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China is Unhappy with Spy Label
The Associated Press reports that China has criticized last week's U.S.-China Commission (USCC) report for asserting that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing U.S. secrets. Beijing warns that the report is "full of prejudice" and that it could damage U.S.-China...
The Insincerity Of The Public Option Haters
When Sen. Joe Lieberman first announced he would filibuster any health care bill with a public option, I noted that he lied, falsely calling the public option an "entitlement program" that would be "trouble ... for the national debt." In fact, the public option is an...
The LiberalOasis Radio Show: Copenhagen Preview
Today, President Obama meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks away and their two nations very far apart on any climate agreement. Any international agreement will require the US, India and China to find some...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/23/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day Talk Of Public Option Compromise After Initial Senate Vote CQ sizes up the state of play on public option: "Four senators — independent Joseph I. Lieberman of...
What Ever Happened to the Good Times the Tax-Cutters Promised?
Don't expect an answer from the ranters and ravers who frequent 'Tea Parties' — or the politicians who egg them on. You don’t have to dig particularly deep, in the United States today, to find some striking similarities between today’s virulently...
The Week in Blog: Conservatives v. CBO
During this week's edition of The Week In Blog on Bloggingheads.tv, Matt Lewis and I discussed blog reaction to the unveiling of the Senate's health care reform legislation, and how conservatives are responding to the Congressional Budget Office's projection of...
Easy Choices
The first time I heard it, I did a double-take, because I thought I heard it wrong. The second time I heard it, I rolled my eyes. The third time I heard Sarah Palin, in her interview with Oprah Winfrey, suggest that women who choose to terminate pregnancies are...
Watchdogs And Lapdogs On Financial Reform
There was a major victory for accountability this week in the financial reform fight, but there was also a demonstration that when it comes to protecting the profits of bankers at the expense of ordinary people, no institution does it better than the Party of No....
Progressive Breakfast: Fed Audit Clears Committee
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Paul-Grayson Fed Audit Plan Clears Committee NYT on House committee vote repudiating Fed: "Mr. Paul, a libertarian Republican who has called for abolishing the...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/20/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Paul-Grayson Fed Audit Plan Clears Committee NYT on House committee vote repudiating Fed: "Mr. Paul, a libertarian Republican who has called for abolishing the...
