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Progressive Breakfast: Obstructionist Cowards Try To Kill Economy
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Senate conservatives bash unions, automakers, economy, America into ground The conservative Senate minority filibustered the auto rescue package last...
Prisons. A stable and growing part of the economy.
Two things happened yesterday. First, I published this major post about the role prisons play in the U.S. economy. Later yesterday evening, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released new data about people in prison. Any surprise? The number continued to rise. Yes,...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/12/2008
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Senate conservatives bash unions, automakers, economy, America into ground The conservative Senate minority filibustered the auto rescue package last...
Hey Media! Giant Health Care News! In Front Of Yer Face!
Today, President-Elect Barack Obama formally nominated former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services and Director of the new White House Office of Health Reform, with Dr. Jeanne Lambrew.as his deputy. In his announcement, Obama...
Good Building, Bad Building
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Progressive Breakfast: $900 Billion for Main Street
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. $900 Billion for Main Street More than 200 top economists and labor leaders rally behind Institute for America's Future's $900 billion, 2-year Main Street...
Progressive Breakfast: Which Hand Is The Violin In?
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Meet The New Bosses. Obama and Biden to announce new national security team at 10:30 AM ET, expected to feature Sen. Clinton at State, Robert Gates to...
Progressive Breakfast: Denying The Recession. Dismissing The Solution.
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Feel That? It's Your Economy Shrinking. The National Bureau of Economic Research declared we've been in recession since December 2007. Washington Monthly's...
Progressive Breakfast: The States Are Hungry
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Economic Recovery Plan: The Consensus Grows OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage, over at HuffPost: puts the focus on what should be in the upcoming economic...
Progressive Breakfast: Whither The Auto Rescue
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Whither The Auto Rescue While the House passed a $15B temporary auto rescue plan last night, media coverage today focused on potential difficulties...
