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Wingnut Week In Review: Wingnuts Profiling the Latest Shooter
Well, that didn’t take long. As Americans were still reeling from the latest gun massacre, right-wingers wasted no time blaming liberals, Hollywood, and gay marriage for all shooting rampages. As usually, the facts are decidedly against wingnuts.
VA Scapegoat Sacrificed, So Now Can We Fix The VA?
The Republican strategy: Step 1: Block the bill (and any/every bill that makes things better). Step 2: Blame Democrats for the damage done by their blocking the bill.
Denial Is Not A Policy.
Republicans in the House of Representatives are not only denying climate science – they're actually blocking the Pentagon from taking any action on it. Once again, House Republicans have gone too far.
Progressive Breakfast
House GOP Rigging More Rules For Big Business House Ways and Means Committee clears another business tax break without offset. The Hill: "The House Ways and Means Committee cleared a permanent extension of the tax break, known as bonus depreciation, along with five...
Anti-Climate Conservatives Slam EPA Regs Before They Know What They Are
House Speaker John Boehner once questioned the credibility of groups that "come out and criticize an agreement they've never seen." So you have to wonder about those groups prematurely attacking EPA's climate rules.
The Lousy Economy: Washington's Partisan Failure
The economy's decline during the first three months of the year is the product of Republican obstruction of any measure that might put people to work, aided and abetted by Democratic absence from the battlefield.
The New Populism: Ready For The Fight Ahead
At the New Populism Conference, Rev. William Barber reminded progressive populists that we must know why we fight, and what we're fighting for. We must not shrink from battle, when we have all we need to fight and win.
Republican Strategy: Obstruct, Blame Democrats For Obstruction's Damage
Who did it? Republicans are beginning to harvest the fruits of their obstruction. The strategy is to set the stage for the election by obstructing everything. Then campaign against Democrats because things are not getting better.
The Wrong Bailout: Economist Amir Sufi on “House of Debt” (Video)
Economists Amir Sufi and Atif Mian in their latest book challenge many of the assumptions behind how elected officials responded to the 2008 recession. Sufi explains the crucial mistake policymakers made.
A New Front in the CEO Pay Wars
Almost every day, the headlines remind us how outrageous CEO pay in America has become. Will these outrages ever end? Congress give us no cause for optimism. But at the state level we actually may be in for a pleasant political surprise.
