Growing a spine

Growing a spine CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik It took longer than it should have, but some progressives are starting to grow a spine: Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are boycotting votes to confirm Trump cabinet appointees Steve Mnuchin (Treasury Secretary) and Tom Price (Secretary of Health and Human Services). Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, meanwhile, is running into different kinds of trouble — though that doesn't necessarily mean her confirmation will be derailed. CREDIT: AP Photo/Corey Perrine Last night, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates refused to enforce President Trump's Muslim ban — so she was fired.  The ban is wrecking lives, tearing families apart, and shattering dreams. Here are just a few of the ways the ban is impacting people. But the Trump administration isn't backing down; Press Secretary Sean Spicer even used a terror attack on a mosque in Quebec City by a white nationalist to justify Islamophobia. Reading List Authoritarianism experts say Trump's presidency is getting worse and worse. This prominent GOP politician is cultivating ties with anti-Muslim parties across Europe. An Obamacare repeal could cost the United States 1.2 million jobs. Soundbite "It's wrong to scapegoat Muslim immigrants for violence perpetuated by American foreign policy. It's wrong to nominate a man who knows nothing about housing to lead an agency he doesn't believe in. It's wrong to put a man in charge of protecting voting rights who has failed to uphold them as a member of Congress. Some things just aren't right versus left. They're right versus wrong."  — Rev. William Barber III ThinkProgress | CAP Action Fund 1333 H ST NW | Washington, DC 20005 Contributions to Center for American Progress Action Fund are not tax deductible Donate | Manage Email Options | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe This email was sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us.