"The agricultural revolution unfolded over thousands of years. The industrial revolution took more than a century," the report reads. "Artificial labor could reshape the economy in less than a decade."
"Every policy of the Trump administration is designed to lift up the American worker, promote great-paying blue-collar jobs and to rebuild the industrial bedrock of our nation," Trump said at a meeting of his Cabinet last week. Many labor leaders could not disagree more. "By every measure, this has been the most hostile administration to workers in our lifetimes," AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler told me in an interview ahead of Labor Day.
Trump takes a chainsaw to a bunch of federal unions. [ Bloomberg Law] Bar exam scores are sky high. [ Reuters] More petty Trumpian retribution: Kamala Harris's Secret Service detail nixed. [ Huffington Post] The legal fight over the abortion pill is ramping up in disturbing ways. [ Slate] Trump's approval rating is down, as it turns out Americans aren't a fan of military takeovers. [ The Hill]