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The Trump administration took another step to rip health care away from millions, announcing a new Medicaid proposal that lets states set funding caps which could lead to drastically lower funding for the program that provides health care for millions of low-income Americans.
Defending Medicaid from Trump can unify Democrats. It can bridge the gap between the young, non-white and/or urban voters in the base and the suburban whites Democrats hope to keep in their anti-Trump coalition through 2020.
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Hmmm.... who are you going to trust? Some scientists who care about facts and the health and safety of Americans or oligarchs who only care about money and don't remotely care whether there's a habitable planet for our grandchildren?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unionized employees have drafted a bill of rights, asking the agency to recognize the need for scientific integrity, research into climate science and the ability to enforce environmental laws without political interference.
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Trump is threatening 25% tariffs on European autos, supposedly to protect national security. He has NO RIGHT to impose tariffs as that is up to Congress. This is a clear abuse of presidential power. It gets worse: the Republican administration won't release the report supposedly justifying its actions:
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On Monday [January 27, 2020], the Supreme Court did something that’s become quite familiar in the Trump age: It reinstated a harsh new immigration policy that had been blocked by lower courts. This particular policy, known as the “public charge” rule, makes it easier for the United States to exclude lower-income immigrants.
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On January 30, 2020, our Republican-led Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and FDIC agreed to let big banks invest grandma’s checking account in venture capital firms that make incredibly risky investments often with dire results. What on earth could go wrong?