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Obama To Chamber Be Patriotic And Move Jobs Back To America
President Obama today appealed to the patriotism of the members of the Chamber of Commerce to begin investing in America again, to begin bringing factories and jobs back and to begin sharing the gains of our economy with the American people. Saying that we cannot go...
Its Not Going To Be Changed By The Corporations
Earlier tonight, Robert Borosage appeared on MSNBC to analyze the President's appearance before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Excerpts from his remarks are below the video clip. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy We've got record...
Jobs Los Angeles 3010 Initiative
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been pushing what he calls the 30/10 Initiative. The idea is simple: take all of local transportation projects around the country that are planned for the next 30 years and get them done in the next 10 years instead. This...
DLC RIP
The Democratic Leadership Council, according to press reports, is broke and closing its doors. For anyone who cares about working and poor people, this is a demise that should have come much sooner. The DLC -- Democrats for the Leisure Class, in Jesse Jackson's...
Defunding Health Reform Latest GOP Pledge To Crumble
Before becoming Speaker, Rep. John Boehner flatly pledged to deny all funding to the health reform law if he couldn't repeal it, saying, "They'll get not one dime from us. Not a dime." How interesting then that, all of the sudden, Speaker Boehner is carrying a big...
Progressive Breakfast - 2/8/2011
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: DLC RIP...
Egypt Human Rights and America
After two weeks behind the curve on the uprising in Egypt, the Obama administration seems to have found it’s voice, recognizing that our national interests and our national values point in the same direction—toward democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. There...
Republican Budget Plan Bankers and Plutocrats First
Conservative Republican legislators have vowed to block raising the debt limit to force deep cuts in spending on everything from head start to K-to12 education, to health research. They vow to combine blocking any increase in the debt limit with instructions mandating...
Banksters Back in the Black JP Morgan Chase
Earnings and bonus reports are rolling in and the big, bailed-out banks are back in the black. In 2010, total compensation and benefits at publicly traded Wall Street banks and securities firms hit a record of $135 billion -- up almost six percent from 2009 according...
Imported from Detroit
Check out the Eminem Chrysler Superbowl Ad: The Motor City, with moxie
