Progressive Breakfast: Charles Barkley’s Wise Words to Democrats on Alabama
MORNING MESSAGE Richard Eskow Charles Barkley’s Wise Words to Democrats on Alabama Former NBA star Charles Barkley calls Doug Jones' Alabama Senate win "a wake-up call for Democrats to do better for black people and poor white people." If Democrats were to follow his frank advice, finally setting aside their own failed strategies from the past, they might actually start to win. GOP Sprints To Enact Tax Cuts Republican tax bill in final sprint across finish line. NYT: “The day after suffering a political blow in the Alabama special Senate election, congressional Republicans sped forward with the most sweeping tax rewrite in decades, announcing an agreement on a final bill that would cut taxes for businesses and individuals and signal the party’s first major legislative achievement since assuming political control this year. Party leaders in the House and Senate agreed in principle to bridge the yawning gaps between their competing versions of the $1.5 trill...