Criminal justice reform in Congress has been hijacked by Republicans and turned into a “vehicle for corporate giveaway.” The Feds aren’t doing their homework on legal marijuana. And dismal new projections for the TPP.
Also, a report from our man in Iowa, Joe Krueger, on the chaos that was the 2016 Democratic Caucus.
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