Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 31
Corporate profits reach new heights, Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers, Canada rescinds Trans Mountain pipeline approval, and more.
Trump announces plan to cancel pay raises for civilian workers across the federal government
"Congress can and must stand up to the President and reject this assault on our federal workers by passing the 1.9 percent pay raise that the Senate approved on August 1.”
From the grassroots to the ballot box: How gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum won in...
On the campaign trail, Gillum called for Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, reforming the criminal justice system, repealing Florida’s “stand your ground” law and increasing corporate taxes.
As epic losses mount, Trump’s one ‘win’ spurs the ultimate boomerang
The good news/bad news is that Trump is no better at criminality (or hiding secrets or deflecting retribution) than he is at being a mock, TV-celebrity president.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 30
Vietnam demands compensation from Monsanto for victims of Agent Orange, California on brink of mandating 100 percent clean energy by 2045, Sanders vs. Amazon intensifies, and more.
Taxpayers are subsidizing corporations that pay CEOs hundreds of times more than workers, study...
Author says the findings should fuel the movement to "use the power of the public purse to crack down on corporations that refuse to share the wealth."
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 29
Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, California joins nine other states and enacts trio of gun control bills that affect domestic violence offenders and more.
California joins nine other states and passes trio of gun control bills that affect...
“People at risk of harming themselves or others should not have easy access to firearms."
1968 DNC protests, 50 years later: Organizers recall coalition building & running pig for...
“Rioting is not going to get it. What you have to do is get organized.”
Why the DNC’s Superdelegate reforms were a major victory for the Sanders wing
This package of reforms is just a starting point for a wholesale transformation of the party.