Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
New ICE policy gives immigrant families a cruel choice, two more government agencies ax climate change from their websites, a majority of Americans want Citizens United overturned, and more.
What about the USPS?
I think that many of the postal services provided would be handled better in other ways. And I would say the same thing about booksellers. And newspaper publishers.
The Morton County Sheriff department is trying to keep life-saving supplies from Standing Rock...
Any vehicles attempting to deliver supplies and materials to the camps will be fined $1,000.
Biden denounced for ‘appalling’ approval of Willow oil project
"There is simply no justification for President Biden's decision to approve a massive new oil drilling scheme that will lead to decades of air and climate pollution," said one critic.
Senators call for Trump’s education secretary nominee to pay $5.3M in fines
DeVos has neither responded to their letter, nor announced any plans to ensure payment of the delinquent fines.
Germany begins trial for universal basic income
Germany will provide the citizens a monthly stipend of €1,200, or about $1,430, which is just above the country's poverty level.
How Republicans are stepping closer to fascism
Authoritarianism is not just an external threat. It’s right here in America.
Supreme Court ruling against EPA ‘undoes a half-century of progress’ in protecting waters of...
"It puts our Nation’s wetlands – rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds connected to them – at risk of pollution and destruction, jeopardizing the sources of clean water that millions of American families, farmers, and businesses rely on."
How Tammy Baldwin, target of $14 million in outside spending, sent the Koch brothers...
Her campaign made few stumbles, concentrated on the concerns of working families, defined the candidate and her opponent early, and spoke to voters in rural and urban Wisconsin, providing a blueprint for 2020 candidates.
Update for Trump voters
All the things Trump said he would and wouldn't do, but hasn't followed through on.