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Wingnut Year In Review: We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
It’s time to say goodbye to 2014, and wrap-up the first year of “Wingnut Week In Review.” But first, let’s trudge down memory lane and recall the best of the worse in wingnuttia this year.
Get Ready Now For Fast Track Fight
As soon as the new Congress is sworn in next year the fight will begin over Fast Track. Start preparing now.
Healthcare.gov Proves Liberal Government Works
It's not as much fun to write about as a broken website, but Healthcare.gov is humming along this year. And the decades-long rise of the cost of health insurance premiums appears to have been arrested.
Bargaining Power to the People
To more permanently tip the scales closer toward equality for workers, President Obama should support workers’ right to form unions and collectively bargain for a fair share of the profits derived from the sweat of their brows.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP To Politicize CBO Republicans reportedly reject re-appointment of CBO chief. Bloomberg: "The move comes after a campaign from conservative lawmakers who want to change the way the CBO calculates the costs of government ... They agreed with calls from incoming...
Holiday Bright Spots For Progressives
There are end-of-year holiday season bright spots for progressives as we head into the coming year’s fights. In the cities and states progressives are fighting and winning.
Joseph Stiglitz on Why the Rich are Getting Richer
The Nobel Prize-winning economist says that through corporate consolidation and even gentrification, the elite are siphoning up all the world's wealth for themselves.
Conservative Media And Cop Killers Of A Different Color
On June 8, 2014, white, anti-government, tea party supporters shot and killed two Las Vegas police officers. Conservative media was conspicuously silent.
What's Behind Those New Budget Office Numbers On Family Incomes?
The Congressional Budget Office recently released an analysis that showed a brighter picture for middle-income families than other work highlighting stagnation. But it is worth looking at these numbers more closely.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama, Warren Gain In Polls Obama approval nears 50%. The Hill: "President Obama’s job approval rating has inched up to 47 percent, according to a survey released Sunday by Gallup, the best showing for the president in more than seven months [and] the first time since...
