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They Can't Help Loving A Man Who Slaps Liberals Around
I knew about Christie's little "deal" some time ago, but apparently it's just now coming to the attention of the Washington press. It's a case of the Washington establishment falling in love with a man who's willing to slap liberals around.
“Canaries in a Coal Mine’ For Political Corruption, Environmental Horror
West Virginia filmmaker Mari-Lynn Evans is interviewed on the “Zero Hour” radio show about the ongoing harm there caused by groundwater pollution and by selling government to the highest bidder.
Clean Debt Limit Vote Shows Debt Ceiling Not A Legitimate Hostage
Democrats and a few moderately-sane Republicans will formalize what everyone has known all along: It is illegitimate to put conditions on the vote to increase the debt ceiling.
GOP Denies Workers’ Right to Unionize
Organized labor stands for everything the GOP hates: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance and the 40-hour work week. So the GOP denounces workers exercising concerted action, at the workplace and in Washington, D.C
Progressive Breakfast
Debt Limit Resolution In Sight House may vote on debt limit increase tomorrow. W. Post: "House Republican leaders spent Monday trying to finalize a plan to increase the Treasury’s borrowing authority [with] a proposal that ties a debt-ceiling increase to a plan to...
Democrats Methodically Stripping Republicans Of Immigration Excuses
Throughout the immigration debate, Republicans have run phony excuses for delay, Democrats keep stripping them away, and the process keeps moving forward. How many more excuses do Republicans have?
A Keystone We Can Agree On: A Blue-Green Infrastructure Push
The BlueGreen Alliance’s annual Good Jobs, Green Jobs conference began this week with a focus on rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, as well as ways to combat climate change while creating well-paying jobs.
Obamacare and the Right-Wing Fight for Indentured Servitude
There’s an underlying pattern to policy positions "freedom"-proclaiming conservatives are taking. Each would rob people of their freedom to choose their jobs, negotiate their salaries, or decide how they want to live.
Progressive Breakfast
No Spending Cuts On Debt Limit Hike Republicans try to figure out how to surrender on debt limit. W. Post: "Facing a timeline that leaves no room for trial and error, some party leaders were advocating a debt-ceiling solution that would wrap several popular, must-pass...
A March In North Carolina For The Soul Of America
There is a growing populist resistance to the conservative extremist agenda, and Saturday's Moral March on Raleigh was designed to launch the next phase of a nationwide push-back against tea-party Republicans.
