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Progressive Breakfast - 11/13/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Announced Summit Renews Focus On Job Creation LA Times reports on planned WH jobs summit and Senate jobs bills: "...Obama said he would gather chief executives,...

What We Want From A White House Jobs Summit

President Obama's team made it clear months ago that he will brook no talk of a "second stimulus" at a time when the first stimulus is under significant criticism—from the right, to be sure, but also from the left. Nonetheless, Thursday's announcement of a White House...

Conservatives' Race to Oblivion, Pt. 1

I've used this quote (attributed to Maya Angelou) before: "When people show you who they really are, believe them." I guess in periods of tremendous change people really reveal who they really are. I'll return to this in more detail post, but the news and debate...

What Chinese Currency Manipulation Looks Like

As President Obama packs for China, I thought I’d show him a picture of how China is manipulating its currency. Source: Federal Reserve: Yuan, Broad dollar index. Graphic idea compliments of AAM. The dollar stays flat against the Chinese Yuan, even as it loses value...

Tripping in China: Barack Obama's Challenge

This week, Barack Obama trips to China as part of an eight-day trip to Asia. The White House paints a full agenda: Afghanistan, human rights, North Korean nukes, climate change, trade relations, and the economy. But it's really just the economy, stupid. For decades...

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