The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
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A Coup for Corporate America As U.S. Senate Passes Fast Track
In a win for multinational corporations and the 1 percent, the Senate advanced Fast Track.
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$200 Million Went to House Members to Pass Fast Track – Here's Who Took the Cash
John Boehner received $5.3 million for a "yea" vote on Trade Promotion Authority, while Kevin McCarthy received $2.4 million and Paul Ryan took $2.4 million.
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Hundreds of Tech Companies Line Up to Oppose TPP Trade Agreement
Letter signed by more than 250 firms demands greater transparency and says "dangerously vague" language would criminalize whistleblowers.
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Bernie Sanders's "Political Revolution" Can Only Come About if He Abandons the Democrats
Bernie's message of taking on the billionaire class, making four-year college free and breaking up the big banks is resonating with everyday folks – and if he breaks with the Democrats to run as an Independent, his support will surge.
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Senate Democrats Knock Down Obama's Trade Agenda, Saying No to Fast Track
Members of the party banded together to prevent the Senate from considering legislation that would give the president the authority to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership unamended.
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Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Meet Protests in Salt Lake City
Outside the Grand America Hotel, the rains fell, the speakers rose, the marchers chanted. Inside, top trade negotiators from the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations discussed imports and exports, profits and products, prices and patents.
