Rauner Drags His Feet While Immigrant Communities are Under Attack
There are 5 bills sitting on Bruce Rauner's desk that could help the 1.8 million immigrants living in Illinois. Instead of, ya know, governing, he's kowtowing to Trump, who loves to attack our nation's immigrants. Read about the bills and Pritzker's response.
This week, Rep. Chris Collins (R) was charged with insider traiding, and a Forbes investigative report shows a pattern of heavy grifting from Sec. of Commerce Wilbur Ross. Both men were early supporters of Donald Trump.
But some good stuff happened, too! Tuesday was primary and special election day in several states, with some exciting outcomes. There was a too-close-to-call special election in Ohio's 12th district between Republican Republican Troy Balderson, who has Trump's support, and Democrat Danny O'Connor. This district had a 14 point lean toward the Republican prior to the race. The fact that it is still this close shows that Democratic momentum is growing across the country, even in heavily red districts!
Also on Tuesday, Missouri, a notoriously red state, voted down a right-to-work law that would've crippled a lot of private sector unions. You probably recognize the term "right-to-work" from a recent Supreme Court ruling on right-to-work laws for public-sector unions.
Turns out that we currently don't have the power to stop the bad stuff (corruption, grifting, Russia, the general swampiness of the Republican party). But we do have the power to positively change things.
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