Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 16, 2018
12 Russian intelligence officers indicted for election interference, the royal family snubs Trump, 28 civilians killed by U.S.-led bombing in Syria, and more.
12 Russian intelligence officers indicted for conspiring to interfere with 2016 presidential election
“President Trump must be willing to confront Putin from a position of strength and demonstrate that there will be a serious price to pay for his ongoing aggression towards the United States and democracies around the world."
Detaining immigrant children – a billion-dollar industry
“It was never intended to be a foster care system with more than 10,000 children in custody at an immediate cost to the federal taxpayer of over $1 billion dollars per year.”
7 truths about immigration
Spread the truth.
Exxon leaving ALEC: Important but insufficient step in addressing company’s history of climate science...
Over the last few years, ExxonMobil has come under fire numerous times for lobbying in the UK against electric vehicles, funding Congress and corporate lobby groups to deny climate change, and knowingly misleading the public about the reality of the issue.
Watch Stephen Colbert’s hilarious re-enactment of FBI agent Peter Strzok’s insane House hearing
'Trump is a f—ing idiot'; and 'WHAT THE F— HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY??!?!'"
‘Together we will make history!:’ In Mexico and New York, the left wins
“It’s time we acknowledge that not all Democrats are the same."
How the US treats foreigners reflects our humanity – or lack of it
America has proven that we are capable of greatness, but we are also capable of great darkness.
Katrina vanden Heuvel on NATO military spending & avoiding Cold War nuclear catastrophe with...
“I would argue that the bipartisan establishment consensus is bankrupt. … We believe you can have secure elections and avoid nuclear catastrophe.”
Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018
While Ireland is making history, many emphasized the need for the rest of the world to follow the Irish's lead.









