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You Think Sarah Palin Is Incoherent? Listen To Jeb Bush.
Jeb Bush's address to the National Automobile Dealers Association attracted much positive press. He sounded like an adult. He was willing to challenge conservative orthodoxy. Just one problem: it didn't make any sense.
Protests As Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Resume In New York Today
Hundreds of trade, labor, environmental, health, communities of color, anti-GMO and food justice, anti-fracking, animal and other activists still showed up in the big blizzard to protest the secret trade agreement.
Progressive Wedge Issues for Cities and States
For years, conservatives used “wedge issues” to split moderates from progressives. It's time to promote some progressive wedge issues and our best opportunities for both publicity and passage are in states, cities and counties.
Progressive Breakfast
Huge Triumph Over Austerity In Greece "Syriza’s victory is a milestone for Europe," reports NYT: "Continuing economic weakness has stirred a populist backlash from France to Spain to Italy, with more voters growing fed up with policies that require sacrifice to meet...
Corporate Tax Break Scheme Is Gaining A Momentum We Must Stop
Politicians in both parties and in both houses are coalescing around a plan to pay for transportation improvements by giving corporations a deep tax break on profits they have held overseas.
Wingnut Week In Review: "No Go Zone" On The Brain
From anti-choice bills in the House, to threats of lawsuits over Muslim “no go zones,” this week showed that the wingnut brain is biggest “no go zone” of them all.
Schakowsky's Call To Progressives: "Draw A Bright Line" (Audio)
In a webcast by Progressive Majority and the Campaign for America's Future, a key House Progressive Caucus members urges Democrats to not shy away from policy fights that show them on the side of "the little guy."
GOP Votes Against Requiring U.S.-Made Steel In Keystone Pipeline
Senate Republicans also voted against disclosing any money they are getting from oil and other companies involved in the Keystone project. The media has largely ignored these votes.
Democrats Should Listen To What Sen. Whitehouse Said About Education
A populist message for public education needs input from the populace, not just from Beltway wonks. Democrats must find a populist voice. Maybe Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse just provided it.
Progressive Breakfast
Can Dems Stop Fast-Track? The Atlantic's Russell Berman asks if Dems can stop fast-track: "They couldn't in 2011, when the Republican-led House and a Democratic Senate approved long-stalled deals with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. This time around, the...
