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Deval Patrick, Others To Advise Astroturf Pro-TPP/Fast Track Group
Reports say the idea is to “sharpen differences” among liberals and blacks. This naturally leaves progressives asking if it is really “progressive” to try to divide “liberals” and “blacks?”
Bad Reporting About Education Is Harming Schools And Students
Low-information reporters who tackle stories about education should consult with real education experts. But they often don't. The result: An echo chamber of garbage information that often contributes to bad policy.
McConnell's Literal Scorched Earth Campaign
McConnell is executing a literal scorched-earth strategy: urging governors to adopt a quasi-nullification strategy and ignore federal authority ... ensure we fail to do our part to avert the baking of the planet.
Progressive Breakfast
House Votes Budget Today House GOP leadership expects to pass budget today. The Hill: "GOP leaders believe the House will eventually back the amended version of the Price budget, which would increase a Pentagon war fund to $96 billion and require no offsets ... Under...
Five Ways The GOP Budget Will Harm American Families
The Republican budget promises “a stronger economy" where families "can have more confidence and certainty in the future.” But for millions of families, it means a future filled with uncertainty and desperation.
House Democrats Will Be Measured By Their People's Budget Vote
A vote for the People's Budget is a declaration that Democrats are willing to take away the power of conservatives and their moneyed benefactors to draw the limits of the politically possible.
Support the Progressive Caucus Budget (Video with Thom Hartmann)
Why Wednesday's budget vote is so important: Democrats need to be on record supporting the Caucus, both to shift the political debate and to provide themselves with a stronger platform to run on in future elections.
Koch Network Takes On Export-Import Bank
A New York Times op-ed calls for killing the Export-Import Bank because it helps American companies compete globally. A Times story reports that the anti-government Koch brothers network is behind the campaign.
The GOP Has Money to Kill
The Republican budgets mandate overtime for the Grim Reaper. Republicans want more money for war, resulting in more battlefield deaths. But they gouge healthcare spending, condemning Americans to die unnecessarily from untreated disease.
Progressive Breakfast
House GOP Struggles To Pass Budget House GOP sets up tricky budget votes Wednesday. The Hill: "House Republicans have decided to pursue the risky strategy of holding two separate floor votes on the GOP budget blueprint Wednesday ... One of the amendments allows a vote...
