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Wingnut Week In Review: A Tortured Response To The Torture Report
Only the worst kind of wingnut could conclude that America is “awesome” in spite of — or because of — “forced anal feeding and re-hydration” of detainees. But that’s what we heard this week.
Call Senators: Stop The Citibank Budget - No More Rigged Backroom Deals
People are fed up with backroom deals that rig the system against us. There is time to fight this giveaway to Wall Street. Call your senators today and tell them take the Citibank bailout out or block the budget.
How America Broke The Oil Addiction ... Without a High Gas Tax
A fascinating graphic presentation from Bloomberg shows how America has nearly achieved energy independence and broken our addiction to oil. It's not because oil got too expensive.
Progressive Breakfast
House Democrats Almost Thwart Derivatives Deregulation House votes to keep government open, deregulate derivatives, despite Pelosi's opposition. The Hill: "By a vote of 219-206, the House sent the bill to the Senate ... The vote split Democratic leaders, with House...
The Ominous 'Cromnibus,' A Budget Bill That Should Have Died
With all of the bad stuff that is in the 2015 budget that the House struggled to pass late Thursday, there is also a major story to be told about what's not in the bill. In an ideal world, it would have been voted down.
China's Currency Manipulation "Sucks Wages Out Of Our Economy"
Between 2001 and 2013 the massive growth of our country's trade deficit with China has cost us 3.2 million U.S. jobs, 2.4 million (three-fourths) of which were in manufacturing.
Conference Helps Build A National Network Of Progressive Cities
"Every time one city acts, it builds momentum for another city. Every time a number of cities act, it builds momentum for our nation," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the Local Progress conference.
Who's Really Failing Students?
New standardized tests hitting most of the nation this school year have been engineered to increase failure rates. But what too few are asking is who really is the failure here.
Progressive Breakfast
Bill To Fund Government May Pass Narrowly Boehner thinks he has the votes. Politico: "The margin could be razor thin, but House Republicans think they will pass their funding bill before the government shuts down Thursday. Top aides and lawmakers on the GOP whip team...
The Budget Bill: They Can't Help It; This Is Who They Are
This $1 trillion dollar spending bill contains the first signs of the resurgent Republicans. Their signature touches of governing for the rich and the powerful are the first slush of the Republican winter to come.
