Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Farmers need a $12 billion bailout to offset Trump's tariffs, Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand, new emails show the lies of Sarah Sanders, and more.
Immigrants to the rescue
It’s useful to bear the German experience in mind as the United States once again tackles its own “immigration crisis.”
‘Operation Lost Angels’ recovers 33 missing children during Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Child trafficking cases have increases in recent years.
Handling—and mishandling—the Iran nuclear program
Biden’s reign of (unforced) error and Trump’s anti-Iran Jihad.
Oil companies are ploughing money into fossil-fueled plastics production at a record rate—new research
Around the world, around the clock, the plastics we use every day are produced at facilities on an almost incomprehensible scale that some suggest we now live in an era best labelled the plasticene.
$7.8 million from foreign governments: Trump’s unprecedented earnings in office raise constitutional questions
Exposing the ties: uncovering Trump's multi-million dollar deals with foreign states during presidency.
In defense of being maladjusted
“I never intend to adjust myself to the evils of segregation and the crippling effects of discrimination. I never intend to adjust...
Supreme Court declines to overturn lower court decision that bars Floridians with felony convictions...
Voting rights advocacy groups called the Supreme Court's decision "deeply disappointing."
Sanders crafts amendment to close ‘holes’ in Medicare that ‘are harming seniors’
"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people," said an aide to the senator, who plans to propose including the expansion in Democrats' reconciliation package.
Trump’s new spy chief used to work for a foreign politician the US accused...
Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption. His own office’s policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail.