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Trumpian “accountability” throws us back to the spoils system
February 6, 2018Trump signaled in his State of the Union Message that he would replace merit with loyalty to him as the criteria for hiring and employing VA and other federal workers.
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Workers rally against Trump’s stealing of their tips
February 6, 2018The workers call it “tip theft.” And 346,135 people have protested to the Trump Labor Department about its stealth scheme to allow bosses to steal their tips.
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The Koch Brothers’ Latin America “libertarian” roadshow
February 6, 2018The Koch brothers are spending $400 million in the 2018 U.S. midterms for far-right candidates and causes. They're doing the same in Latin America to help overthrow progressive governments.
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Poor People’s Campaign launches with letter to GOP leaders
February 5, 2018“We demand a change in course. Our faith traditions and our U.S. and state constitutions testify to an immorality that leaves out the poor."
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How one coal baron set the Trump administration’s energy agenda
February 5, 2018In a political system awash with money, it's Big Coal vs. democracy.
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