Democracy Wins as Court Rules Against Gerrymandering in North Carolina

The historic ruling marks the first time a federal court has struck down a redistricting plan for partisan gerrymandering.

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
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In a ruling hailed as a major and historic "victory for democracy," a federal court on Tuesday deemed North Carolina's 2016 congressional map unconstitutional on the grounds that it was drawn to discriminate against Democratic voters—marking the first time a federal court has struck down a redistricting plan for partisan gerrymandering. Every

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With Tax Bill Looming, GOP Takes Aim At Anti-Poverty Programs

Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and progressive groups are calling attention to the GOP plot to run up the deficit with its tax scam to justify devastating safety net cuts

Jake Johnson
By Jake Johnson
Reporters ask questions of Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, as he walks to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on the GOP effort to overhaul the tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 1, 2017. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

While tax experts continue to exclaim with horror as they sift through the "legislative monstrosity" Republicans rammed through the Senate last week, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday hosted a Facebook live event aimed at detailing the next steps in the fight against both the GOP's tax plan and the party's

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If the Trump Revolution Is Possible, so Is a Progressive One

As with all revolutions, the Trump insurrection has opened people’s eyes to the potential instability of all that had previously seemed solid.

John Feffer
By John Feffer
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Opinion -- Don’t kid yourself: 2016 was a revolutionary year in the United States. Yes, I know, the United States is a deeply conservative country. Americans don’t engage in periodic attempts to overthrow the system. There is no viable political party that threatens the status quo. When protesters gather in Washington, they have no intention of

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In Latest Push For Tax Cuts, Recycled GOP Promises Of ‘Trickle Down’

Since the 1980s, Republicans have insisted that tax cuts for the rich will benefit working people, but the rich just sock away their money and national needs are neglected. Yet, the same cycle is back again.

JP Sottile
By JP Sottile
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, announces to reporters that the Senate is moving ahead on a Republican budget plan at the Capitol in Washington. Senate Republicans seem to be on cruise control to pass a $4 trillion budget plan that shelves GOP deficit concerns in favor of the party’s drive to cut taxes. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion - It is really important that the Republican Party decorated its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with the word “Jobs” because the GOP is going to sell this to their base using the magical thinking that giving a big tax cut to corporations is giving a big raise to workers. The idea is that you give more money to big businesses. The executives, in

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Getting The Left To Embrace American Exceptionalism

Neocons have deftly used the Left’s hatred of President Trump and the demonizing of Russia to lure liberals and progressives into an interventionist mindset to defend “American exceptionalism.”

James W. Carden
By James W. Carden
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 5, 2012.

Last year, Donald J. Trump triumphed over 15 Republican primary opponents and a Democratic candidate with an impressive résumé largely on the strength of a simple four-word message: Make America Great Again.” Since Trump’s victory nearly a year ago, the major American media has often reprised the Obama-Clinton messaging that America is already

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Trump “Angry” After Learning What State And Local Tax Repeal Really Means

Trump’s plan to eliminate State and Local tax deductions may have been prompted by an initial assumption that such a move would mostly hit blue states.

ZeroHedge.com
By ZeroHedge.com
President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform at the Farm Bureau Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP/Alex Brandon)

In what may be the final nail in President Trump's tax reform proposal, months after the White House proposed ending a tax break for people in high-tax states - which would suggest Trump had more than enough time familiarize himself with how it all works -  Trump reportedly "grew angry" when he learned that the change would hurt some middle-income

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