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Wingnut Week In Review: Ferguson, Goddamn.
This week, the only thing worse than the Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, was the right-wing reaction to that decision. Many of us dreaded what we all but knew would be a decision not to indict. Some of us...
With Election Over, First Order Of Business Is $450B Corporate Tax Break
Some of the special tax breaks in the extenders package are really good and serve an important purpose. Others include loopholes that actually encourage corporations to shift U.S. profits offshore into tax havens.
Progressive Breakfast
Veto Threat Upends Tax Break Deal Obama threatens to veto corporate tax break bill. Bloomberg: "Negotiators from both parties, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, were preparing to exclude a pair of Obama’s top priorities from a year-end agreement ... Obama...
Sorkin's Attack on Elizabeth Warren Misses the Mark
Sen. Warren needs no help defending herself. Rather, it is Andrew Ross Sorkin's New York Times piece that warrants further examination for its failed arguments and the misplaced intensity of his own emotions.
New Republican Plan: Defund Border Security
In other words, if Obama won't bend to Republicans demands, then funding for immigration enforcement will expire. And Republicans will be responsible for ending overnight all America does on a daily basis to secure the border.
Prosecute Now: The Justice Department Can Still Act Against Bad Bankers
The bankers' own deep-seated propensity for cheating and corruption may have given prosecutors a new opportunity to indict them. The departure of Attorney General Eric Holder offers a chance to forge a new approach.
China Caught "Dumping" Tires In US -- Again
In 2009 the Obama took action against China for the same thing, imposing tariffs for 5 years. That action expired and China again began dumping tires here below cost.
GOP on Wrong Side of History on Immigration
President Obama, like all 10 presidents since 1956, Republican and Democrat, has issued an executive order on immigration. The order says America will treat 5 million striving unauthorized immigrants with respect.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Leaders Try To Avoid Shutdown Debacle Republicans float plan to confront Obama without shutdown. Politico: "The likely proposal would fund nearly the entire government through September 2015, but immigration enforcement related funding would be renewed on a...
A Response to Ferguson: Systemic Problems Require Systemic Solutions
What we are witnessing is a reflection of a systematic failure in our society that is revealed wherever we are willing to look—schools, health care, employment, housing, life expectancy, poverty, and the list goes on.
