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Progressive Breakfast: Blizzard of Bad Econ News
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Blizzard of Bad Econ News AP ledes are relentless, deepening the need for a massive economic recovery plan. "…the number of people continuing to...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/11/2008
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...
Bush Has Not "Kept Us Safe"
After the previous post, it seems appropriate to move delusion to delusion. So, let's look into the case of Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speech writer Peggy Noonan. In what world does Peggy Noonan reside? And what color is the sky there?
Post-Partisan Progressives
Conservatives hail the incoming Obama administration appointments; progressives express misgivings. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill celebrates Barack Obama as "pragmatic," which she says may dismay some "on the left." David Corn says this isn't the change...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/10/2008
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...
Did SEIU Help Take Down Blago?
Interesting speculation from Politico's Ben Smith: The [Obama-Biden] transition hasn't yet responded to questions about [Illinois Governor] Rod Blagojevich's indictment, but the key question is whether the transition was talking to prosecutors, whether Obama and...
Mobilize For A Real Recovery
What could be the most important test the progressive movement will face in decades starts now. With the economy facing a historic crisis, the question is whether progressives can unite around a plan to make the economy work for working people again. If progressives...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/9/2008
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. ALERT: Major Economic News 2:30 PM ET Today Campaign for America's Future will announce major economic news at 2:30 PM ET today on OurFuture.org. "Bold Big...
Nelson Rockefeller's Deepest, Darkest Secret
'Tis the season to be vetted — if you’re angling for a high-ranking post in the incoming Obama administration. Obama transition officials are currently quizzing hundreds of hopefuls, working to get them to reveal the deep, dark personal secrets that, if...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/8/2008
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. "Build Baby Build" Calls Grow Louder LA Times notes reaction to Obama's Sat. pledge to "create millions of jobs by making the single largest new investment...
