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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.
Here's What '60 Minutes' Should Have Reported About Infrastructure
Everyone understood that maintaining and modernizing our country's infrastructure created good-paying jobs with benefits. Republicans now oppose this because it creates good-paying jobs with benefits.
No Justice In Ferguson
"The system worked" quite well for those for whom it is designed to work. We should refuse, however, to call that "justice." Here is what we must demand.
Do Americans Really Want Hillary Clinton's 'Vital Center'?
Public opinion right now actually is tilted fairly leftward, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released this weekend as Hillary Clinton was advocating a cautious brand of populism in New York City.
Seven Years After: Why This Recovery Is Still a Turkey
December will mark the seventh anniversary of the recession brought on by the collapse of the housing bubble. Usually an economy would be fully recovered after seven years. Unfortunately, this is not close to being the case now.
