Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 2, 2018
Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director, new President of Mexico vows to ban fracking, Portland cracks down on fossil fuels, and more.
Comeback for truth? Criminal comeuppance for Trump’s reign of terror, impoverished for lying?
A tsunami of criminal indictments, buoyed by massive civil penalties – who cares then if Trump ends up a jailbird?
After Clinton’s Big Night, Media Moves to Silence Bernie Sanders Campaign
Hillary Clinton may have had a big night this week in the primaries, but is the media once again too quick to count Bernie Sanders out?
Dems in Congress urged to ‘go big’ as Biden endorses bold reforms to slash...
“Any Democrat who tries to block or water down drug pricing reform is betraying President Biden and his agenda. Worse, they are betraying the American people.”
Betrayed Again, This Time By Unconvincing Arguments For The TPP
The TPP reflects the flawed economics and arrogant politics of Wall Street and the national security establishment that has betrayed working people.
Noam Chomsky explains why ‘the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in world...
Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on Earth?
New White House chief of staff may be too good a soldier
John Kelly will get a lot of goodwill from having fired the foul-mouthed Anthony Scaramucci. But should he?
‘Our democracy demands it’: Rights groups cheer as Dems revive Freedom to Vote Act
"It's past time for Congress to act and protect Americans' freedom to vote."
Mulvaney’s in, bankers win, and Trump shafts Americans again
Donald Trump was hostile to the CFPB from the start, and he said this as he shoehorned Mulvaney into the director’s chair.
How much longer before Trump becomes the 2nd president in US history to resign?
America is weighed down by this president who has quickly worn out his welcome.