Wednesday, January 09, 2019

A few articles to check out

Here’s the offer Trump is making to Democrats to end the shutdown


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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/8/18171913/shutdown-trump-speech-wall-funding



Never underestimate the influence of Wall Street Democrats, corporate Democrats, and the Democrats’ biggest funders. I know. I’ve been there.


In the 2018 midterms, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, big business made more contributions to Democrats than to Republicans. The shift was particularly noticeable on Wall Street. Not since 2008 have donors in the securities and investment industry given a higher percentage to Democratic candidates and committees than to Republicans.

The moneyed interests in the Democratic party are in favor of helping America’s poor and of reversing climate change – two positions that sharply distinguish them from the moneyed interests in the Republican party.

We should support Pelosi and the Democrats when they need our support to do the right things. We also need to push them when they need pushing. And we must fight them when they begin to cave. There's a long road ahead of us.

~Robert Reich


The Trump administration is considering a major rollback of civil rights regulation


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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18167275/disparate-impact-civil-rights-trump-administration


Pompeo and Bolton head to Middle East to do Trump-Syria damage control


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https://www.vox.com/world/2019/1/7/18171992/pompeo-bolton-middle-east-syria-withdrawal-troops-trump

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