Friday, March 13, 2026

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2

Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.

What’s worse than a devouring, criminal president? A deified, raging outlaw excited by violence

Trumpism is not a slippery slope but a mountain avalanche on steroids.

BREAKING: Michael Flynn taken into custody by FBI, pleads guilty to lying about conversations...

Flynn turned himself into authorities and appeared before a court hearing this morning, where he pleaded guilty.

If Donald Trump is the symptom…then what’s the disease?

The Donald caught the spirit of a moment in which both imperial and economic decline, however unacknowledged by the Washington political elite, had indeed begun.

America rapidly descends into a Constitutional crisis ignited by Trump and Musk

Now that a Constitutional crisis has erupted, I’ll bet many of you Pseudo-Americans are very distressed that you voted for this dictator.

How Much Will the War On Unions Cost You This Labor Day?

We can’t change the past, but we can change the future. Unions are exploring new ways to reach nonunion workers. The Fight for $15 is gaining momentum.
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On Asia trip, Trump met by protests calling on US to open diplomatic relations...

Professor Bruce Cumings, who just returned from Seoul, South Korea, talks about Trump and how upon his arrival he was met with protests.

FEMA had a plan for responding to a hurricane in Puerto Rico – but...

The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public.

Approaching the end of liberal internationalism

Will America ever rejoin the international community?