Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 28
Student loan watchdog quits, progressives launch campaign against Kavanaugh, air pollution harms cognitive performance, and more.
Progressive coalition pressures Senate Democrats demanding their opposition to Brett Kavanaugh
"Democratic senators should be united in opposition to Kavanaugh, instead of letting Republican senators ram through the confirmation of a nominee who was selected to protect the president from prosecution."
Sanders backers win major reforms as Democratic Nat’l Committee votes to limit superdelegate power
Democrats voted to vastly reduce the power of superdelegates in choosing the party’s presidential nominee.
Victory in superdelegates fight means: Grassroots can win
Leadership must come from the grassroots. That’s how superdelegates met their long-overdue demise.
Scoring Trump’s tax cuts so far: $280k for rich lawmakers, pennies for working people
Very few businesses have raised wages thanks to corporate tax cuts, but executives and lawmakers are buying new yachts.
Sanctions backfire: US is being left behind
At present, the United States is waging an economic World War targeting much of the world economy, including allies who refuse to comply with U.S. mandates.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 27
DNC strips superdelegates of power, 70% of Americans support Medicare for All, John McCain dies, and more.
Breaking: DNC votes to cut power of superdelegates
The vote is "an important step forward in making the Democratic Party more open, democratic and responsive to the input of ordinary Americans."
A Perfect Storm has erupted over Washington. Will Trump be forced to resign?
“Hasta la vista, baby.”
Why Manafort and Cohen thought they’d get away with it
It takes a special counsel to actually catch white-collar criminals.