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Just What Are Hillary Clinton's Accomplishments?
Hillary Clinton has four major accomplishments from her tenure as Secretary of State: the Libyan UN resolution, the New START treaty, renewing diplomatic ties with Myanmar and setting in motion the Iran Deal.
Progressive Breakfast
Fiorina Gets a Closer Look Carly Fiorina would be a worse candidate than Romney, says NYT's Timothy Egan: "...she’s a terrible candidate in the age of income inequality and a battered middle class. Mitt Romney was pummeled for investing in companies that close...
The Republican Foreign Policy Consensus: Lunacy
This weeks' GOP presidential debate displayed candidates who not only scorn all things Obama, but brandish foreign policy postures so unhinged from reality they made Donald Trump sound reasonable.
The Fed Gets It Right. Now Let's Move to Full Employment
The Federal Reserve took off the table the immediate fear that a rate hike would set in motion a slowing down of economic growth. But there's a longer-term issue of reclaiming the definition of "full employment"
Sanders, Grijalva, Ellison, Rush Introduce Bills Banning Private Prisons
Private prisons with a profit incentive to put more and more people in jail? Lobbyists exerting influence against releasing prisoners so their companies can make more money? Can you believe that?
Progressive Breakfast
Fiorina Trumps Trump Carly Fiorina seen as winner of GOP debate, despite numerous falsehoods. Vox's Ezra Klein: "Her answer on Russia, for instance, was bizarre. The Sixth Fleet is already huge ... President Obama is already conducting military exercises in the...
3 Hours + 2 CEOs + 3 Senators + 5 Governors + 1 Doc = 0 Jobs Plans
You might think that three hours is enough time for a presidential debate offer up ideas on how to grow the economy and create jobs. But this is a Republican debate.
Waiting for the Fed's Answer: There Shouldn't Even Be a Question
If the Federal Reserve does raise rates Thursday, it would be rejecting the advice of many leading economists – and going against the interests of millions still struggling in today's economy.
The GOP Agenda (Or Lack Thereof)
To hear Republican presidential candidates tell it, the most important issue facing the nation is Hillary Clinton’s old emails. Not climate change, not growing inequality, or our tattered justice system — just Clinton's emails.
Still No Democratic Debates. What's Going On?
Why are the Democrats letting Republicans have the attention? Why are they hiding their candidates? The party has taken itself out of the game, and more and more people are asking why.
