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Holding Our Economy Hostage For 25 People
Republicans are perpetrating a fraud. They say they're concerned about reducing government deficits. But you don't need to look at how they treat all of the country's biggest corporations (which is extremely well) or even how they kowtow to its richest 400 families,...
Milwaukee Rebuilding the Dream
The Congressional Progressive Caucus's "Speakout For Good Jobs" tour rolls into Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tonight, on what could hardly be a more auspicious day for workers in that city, as Gov. Scott Walker's bill stripping the state's public workers of almost...
Walmarts World Pt 3
As my husband and I watched anxiously for news of the outcome of the New York state senate vote on marriage equality, my thoughts drifted back to one last worrisome aspect of the Supreme Court's Walmart ruling — what it means for minorities. It may not be obvious, but...
A Debt-Ceiling Deal 1 In Tax Hikes For Wealthy For Every 1 In Cuts
On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders committed common sense on the floor of the U.S. Senate. It's amazing that he wasn't cited for an ethics violation. Sanders called on the president to leave the Beltway, go across the country and talk sense to the American people about...
Progressive Breakfast - 6/29/2011
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: Dems Must Embrace...
When A Socialist Speaks For Most Republicans Who Speaks For You
How broken is today's political debate? The only politician standing up for most Republican voters on today’s most burning political issue is. … a Socialist. The question is whether we reduce the deficit only through spending cuts, or also by raising taxes on the...
It Was Inevitable That Cantor Would Walk Away From Budget Talks
Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. There was no way to know for sure that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) would cause the collapse of the debt ceiling talks being led by Vice President Joseph Biden, as occurred last week when Cantor decided to...
Legitimizing Anti-Sociality
Perlstein Rant: Often folks ask me how America can be saved from its present course. Not by changing wingnuts—they will always be wingnuts, same methods and worldview since the 1950s; and not by changing the hearts corporate plutocrats—ditto, since the dawn of...
What Is The American Dream Dueling Dualities In The American Tradition
Throughout our history, there have been alternative, competing visions of the "good life" in America. The story of how these competing visions played out in our history is prologue to an important question: What is the American Dream and what is its future?...
Progressive Breakfast - 6/28/2011
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: The Not-So-Loyal...
