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Trump's Tax Cut Plan Alienates His Base

Trump's plan would mean 'a huge increase in the budget deficit primarily to give tax cuts to the richest people in the country,' says economist Dean Baker. 'I don't think…

August 31, 2017
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Houston’s Dams Won’t Fail. But Many Homes Will Have to Be Flooded to Save Them

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by Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, Neena Satija, The Texas Tribune and Reveal, and Al Shaw and Lisa Song, ProPublica, The water that goes around the spillways is going to

August 30, 2017
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Trump's Afghan Military Solution Will Fail

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James Dorsey tells Paul Jay that Trump's plan is to force the Taliban to negotiate, but there is no reason for them to do so.

August 29, 2017
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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan: What Happens Next?

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The U.N. Security Council will likely try to pass another round of sanctions, but sanctions have done nothing to stop North Korea from advancing its nuclear missile program, and will…

August 29, 2017
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Just Before Harvey, Trump Admin Revoked Rules Requiring New Infrastructure to be Climate Resilient

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Two weeks ago today, President Trump signed a widely overlooked executive order to revoke Obama-era standards that required federal infrastructure projects like hospitals to factor in scientific projections for the…

August 29, 2017
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Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “Unrestrained Capitalism” Made Harvey “Catastrophe Waiting to Happen”

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The death toll continues to rise as massive amounts of rain from Hurricane Harvey flood Houston and other parts of Texas and Louisiana. The Houston police and Coast Guard have…

August 29, 2017
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