Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 23
Verizon confirms throttling internet in California during deadly wildfires, Michael Cohen won't accept a pardon from Trump, new poll shows Sanders would be Trump in 2020, and more.
Climate Change May Spark Next Financial Crisis, Former Bank of England Regulator Says
“It is potentially a systemic risk.”
TrumPutin: Who’s tired of winning now?
We don’t know exactly how much Moscow spent supporting influence operations to impact the U.K. and U.S. elections in 2016, but it seems hard to overstate how good the Kremlin’s return has been on what Western intelligence agencies believe was a relatively modest investment.
House progressives hail Biden moves to combat meat industry ‘price gouging’
"The meat processing industry is one of the worst offenders of these monopolistic, unfair practices."
Radical Realism About Climate Change
If we fail, we should not be surprised if, just a few years from now, the planetary thermostat is under the control of a handful of states or military and scientific interests.
With record-shattering unemployment, Sanders, Schumer, and Wyden ask Trump’s labor dept: ‘Do you have...
“It is absolutely imperative that the millions of Americans who are eligible for unemployment benefits receive every dollar to which they are entitled as quickly as possible.”
Clean Commute for Kids Act invests $25 billion for electric school buses
"The Clean Commute for Kids Act will help build a greener, cleaner future for our kids.”
Best nations really are the brightest. Solution: Close the reason gap
America's pushing dumb and dumber, while dumbing down the next generation.
WATCH: Bernie Sanders destroys GOP tax plan: “This bill must not be passed”
"This is the ultimate betrayal of the middle class."
Patriotism, taxes, and Trump
The Republican tax plan will make things worse by burdening the middle class and the poor even more.









