Central America Free Trade Agreement
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US media reports often focus on claims of migrants being forced from Central America by gang violence and corrupt politicians. This is only the final piece of a much bigger puzzle that has been designed and built to support US agriculture. Almost...
by JohnRay
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on Tue Sep 15, 2020 at 12:33 PM PDT
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Mick Mulvaney, a millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, awarded himself another job last week: spokesman for labor.
Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, he told the Wall...
by Leo W Gerard
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on Mon Jun 17, 2019 at 11:04 AM PDT
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Thanks to Josh Marshall for pointing this out but Trump has a plan to help break up the EU. According to reports, Trump is planning to work out a letter of interest and intent regarding a trade deal with the UK as part of the new administration's first...
by m2c4
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on Mon Dec 19, 2016 at 02:35 PM PST
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all the help he can get
Dumb ass :
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr is criticizing his Democratic challenger, Deborah Ross, saying she has failed to make clear her position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership �
by poopdogcomedy
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on Fri Aug 19, 2016 at 06:01 AM PDT
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More good news:
The AFL-CIO is making its first foray into 2016 Senate races Thursday with a six-figure digital ad buy in six key races, officials told NBC News.
The targeted Facebook ads will run in Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Nevada,...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jun 30, 2016 at 01:23 PM PDT
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More of this please:
Two labor groups have announced they are launching modest ad campaigns in Ohio against Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman.
One television ad from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees' PAC, hits...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue May 24, 2016 at 03:15 PM PDT
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Hillary Clinton appeared on Meet the Press today, and in a wide-ranging interview with Chuck Todd, she supported Sanders staying in the race, while also making clear that her eyes are on Trump and the general election.
Video can be found here.
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by Lysis
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on Sun May 22, 2016 at 09:55 AM PDT
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Hillary backers: Ok let’s step through the logic-
Nov. 5, 2012, remarks in Australia: "This TPP sets the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind of environment that has the rule of law and a level...
by dakrle
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on Fri May 06, 2016 at 01:26 PM PDT
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More of this please:
The Democratic group Senate Majority PAC on Tuesday is launching a $640,000 ad campaign attacking Republican Sen. Rob Portman’s record on creating jobs in Ohio.
The super PAC’s new ad criticizes Mr. Portman, who
by poopdogcomedy
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on Tue Mar 22, 2016 at 08:22 AM PDT
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For more coverage of Hillary Clinton at Daily Kos, visit the Hillary Writers Circle.
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Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with coverage of yesterday’s debate in Flint, Michigan.
by Lysis
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on Mon Mar 07, 2016 at 04:08 AM PST
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ghost town diner
I t certainly should, and not just in the primary but for the general election and all the way down ballot - imo - and here's why
Tens of thousands of manufacturing plants as ...
by Eric Nelson
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on Sat Oct 24, 2015 at 12:22 AM PDT
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Today's edition of Hillary News & Views begins with Clinton once again using her star power to rebuild the Democratic Party in a very red state.
The Hoover ...
by Lysis
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on Wed Sep 30, 2015 at 03:55 AM PDT
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Going back to NAFTA more than two decades ago (wow, time flies when Administration after Administration screws workers year after year, eh?), deals have been made by presidents to buy votes. With ...
by Tasini
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on Thu Jun 11, 2015 at 06:15 AM PDT
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Photo of child working in Guatemala by Antonio Rosa, courtesy ...
by Leo W Gerard
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on Tue Jun 02, 2015 at 07:30 AM PDT
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement suffered its first defeat today, as the Senate voted to block the Fast-Track authority sections of this ill-conceived proposal, in no small part due to some ...
by jamess
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on Tue May 12, 2015 at 02:36 PM PDT
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Senators should vote this Tuesday to stop the "Fast-Track" bill/Trade Promotion Authority Act (TPA), which would cement their obligation not to disclose publicly the terms of any trade agreement ...
by ershaffer
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on Mon May 11, 2015 at 07:25 AM PDT
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Photo of workers protesting Fast Track by Steven Dietz of Sharp Image Studios for the USW
Free traders in Congress formally proposed last week that lawmakers relax, put their feet up and neglect the ...
by Leo W Gerard
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on Tue Apr 21, 2015 at 05:58 AM PDT
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Well, a tip of the hat to some people in labor for reaching down and remembering they have a few cojones left--or maybe it was reaching deep into their pockets and remembering that they have the ...
by Tasini
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on Wed Mar 11, 2015 at 06:29 AM PDT
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It is worth examining how the process was rigged to push that budget deal through Congress over the weekend that contained Citibank-written derivative deregulation and all kinds of other goodies for ...
by davej
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on Wed Dec 17, 2014 at 05:16 PM PST
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Sorry to publish another diary so soon but this is important. Democracy For America is putting the pressure on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D. CA-12) to stop the fast-track of the Trans-...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Jan 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM PST
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