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This is Not a Drill – The Budget Deal Must Be Stopped
The budget deal hammered out this week literally imperils the economy. Congress is doing Wall Street's bidding, and this agreement must be stopped.
Call Congress To Oppose Backroom Wall Street Deal
We're calling for an all-out push today to stop a backroom deal that would reopen the Wall Street derivatives casino that caused so much damage in 2008, with taxpayers stuck with the bill for cleaning up the mess.
The Senate Torture Report: What You Need To Know
On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a summary of its report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program. Here's what you need to know.
Prosecute Or Pardon Bush, Bankers And Cops Who Kill
Are we a nation of laws or not? No one is held accountable for invading Iraq, bank fraud, shooting unarmed citizens, or even torture. It's time to restore the rule of law.
Immigrant Groups Warn Fast Track/TPP Could Cause More Migration North
NAFTA and CAFTA caused tremendous loss of farming jobs, creating massive displacement of farmers into the U.S. TPP could displace an estimated 1.2 million more workers in these countries, resulting in more migration northward.
Progressive Breakfast
Conservative Riders Mark Bill To Keep Government Open Wall Street reform weakened in final spending bill: "The deal was announced late yesterday after Democrats accepted Republican demands to undo some regulations including the banking provision, a big victory for...
Wall Street Moves In For The Kill
Wall Street isn't just trying to get another friend into a powerful position and win back taxpayer guarantees. It wants to make its own agenda seem inevitable. It wants to crush an incipient populist resistance.
Urgent: Tell Congress To Not Reopen The Wall Street Casino
The Wall Street caucus in Congress is trying to slip a major attack on hard-won financial reforms into a spending bill designed to keep the government running. We're asking people to sign an emergency petition.
Time For a Democratic Tea Party?
Can the populist wing of the party expand its influence over the business-friendly wing, and will congressional Democrats will use their leverage to scuttle any White House-blessed bipartisan deals in 2015?
Moocher CEOs
CEOs somehow are not derided as moochers, even though their million-dollar pay packages are propped up by tax breaks. It is CEOs, not the working poor, who deserve public scorn for their dependence on government handouts.
