15 state AGs sue EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for not enforcing pollution controls
“Over and over again, the Trump administration has put polluters before the health and safety of New Yorkers.”
Bernie Sanders: Republican tax plan ‘is the Robin Hood principle in reverse’
"At a time when the middle class is shrinking and over 40 million Americans are living in poverty, this budget must be defeated."
Donald Trump’s ‘romantic nationalism’ takes the stage at the UN
"...it gives us a better idea of what the American left will be facing from this ‘new’ right for the foreseeable future..."
A political 100-year flood
Along rivers prone to overflowing, people sometimes talk of preparing for a 100-year flood -- a dangerous surge of muddy, debris-filled water...
Former Mayor Pleads Guilty After Embezzling From Food Bank
Although the corrupt former mayor only admitted to stealing more than $5,000, estimates from the food bank place the actual number near $55,000 in stolen funds.
Podesta refers to Trump as ‘whack job’ after Twitter attack
“Dude, get your head in the game. You’re representing the US at the G20.”
The Tax Debate Is Over, and Progressives Won
This is not some quirk. This is the latest example of progressive taxation outperforming conservative taxation.
Why spend $54 billion more on the Pentagon? To start a war, obviously.
The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 9, 2018
Trump freezes Obamacare payment program, Starbucks says goodbye to plastic straws, Colorado schools are arming teachers with no state oversight, and more.
House GOP using omnibus fight as ‘trial run’ for ploy to cut Social Security...
"MAGA extremists in Congress are dusting off an old conservative playbook for when they seize power," said one progressive watchdog.