1776 COALITION 06/15/2015

GOP Leadership Ready to Break Anti-Tax Pledge to Pass ObamaTrade Establishment Republicans desperately trying to secure the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which would give President Obama fast-track authority to secure congressional approval of at least three secretive trade deals, are now willing to increase taxes on small businesses... Read More SALON: TEA PARTY GETS IT RIGHT–CRONY CAPITALISM IS HOW YOU BEAT HILLARY From Salon: Our government is so corrupt it is odious even in the eyes of patriots. In a Gallup poll measuring reputations of professions, nurses finished first; 80 percent judged their integrity to be high. Members of Congress finished last... Read More Supreme Court races the clock on same-sex marriage, Obamacare and more WASHINGTON — The future of same-sex marriage and President Obama's health care law hang in the balance as the Supreme Court's 2014 term draws rapidly to a close this month. But those aren't the only big issues on the justices'... Read More CA Drought Has Thieves Stealing Water Like It’s Liquid Gold MILPITAS (KPIX 5) — Police are warning for businesses and residents to start locking up their taps. California’s drought has gotten so bad, people are stealing water. Thieves busted the locks on the spigots at a popular Asian shopping center... Read More NAACP leader Dolezal cancels chapter meeting SPOKANE, Wash. -- Amid unanswered questions about her ethnic identity and continued leadership, local NAACP acting president Rachel Dolezal on Sunday canceled a Monday meeting of the chapter. "Due to the need to continue discussion with regional and national NAACP... Read More US airstrike targets Al Qaeda militant in Libya The U.S. military launched an airstrike that targeted and "likely" killed the Al Qaeda leader behind the attack on a gas plant in Algeria in 2013 that killed 35 hostages, including three Americans, a senior defense official told Fox News... Read More