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Progressive Breakfast - 8/11/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Obama To Mix It Up In NH Obama to conduct NH town hall at 1 PM ET. W. Post: "[Today] he will talk about people who are denied coverage because of pre-existing...
Stimulus Package’s Buy American Clause In The News
President Obama, at the "Three Amigos" summit today in Mexico, responded to Canadian and Mexican complaints about the “Buy American Clause” in the stimulus package, reiterated that the clause is legal within existing trade agreements and does not threaten our trading...
Oh-So-Sensitive Conservatives Get Their Feelings Hurt By Pelosi and Hoyer
Conservatives -- newfound lovers of political dissent -- are so very OUTRAGED at Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for their USA Today oped, which says: "These [congressional town hall] disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid...
The Quiet Revolution in Criminal Justice Reform
A panel of federal judges has ruled that conditions in California’s overcrowded prisons violate the constitution. Quoting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s words from 2006, the court found that "immediate action is necessary to prevent death and harm.” The state must...
Progressive Breakfast: Everybody Hates Liars
Left, RIght and Center Attack Far Right Smearmongers Speaker Pelosi and House Maj. Leader Hoyer slam right-wing mob in USA Today oped: "These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/10/2009
Left, RIght and Center Attack Far Right Smearmongers Speaker Pelosi and House Maj. Leader Hoyer slam right-wing mob in USA Today oped: "These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out...
Of Flat Tax, Fat Tax, and 'Fat Cats'
A health care reform surtax on the rich makes great budget sense — and even more sense, over the long haul, for our actual health. Politicians and policy makers who adore the rich don’t adore the progressive income tax. They’re always looking for...
The LiberalOasis Radio Show: Mob Fail Edition
This week's LiberalOasis Radio Show, broadcast Saturday 12 PM on WHMP led with my analysis of the right-wing mobs disrupting congressional town halls, and how they are backfiring on conservative obstructionists. Also in this week's show, Vijay Prashad on the upcoming...
You're Wrong, Eric Cantor: The Stimulus Is Working
It's surprising that it took a full 69 minutes from the moment the Bureau of Labor Statistics July jobs report was released for the condemnatory news release from House Republican Whip Eric Cantor to reach my inbox. No doubt it was written hours of even days before,...
For the Love of Profit
There is a simple answer to the far right's new favorite chant against health care reform — "What's Wrong With Pro
