Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, September 18
Who is Christine Blasey Ford, catastrophic and historic flooding, Trumps sets up tariffs, and more.
Trump initiates new tariffs on hundreds of products from China
Beijing has said before that its prepared to retaliate with even higher tariffs on American imports.
The capitalist manifesto: Let poor people die
Market-happy illusionists keep spouting nonsense about a healthy economy built on today's capitalism.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 17
U.S. Border Patrol supervisor confesses to executing four women, FEMA blames hurricane deaths on spousal abuse, Kavanaugh accused of assault, and more.
A vision of an America after its entry into a new, Age of Enlightenment
This is a new America, one that once was destined for greatness and found the ways to achieve it.
The three big lessons we didn’t learn from the economic crisis
The Street’s political clout is as great as ever, which explains why the Dodd-Frank safeguards are now being watered down – clearing the way for another crisis.
Stripped naked
Why did Trump get so much support from so many people with so little invested... meaning low and low middle-income folks?
Manafort pleads guilty to conspiracy against U.S. and obstructing justice
Manafort also admitted guilt in 10 outstanding counts previously filed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Bernie Sanders calls for a new international left to fight Steve Bannon’s right-wing “Movement”
Supposed genius Steve Bannon thinks he can lure progressives into the nationalist right. Sanders says no thanks.