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House Vote To Keep Government Open Shows What's Really Going On Here
The vast majority of the House voted to keep the government in operation, even with Planned Parenthood funding. This is all about what the House is allowed to vote on, not what the majority wants.
Can Biden Run For President With TPP Around His Neck?
Joe Biden is currently working behind the scenes to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which core Democratic-aligned groups will likely oppose. Can Biden run for president without opposing TPP?
Progressive Breakfast
3 PM ET Today: Webinar on the Federal Budget Battle Click here to join Robert Borosage at 3 PM ET today for a webinar and discussion on what matters in the federal budget debate and how we as progressives need to be positioning ourselves for the political fights...
Government Stays Open; The Folly Continues
House Speaker John Boehner's resignation helped keep the government open for another 72 days. But the wingnuts who claimed his hide are on the march. Folly rules. And we all suffer the consequences.
John Boehner's Biggest Mistake: Putting Party Over Everything
Speaker John Boehner has to reckon with the fact that winning the midterms did nothing to make his party more responsible and did nothing to advance his own policy goals.
Francis Gets Served the House Specialty
Francis expressed a belief in our collective power by asking us all to pray for him. Maybe the pontiff should have asked us to pray for something else: that Congress might actually listen to a word he’d just said.
You Knew The TPP Was Bad. But Here's How It Gets Even Worse
Negotiators are meeting in Atlanta, trying to wrap up the Trans-Pacific Partnership as soon as Thursday. A news article explains the latest reason people should be alarmed about what they are negotiating.
Progressive Breakfast
Warren Embraces Black Lives Matter Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivers powerful speech supporting Black Lives Matter: "Fifty years later, we have made real progress toward creating the conditions of freedom. But we have not made enough progress ... violence against African...
Warning: Another Attack On Our Postal Service
Anti-government types just can't stand that the U.S. Postal Service shows government doing its job of helping make our lives better. The latest salvo comes from Brookings – which gets funding from FedEx.
The Enlightenment Keeps On Winning
The Enlightenment laid the foundation of liberal political values still winning victories today. For three centuries, by fits and starts, Western progress has been mostly a chronicle of progressives defeating conservative resistance.
