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Boehner Wants An Immigration Reform That Trusts Obama To Enforce The Law
Boehner's proposed solution to the influx of unaccompanied Central American immigrants renders inoperative his excuses for not passing comprehensive immigration reform.
Progressive Breakfast
WH Hit From Left and Right On Border Crisis Obama spars with Republicans over spending ask. McClathcy: "Several Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee chastised the administration for reacting late to the border situation and expressed skepticism that...
Citigroup's $7 Billion Fraud Deal: The Clique's Still Clicking in D.C.
This deal with Citigroup is being trumpeted as a major win for the American people. It’s not. The money’s not enough, the wrong people are paying, and there will be no prosecutions.
Is Walgreens Trying To Leave The U.S.?
Walgreens receives a quarter of its revenue from health care programs funded by U.S. taxpayers, but is considering renouncing its U.S. "citizenship" to avoid paying taxes for the U.S. services it uses and customers it gets.
Congress Aims To Offer Highway Trust Fund A Chance To Die Another Day
Members of both parties in both houses have elected to reduce the debate over transportation spending to a discussion of the size and material of the Band-Aid, rather than what it would take to cure the patient.
How To Leap Frog Carbon...
The world is going solar. It’s the only option we have if we want to save the human race from a climate disaster. So, let’s start treating it like that, by investing in a secure energy future for America, and the rest of the world.
A Deluded Consensus on Discrimination
A wide majority of U.S. voters say black Americans who can’t get ahead should blame themselves for their troubles instead of racial discrimination. That’s one of the more startling findings from a recent Pew Research Center effort to bunch
What's The Matter With Kansas Now? Tax Cuts.
What’s the matter with Kansas? That's the question posed by Thomas Frank’s 2005 book and the eponymous documentary about how the state became a hotbed of extreme right-wing conservatism. So, what's the matter with Kansas now? Tax cuts.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Pushes GOP To Help Solve Child Immigrant Influx Obama calls on TX Gov. Perry to get House Republicans behind border bill. AP: "Following a meeting with Perry in Dallas Wednesday, the president suggested there was little daylight between Perry's calls for...
Building The Full Employment Movement
The rallying point is Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers' Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act: "It's past time for our government to make creating jobs and full employment a human right."
