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Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 17, 2018

Words from the Unite the Right organizer, Trump's military parade is costing millions, Glyphosate found in popular children's foods, and more.

Trump-Musk plan to gut the IRS could cost US public $30 million per day...

Analysis shows dismantling IRS enforcement would benefit wealthy tax evaders, burden working families, and deepen inequality.

Netanyahu presses Trump for renewed Iran war push amid widening regional disputes

As Israel’s prime minister heads to Mar-a-Lago, reports indicate he will seek U.S. backing for new military action against Iran while clashing with Washington over Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon.

‘Financial insecurity runs deep’: Americans blame Trump economy for rising hardship

New polling and data reveal deepening financial strain across the U.S. under Trump’s second term, with many blaming corporate power, deregulation, and GOP-backed policies for rising prices and declining economic security.

Only the ugliest American alone pulverizes domestic and overseas stability, the rarest of doomed...

As long as politics remains tawdry, brain-numbing entertainment, infected by hateful racist bugs, today’s already darkened age will grow darker before en-light-enment may return.

The roots of the US-Russia rivalry

Russia-U.S. relations became most visible during their Cold War confrontation and are now dangerously dysfunctional. Long-established suspicion and overlapping interests have shaped periods of cooperation and competition for centuries, a cycle that risks repeating itself indefinitely.

Donald Trump’s swamp: Meet ten potential energy and climate cabinet picks and the pickers

Nearly everyone who remains on Trump's likely climate and energy list, or is helping pick those positions, has ties to corporate lobbying, corporate leadership, or corporate-funded think tanks.

What other countries know: Fairer representation makes a stronger democracy

A democratic country – or community – ought to be self-governing in a way that allows every member a fair part in effective political discussion.

Trump’s curious coalition

Trump’s curious coalition endures only because he’s a clever salesman and conman.

Social Security helped slash elderly poverty to 9.2 percent in the 20th century –...

So if Americans agree that our elders should never again return to having to age in poverty, there are several ways we can shore up the Social Security system.