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Driving on Memorial Day
It’s Memorial Day in America / Everybody’s on the road / Let’s remember our fallen heroes / Y’all be sure and drive slow -- James McMurtry, "Memorial Day" Gas prices are at all-time highs, yet more drivers -- 38 million total -- are expected to hit the road this...
Rachel Maddow Tonight
I'll be discussing The Failure of Compromise on Air America Radio's Rachel Maddow Show at 7:30 PM ET. Click here to listen online or find a station near you.
The Failure of Compromise
In one of Sen. Harry Reid’s first radio addresses after the Democratic victories in November 2006, he said the new majority’s first guiding legislative principle was “bipartisanship”; Democrats “intend to reach out to President Bush and our Republican colleagues in...
Cast Your Vote for an Unsung Progressive Hero
Over at the Take Back America 2007 blog, I've posted the announcement of the finalists for the first annual Maria Leavey Tribute Award. And the final honoree will be selected by your votes. Check out the Take Back America 2007 blog for more.
Funding The War: Life and Death, Not Texas Hold ’em
President Bush forced Democrats to “fold,” the press reports. He vetoed the Iraq funding bill that set a deadline for getting U.S. troops out of the war. The Republican minority blocked any effort to overturn the veto. Now Congress is about to vote on a funding bill...
Fundamental Flaw Remains In Immigration Bill
Yesterday evening, the Senate voted to keep a temporary guest worker program in the immigration bill. Big mistake. While the bill would sensibly create a path to earned citizenship for the 12 million immigrants currently here illegally, it then starts the problem...
Fatal Flaw In Immigration Bill
Yesterday evening, the Senate voted to keep a temporary guest worker program in the immigration bill. Big mistake. While the bill would sensibly create a path to earned citizenship for the 12 million immigrants currently here illegally, it then starts the problem...
$3.22 a Gallon: Time For a Real Energy Policy
ABC News reports that average gas prices are as high as ever been recorded, after adjusting for inflation: $3.22 a gallon. High prices for fossil fuels wouldn't be a big deal, if consumers had affordable, cleaner alternatives. But we don't, thanks to years of...
Oust Gonzales (But Don't Stop There)
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
Oust Gonzales (But Don't Stop There)
Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the...
