Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 27
The 7 senators who will decide Kavanaugh’s fate, more police violence, a declaration from the third Kavanaugh accuser, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 16, 2018
Intellectually bankrupt GOP, California cities pledge to oppose offshore drilling, White House revokes security clearance of ex-CIA director, and more.
The coming collapse
It is a political system, dominated by corporate power and the mandarins of the two major political parties, in which we don’t count.
National emergency? Here are the real emergencies an outraged nation tells President Trump
"Gun violence. Climate change. The fact that 40% of Americans don’t have $400 in savings. These are national emergencies. Do you know what's not? Trump’s manufactured border crisis."
Former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler confirmed as EPA chief
Although Scott Pruitt worked along the same agenda, continuing "Pruitt's toxic legacy", Wheeler has proved to be a "much smarter" threat to the environment and public health.
4 reasons why Trump’s plan to strip the IRS is incredibly dumb
Donald Trump hates the IRS and has spent years battling it.
Autocrats, incorporated
Tom Engelhardt gives his thoughts on election day 2018.
NOC on the ground – Tennessee stands up to white supremacy
NationofChange's Zach D. Roberts reports from on the ground in Tennessee, where multiple white supremacist groups plan to converge this weekend for a series of marches and rallies.
‘Operation Lost Angels’ recovers 33 missing children during Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Child trafficking cases have increases in recent years.
BREAKING: 12 dead after mass shooting took place at a bar in California
The gunman, Ian David Long, who was a Marine Corps veteran, killed at least 12 people at the bar and country music hall in Thousand Oaks.