by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog
The job of Treasury secretary is arguably the most important one President Obama will fill in his second term. It's certainly the choice that will most affect the American people's daily lives, future hopes and aspirations. And it may well shape the president's...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog
Congressional Republicans are really struggling to come up with a strategy for avoiding the blame if they refuse to raise the debt limit, allowing the Treasury to pay off the debts that Congress already voted to incur. Newt Gingrich already warned his party that...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog
How many real and serious national problems can you list? And how many obvious solutions can you come up with literally off the top of your head? Now an experiment: list how many of them are being worked on by our DC elites or even discussed my our elite media? The...
by Digby | Jan 9, 2013 | Blog
Well, just a shot across the bow, so far: A conservative advocacy group is targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with a series of online ads in his home state for helping to negotiate the fiscal cliff deal. “It’s a statement we’re making and I suspect there...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: "Death Panel" of GOP Governors Refuse Medicaid Expansion OurFuture.org's Terrance Heath: "All 10 members of the GOP Governors’ Death Panel offer the same excuse for refusing to expand Medicaid in their states, or wanting to get full federal funding...