Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, October 3
D.C. Democrats vote to overturn tipped wage increase approved by voters, Bernie Sanders issues a statement on Amazon's minimum wage increase, Trump makes fun of Kavanaugh accuser and more.
Breaking with Wall Street: LA puts it to the voters
The numbers are there to support the case for a city-owned bank, but a critical ingredient in effecting revolutionary change is finding the political will.
Trump admin. sends 1,600 kids to Texas tent city as number of detained children...
“We have more children in detention now than ever before.”
Bernie releases statement on Amazon minimum wage increase
“What Mr. Bezos has done today is not only enormously important for Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of employees, it could well be a shot heard around the world."
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 2
Amazon adopts $15 minimum wage, California bans animal-tested cosmetics and becomes first state to require women on corporate boards, and more.
Ex-Senate aide: Judge Brett Kavanaugh has lied every time he has testified under oath
Critics claim that Kavanaugh has repeatedly committed perjury by lying during his testimony about his drinking habits, the content of his yearbook and a spate of other topics.
Meet one of the sexual assault survivors who confronted Jeff Flake & triggered FBI...
The women held open the elevator door, telling Flake, through their tears, that he was dismissing their pain.
After budget cuts, the IRS’ work against tax cheats is facing ‘collapse’
Audits and criminal referrals are down sharply since Congress cut the tax agency’s budget and management changed priorities.
America’s bullies
In recent years America has become a culture of bullying – the wealthier over the poorer, CEOs over workers, those with privilege and pedigree over those without, the whiter over the browner and blacker, men over women.
Will the FBI’s Kavanaugh probe be a White House coverup?
The question is whether this sham investigation will satisfy at least two of these Senators, and give them political cover they will need to vote to confirm, or whether they will demand a full and thorough FBI investigation instead of a cover-up.