Archive
Progressive Breakfast
Biden and Warren Buzz Vice-President Joe Biden meets with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, stoking speculation of presidential run. CNN: "Warren and Biden discussed economic policy during a meeting that lasted about two hours ... the biggest indication yet that Biden is feeling...
The Democrat/Republican Presidential Candidate Divide On Social Security
The differences between Democratic presidential candidates and most Republican candidates on Social Security -- and retirement security in general -- could emerge as a "sleeper issue" in the 2016 campaign.
Wingnut Week In Review: BatTrump
This week, Donald Trump gave the 2016 presidential election its best unofficial campaign slogan yet. Meanwhile, the Duggar family is proving harder to get rid of than a coldsore.
Martin O'Malley Offers Strong Plan To Expand Retirement Security
O'Malley's plan expands Social Security but goes beyond Social Security into savings, wages and long-term care. Sanders' earlier plan is similar but not as broad. Clinton has not yet offered a plan.
Which Republican Will Call Out Trump For Rationalizing This Hate Crime?
I have yet to hear a Republican candidate call Trump out by name for excusing a violent hate crime as the result of being "passionate." There is still time to do what's right.
Progressive Breakfast
O'Malley Goes Big On Social Security Martin O'Malley releases Social Security expansion plan. Politico: "[He] will call for expanding Social Security benefits to all Americans for 'current and future' retirees, in addition to lifting the payroll tax cap on people...
Why Jeb May Have Bested Trump In The Town Hall Duel
Trump is not only the obstacle in Jeb's way. His anti-immigrant bigotry is a cancer on the Republican Party. Jeb seems to grasp more than most that the cancer needs to be removed
Trump: Don't Make Corporations Pay Their Taxes
Donald Trump has perfectly articulated the case for low corporate taxes: Corporations don’t want to pay taxes, so let’s not make them pay taxes. There it is in a nutshell.
Summer Spells Hunger for Kids in Small American Towns
Only one in seven children who get help with food at school continue to get the food they need from summer programs. Many programs in low-income communities don’t qualify for summer meals under the current rules.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Sides With Multinationals Donald Trump backs repatriation in Time interview: "Pfizer is talking about moving to Ireland. Or someplace else ... Do you know how big that is? It would wipe out New Jersey ... They have $2.5 trillion sitting out of the country that...
