Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 2, 2018
Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director, new President of Mexico vows to ban fracking, Portland cracks down on fossil fuels, and more.
Citizens United at 15: Landmark ruling helped Elon Musk & other billionaires bankroll Trump...
About 44 percent of Trump’s election was funded by just 10 megadonors.
Citing ‘big mistakes’ made in Covid-19 fight, Khanna and Warren lead 130+ Dems calling...
“The current administration’s response has exposed serious flaws in the country’s ability to combat large scale public health challenges.”
Pruitt flings open EPA doors to anti-science conservative ideologues
Pruitt refused to recuse himself from eight ongoing lawsuits against the EPA that he helped file as Oklahoma’s top prosecutor.
Trump issues pardons to former cronies and Kushner’s father
President Donald Trump issued another round of pardons, including Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and his son-in-law’s father.
Chileans Boycott Supermarkets to Fight Corruption
After the latest corruption scandal, thousands of Chileans joined a boycott against three supermarket companies accused of collusion.
Fight For $15 Update: When Truman Doubled Minimum Wage
Economists and analysts tell Bloomberg News that wage increases in service and retail sectors are helping retailers by putting “more money in the pockets of some of their biggest customers: their own employees.”
House passes resolution that reinstates EPA’s methane pollution safeguards
A new report by the UN Environment Program confirmed that cutting methane pollution from both new and existing oil and gas operations is vital in tackling the climate crisis.
Hours after Pelosi comments, Pressley says Biden clearly ‘has the authority’ to cancel student...
“Student debt cancellation is a racial and economic justice issue and President Biden should act,” said the Massachusetts Democrat.
A Constitutional crisis? House panel holds AG Barr in contempt as Trump claims executive...
This all came after the White House invoked executive privilege to prevent the full report’s release to Congress and to bar former White House counsel Don McGahn from providing documents to Congress related to the Mueller probe.