the very wealthiest and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 3, 2017 | Economy, Jobs and Growth, People's Budget
To people who argue that the resistance to President Trump amounts to protest without a plan, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has delivered a detailed and robust rebuke. Its fiscal 2018 budget proposal, subtitled "A Roadmap for the Resistance," is virtually a...
by Libero Della Piana | Jan 24, 2017 | Progressive Vision, The Trump Swamp
The massive Women’s March in Washington last Saturday started off with a bang the resistance to the incoming administration of Donald Trump and his policies. The breadth and scale of the myriad sister marches held around the country and the globe, from big cities to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 13, 2016 | Climate, The Trump Swamp
The two latest Cabinet nominations announced by President-elect Donald Trump are the equivalent of a middle finger to the planet. It would be almost impossible to come up with a more offensive combination of epithets shouted in the face of those of us who care about...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 12, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
"As we have learned before, when we are under attack, together we must stand up and fight back." - Larry Cohen Before we accept the threatened destruction of our government as "normal" or "just politics," here is something to think about. Our government is supposed to...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
Outgoing Louisiana Republican Congressman Charles Boustany is being talked about as a contender for becoming Donald Trump's US Trade Representative (USTR). Politico wrote about this in "Boustany making bid for top trade spot," summing up his qualifications as mostly...
