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Sanders Puts Hold on Bernanke Nomination

Senator Bernie Sanders has announced he will put a hold on the Bernanke nomination. Sanders wants the Finance Committee to hold serious hearings probing Bernanke's actions leading up to the financial collapse, and the emergency measures he took, committing literally...

Job Creation Vs. The Deficit Fearmongers

House of Representatives staffers who take the District's subway system to work are now confronted with a host of scary images as they exit the station: A forlorn Uncle Sam panhandling to pay off a $12 trillion debt; a stopwatch with the message that it would take...

Progressive Breakfast - 12/2/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Afghan Address Receives Tepid Response Some Dems pledge to try to block plan. USA Today: "...Obama [is] facing a potential mutiny on this issue among liberal...

If Sarah Palin Knew Anything

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." ~ Thomas Jefferson "Keep the faith," Sarah Palin says to Canadian conservatives. "Your health care system could be worse. But only if you work hard...

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