Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 18
Who is Christine Blasey Ford, catastrophic and historic flooding, Trumps sets up tariffs, and more.
Why President Trump will continue holding rallies
A president intent on developing a base of enthusiastic supporters who believe boldface lies poses a clear threat to American democracy. This is how tyranny begins.
Trump’s EPA dismisses dangers of chlorpyrifos on children’s brain downplaying agency’s own findings
“The EPA is ignoring decades of science by leading universities and in doing so, it's neglecting its duty to protect children from pesticides.”
Woman freezes to death in parking garage after being evicted from affordable housing
Batts is the third homeless person to have died of exposure so far in 2017.
Former Green Beret pleads guilty to spying for Russia
“Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins betrayed this nation and his fellow serviceman, putting Americans and our national security at risk by providing national defense information to Russia’s Intelligence Service.”
How Big Oil dodges Facebook’s new ad transparency rules
We’ve identified 12 ad campaigns in which energy, insurance and other industries masked their sponsorship of political messages on Facebook.
Senators urge Army leadership to testify before Congress about Fort Hood firings
The U.S. Army failed Sergeant Elder Fernandes, Specialist Vanessa Guillen, and their families and they, like the families of all of the soldiers who have suffered at Fort Hood, deserve justice.”
My visit to Trump’s Washington
How did this happen?
Sanders goes to the people for climate solutions as corporate media ignores the climate...
"If we do not get our act together, I worry about the planet that we will be leaving... The grassroots of this country has got to stand up."
New report predicts wind and solar to produce a third of power worldwide by...
The RMI report said that by 2030, solar and wind are "predicted to generate 12,000 to 14,000 terawatt hours of power" or three to four times the capacity of 2022 levels.