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Shock Doctrine Fight-Back
Global economic turmoil is getting worse. Europe’s financial crisis now imperils Spain and Italy. The folly of premature austerity savages economies in Great Britain, Europe and, increasingly, the United States. China and the emerging economies are slowing down. This...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/8/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: How To Fight Back...
Endless Political Paralysis The New Normal
The American political system isn't working for average Americans anymore. Don't blame the Tea Party, new political science research suggests. Blame inequality. In a sensible republic, democratically elected leaders come together in a respectful give-and-take to...
Shipwreck
It's beginning to look like there's an economic shipwreck dead ahead. That plunging stock market is the wealthy passengers, trampling the children as they rush headlong toward the lifeboats. The nation's capital, the bridge of our ship of state, lies abandoned. The...
The Rating Game PowerPoints and Emails Illustrate the Play-For-Play Agencies Scheme
(Reposted from May of last year to commemorate the S&P "downgrade." The "agency" scams have since spent millions in lobbying money to weaken and delay the Franken Amendment and other urgently needed reforms.) PowerPoints, emails, and transcripts obtained by Sen. Carl...
The Rating Game PowerPoints and Emails Illustrate Frankens Victory
PowerPoints, emails, and transcripts obtained by Sen. Carl Levin's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations illustrate the real magnitude of Sen. Al Franken's victory today. Sen. Franken was able to pass an amendment which eliminates the conflict of interest that's...
Shared Sacrifice
This story from the LA Times a few days ago does something really unusual. It puts a human face on the "spending" that everyone in government believes is unaffordable: Cynde Soto dreads the arrival of yet another benefit notice. Her cash assistance has been...
Obama The President Who Wouldn’t Make the Louisiana Purchase
Of course, it’s all about jobs. But why did the president ever think differently? Elizabeth Drew and others write that the White House believed the message of the 2010 losses was that Americans believed government spending was out of hand. Thus, cutting government...
What Bernie Would Do On The Super Committee [VIDEO]
Last night, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell reported on the Campaign for America's Future petition to "Put Bernie On The Super Committee" and interviewed Sen. Bernie Sanders on what he would do if named to the committee. The transcript is below. O'DONNELL: Senator, the...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/5/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Jobs Numbers Are a...
