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Taking Money From Obamacare Won't Cure What's Wrong With Kansas
Conservative economic policy turned Kansas into a “smoking ruin.” Taking $55 million from Obamacare is like putting a Band-Aid on a severed artery. It won’t cure the conservative failure that ails Kansas.
Is Jeb Bush Too Conservative To Win?
Much of the initial analysis of Jeb Bush's candidacy centers on the question if he is too moderate to win the Republican primary. The more important question is if Jeb is too conservative to win the general election.
Progressive Breakfast
Elizabeth Warren Goes After The TPP Elizabeth Warren, other Democrats raise concerns about free-trade pact with Asia. The Washington Post: "Warren (D-Mass.), fresh off her break with the White House on the budget last week, said in a letter to U.S. Trade...
Trade Deal Promises vs. Realities
The promised jobs and prosperity don't come through. Instead our trade agreements have cost us and have exacerbated inequality, which is a threat to our democracy.
Wingnut Week In Review: If Ebola Doesn't Kill You, Wingnuttery Will
Republicans finally have something to run on: fear. This week, it’s fear of Ebola. Of course, right-wing fear-mongers always leave out how conservatism made the Ebola crisis worse.
President Obama's Decisive Action On Cuba
We called on President Obama to take a series of actions to "move good things forward" in the face of a destructive right-wing agenda. Today he took one of the actions on that list.
Progressive Breakfast
Congress Grapples With Tax Breaks Senate passes extension of tax breaks for 2014. Politico: "Democrats and Republicans held their nose to vote for the short-term extension after Wyden and President Barack Obama joined forces to oppose a deal negotiated by Reid and...
Hope Is in the Cities and States
Over the next two years, Washington will be a horror show. But that doesn’t mean we can’t win progressive victories in 2015. We can dramatically change policy by focusing on cities and states.
How "Citibank Budget" Push Foreshadows "Fast Track" For Trade Deals
The next big fight in Congress will be about getting the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal passed. What lessons can we learn from the way the "Citibank" provisions in the budget deal were pushed through?
Economic Development For The 1 Percent: Tax Incentives Gone Wrong
State and local tax breaks are exploited by wealthy corporations, propping up businesses that generate massive wealth for CEOs and shareholders while keeping wages and benefits down for rank-and-file workers.
