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In The Fed We Trust? Will The Senate Reward The Architect Of The Wall Street Bailout?
Will the Senate vote another term for Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve? Should it? Two months ago, Bernanke looked like a lock. But now unemployment is over 10 percent and rising, while Wall Street bankers are stocking up on vintage champagne, ready to...
Obama Sets The Bar For Copenhagen Success
President Obama announced today that he will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, raising the stakes for himself and all participating nations. The initial goal for Copenhagen was to forge a binding treaty. But that ambitious goal has...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/25/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Fed Paints Gloomy Jobs Picture Krugman says Fed analysis supports "piling on, not looking for the exit.": "...the Fed expects unemployment to come down only...
Seattle WTO Protests 10 Years Later -- What's Changed?
Ten years ago the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. To this day, when talking about trade and protests, many just use a shorthand and say things along the lines of "since Seattle." Seattle made it clear that there...
Banksters Renew Their Extortion Threat
The banking industry renewed its extortion threat against Congress today: If you create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency that is not beholden to the banking industry, we'll make American consumers pay. That's precisely the threat contained in a...
Pelosi: No Deficit Reduction Without Job Creation
On a conference call today with economists who blog and folks who blog on the economy, Speaker Pelosi sought to bridge the gap between progressive proponents of public investment to create jobs, and right-leaning Democrats touting austerity for immediate deficit...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/24/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Obama Will Announce Emission Target To Boost Chances Of Climate Agreement Obama to announce carbon emissions target in advance of Copenhagen. NYT: "The United...
Billionaires for Wealthcare thank Sen. Grassley, Sen. Corker, and their faithful tea partiers
Without the Koch money and buses,The Tea Partiers were able to muster about 30 people to rail against things. The Billionaires for Wealthcare joined the Tea Partiers in what was otherwise a disappointing day for them. Over at StarkReports.com, Mike Stark has some...
H1N1 & My Famiy
We'd talked about it earlier in the week, but hadn't really made a definite decision to go. Then, Sunday morning I came downstairs to find this Washington Post story on the computer monitor. On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-year-old Heaven Skyler Wilson dragged herself off the...
China: Smart Intern, Stupid Question
A really smart student intern I’ve had the privilege of working with (Jonathan Flack, GWU 2010) asked a really stupid question. “Why,” he asked, “Do we give China everything it wants? Why don’t we challenge them?” This intern knows what’s going on. He knows about our...
