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Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 13, 2018
Justice Department reopens the Emmett Tiller investigation, Trump's global chaos tour, Ireland passes bill to fully divest from fossil fuel by end of 2018, and more.
The GOP tax cuts are bad champagne for small business
But maybe, with our help, the next Congress will be up to the task of supporting small business, the real engine of growth in our economy.
Thousands of teachers and staff on strike across Oklahoma and Kentucky,...
"Stop the war on public education!"
Corporations are spending their tax cut – on themselves
Instead of creating jobs, big businesses are using their tax cut bonanza to hike stock value and CEO pay.
Why making American corporations more competitive doesn’t help most Americans
Restoring corporations' “competitive edge” has little or nothing to do with helping American workers.
Orrin Hatch’s ‘bullcrap’ on taxes is exactly that
Hatch’s tax plan is nothing more than another giveaway to his rich patrons.
One year later: The political cancer metastasizes
America was never what it had purported to be.
Trump’s Trojan horse tax cut
Using the promise of middle-class tax cuts as a Trojan horse for a tax windfall for the rich and deep spending cuts is a tactic dating back to the Reagan administration.
Tax cuts for the rich, paid for with your health care
The plan to raid our health care is buried in the GOP tax scheme and budget process.
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What blind Lord of Misrule keeps showing he can’t avoid wrack and ruin, leans hard on dumb Big Lies, and expects different outcomes?
“Trump’s self-love, not Iran, is global enemy No 1. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction.”
Justice Department drops multiple corporate crime investigations
A reported decision to abandon several major corporate crime cases has raised concerns that the federal government is easing pressure on corporate misconduct.
Trump administration activates never-used deportation court for first time in 30 years
The Justice Department’s unprecedented filing before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court opens a little-known legal pathway that could expand executive deportation powers while relying on sealed evidence and limited public scrutiny.
Trump administration narrows Endangered Species Act protections by removing habitat destruction rule
The administration has eliminated a decades-old definition of “harm,” making it more difficult to use the Endangered Species Act to stop projects that destroy critical wildlife habitat.
Forget the DC swamp—here’s a gripping documentary about the most courageous, legendary clean water...
We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.