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Money bill in the House reverses many harmful Trump schemes
June 6, 2019Federal worker unions are lauding a draft House money bill that gives all two million U.S. government workers a 3.1% general raise next January 1.
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Congress moves to hold top Trump people in contempt
June 4, 2019Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn are the first to be charged.
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Trump-GOP tax cut, except for big biz, is a total dud
May 31, 2019Except for cutting corporate tax rates in half and funneling more money to the rich, the Donald Trump-GOP tax cut of two years ago appears to be a big fat dud.
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Wealth and class are not determinants of intellect or governing ability
May 31, 2019Ocasio-Cortez here addresses a much larger tendency in U.S. culture which we talk about much less than we do racism or sexism – the practice of devaluing people on the basis of their occupation.
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Trump’s Energy Department rebrands natural gas as ‘Freedom Gas’
May 30, 2019The Trump administration has found a new way to boost the reputation of fossil fuels: associate them with the cherished American value of freedom!
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