Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Infowars gets banned, U.S. Fish and Wildlife turns against saving the bees, and more.
There’s a new crash coming
Skyrocketing debt, Wall Street deregulation, a fraying social safety net, and a diminished dollar could soon leave the United States looking like Greece.
Germany to shut down its last remaining nuclear reactors
Germany’s decision comes as it is trying to phase out coal, which still generates a third of its electricity, by 2038 at the latest
Black voters know climate justice is racial justice
Research suggests that people of color may be more concerned than Whites about climate change.
President Biden announces 2024 run for re-election
"When I ran for president four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America. And we still are. That's why I'm running for re-election."
Garland, Smith, Willis: Like watching grass trying to grow on the rock-solid ground in...
America’s full-of-holes System of Justice that Trump has beaten like a drum for quite some time now is like watching grass trying to grow on hard ground in the winter.
GOP resolution to block student debt relief would have ‘ruinous impact,’ report warns
"Taking back student debt relief already delivered to public service workers is reckless, cruel, unjust, and un-American."
Trump says Republicans lost at midterms because people put on disguises to vote illegally
"If you buy a box of cereal - you have a voter ID."
Bernie Sanders says he will probably run in 2020 if he’s the best candidate...
The statement comes just a week after Sanders' stated that his team was "looking at" the possibility of a 2020 run.
In Trump’s America, your privacy is for sale
In Donald Trump's America, the information isn't stolen by hackers in the dark of night. It is taken with the government's blessing.