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Obama To Visit Nike To Promote the TPP. Wait, NIKE? Really?
In Nike, a company that grew by outsourcing jobs to overseas sweatshops, President Obama may well have found the perfect place to promote yet another job-destroying, billionaire-enriching trade deal.
The War On Christmas Lights: Here's The Real Story
If you believe the latest fears emanating from the right-wing fever swamps, President Obama is coming to take away your Christmas lights. Here's the shocking truth.
Six Reasons Not To “Heart” Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee is back on the campaign trail again. He may try to turn on the charm and moderate his extremist views, but beneath his good-old-boy exterior beats the heart of a theocrat, a homophobe, a hypocrite, and a con man.
Ex-White House Economist Nails The Fatal Omission In Obama Trade Deal
Economist Jared Bernstein disagrees with the administration's decision to not address currency manipulation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement being negotiated with 11 other trading partners.
Upside Down: McConnell Praises Obama on Trade, White House Scolds Reid
A few recent stories make President Obama look like a candidate about to jump into the Republican presidential primaries, using trade as his issue.
Why The UK Election Should Matter To U.S. Liberals (and Conservatives)
Thursday election in Great Britain will be a fascinating case study on multiple levels. Can an incumbent party survive a record of austerity? How can a party recover from past failures on the economy?
Progressive Breakfast
Fast Track Heading To Senate Floor Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sets up fast track vote. WSJ: "The Senate leader said Tuesday that he planned to bring the trade measure up for a vote after the chamber finishes work on a bill to give Congress final review...
Study Finds Right-Wing Tax Voodoo Doesn't Work
"Our results are inconsistent with the view that cuts in top state income tax rates will automatically or necessarily generate growth," says a report from the Tax Policy Center.
Enormous, Humongous March Trade Deficit Creating Jobs Elsewhere
The March trade numbers show that our economy can create a lot of jobs. But thanks to our trade policies, we created them somewhere else. It's time to change our trade policies so they work for We the People.
Four Things You Should Know About Carly Fiorina
On Monday, Carly Fiorina became “the other woman” who’s running for president. Fiorina says she aims to neutralize Clinton’s “gender card.” Here are a few reasons Clinton probably isn’t worrying about Fiornia.
