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"60 Minutes" Gets Everything About Clean Energy Wrong
"60 Minutes" suggests that Obama's clean energy investments are a taxpayer waste, yet ignores how we've massively increased our clean energy capacity in just five years.
Progressive Breakfast
Close Jobless Aid Vote Expected Today Reid delays jobless aid vote, now expected this AM. The Hill: "...at least 17 senators weren't present for the vote Monday evening due to the severe cold weather that has delayed flights ... It’s unclear if both sides will come to...
The Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Vote: Use The 'F' Word
Obscuring the number of filibusters that have occurred enables a strategy of economic sabotage. If the public was told about the obstruction that is occurring democracy might have a chance to work its magic.
Now We Know. JPMorgan Chase is Worse Than Enron.
JPMorgan Chase is the Zelig of Wall Street crime. Take a snapshot of any major bank fraud and chances are you’ll see it staring out at you. How does the nation's largest bank get away with being worse than Enron? By being the largest bank.
Could 2014 Be Year One of the Pay Ratio Era?
In the year ahead, nurses in Massachusetts and campus activists in Maryland just might jump-start the struggle against America's chronic — and growing — income inequality.
Do Fast Track And TPP Have Momentum?
There is no momentum for these "trade" agreements that favor corporate rights. They are engineered to pit American workers and our democracy against low-wage workers in non-democracies.
It's Time For Republicans To Do Some Real Work.
Congress is back, but that doesn't mean Republicans are ready to get to work. Senate Democrats have scheduled a test vote to restore unemployment insurance, but Republicans won't approve an extension without something in return.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Extend Unemployment Benefits
If Congress doesn't act now, 3.6 million more people will lose what little income they have. Today the Senate is expected to vote on extending unemployment benefits. With your encouragement, it can pass.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Vote Today on Unemployment Insurance Not enough GOP support yet for jobless aid to clear Senate tonight, reports W. Post: "With [GOP Sen. Dean] Heller and 55 members of the Senate Democratic caucus, supporters still need at least four votes ... Spokespeople for...
If You Care About Inequality, Fight for Full Employment
Democrats now sound like populists. President Obama calls economic inequality our "defining challenge." De Blasio won in New York City on a populist program. But a warning: Without a jobs message, conservative populism can win.
