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Joy to the Workers
In keeping with the figgy-pudding and potato latke traditions of the holidays, here’s a recipe for delivering joy to the workers so that they can spread holiday merriment:
Lack Of Public Options Shows How The Economy Gets Rigged Against Us
In a country with a Constitution beginning with the words, "We the People," should our economy work for all of us instead of just a few of us?
Donald Trump Didn't Invent Wingnut Putinphilia. He's Channeling It.
Trump understands the base of the GOP a lot better than Mitt Romney and the Sunday talking heads. These GOP base voters like Putin. Like so much else, Trump is just channeling an existing right wing phenomenon.
This Generation, Too, Has a Rendezvous with Destiny
It is time for you and your generation to transform this nation as Americans did in the 1770s – the 1860s – and the 1930s and 1940s – not to mention the 1960s. It is time for you to make America freer, more equal, and more democratic.
Progressive Breakfast
Bernie Hits Big Fundraising Mark Sanders beats Obama fundraising record. NYT: "...Sanders’s campaign announced that he had outpaced Barack Obama’s record for the number of contributions in a presidential race, with more than 2.2 million donations. Mr. Obama’s record...
Obama Has Broken the Second-Term Curse
George W. Bush suffered Hurricane Katrina and the Iraqi quagmire, Bill Clinton was impeached, Ronald Reagan was staggered by the Iran-contra scandal, and Richard Nixon was run out of town. What did Obama do right?
Wingnut Week In Review: Seig Hair
Donald Trump’s supporters are now yelling “Seig heil!,” and calling for a black man to be burned alive. Can we call them fascists now? Can we call them racists now?
Bad News for Democracy Is Great News for TV Profits
Television news has gone off its rocker. The networks have grasped Donald Trump to their collective bosom like the winner of one of those misogynistic, televised beauty pageants he owns.
Public Demands Campaign Donor Disclosure So GOP Congress BANS It
Republicans put a surprise sneak-law into the big, last-minute “Omnibus” budget bill: it bans the administration from making companies and “charities” disclose who is putting up the bribe money money for political campaigns.
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Deal Passes House approves bill to avoid shutdown. CNN News: "The House overwhelmingly backed a $1.1 trillion spending package on Friday that avoids a government shutdown and funds federal agencies through next fall. The 316-113 vote was as major victory for...
