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Now Is The Time To Push For JOBS!
Let’s get ahead of their next round of destructive nonsense and push for JOBS. Let’s change the conversation to JOBS now, before they get back on their feet and start tearing things apart again.
Progressive Breakfast
Welcome Back Government Government open, debts paid. AP: "The Senate approved the legislation by an 81-18 vote; the House followed suit by a tally of 285-144, with 87 Republicans in favor and 144 against, breaking an informal rule in which a majority of the majority...
The Tea Party Routed; the Next Crisis Set for December
The Republicans finally caved. The Tea Party zealots have been routed. But the beatings haven't stopped; they've only been suspended. The deal that reopens the government sets the date for the next contrived crisis two months from now.
Winning The Peace: The Post-Shutdown Challenge
The shutdown has ended, the government isn’t defaulting (at least not yet), and Democrats didn’t yield in the face of threats and bullying. But what happens next could shape our fate for many years to come.
The Time To Push Immigration Reform Is Now
The manufactured debt limit and shutdown crises are about to be put behind us. But the deal also launches a new round of House-Senate budget negotiations that are sure to be contentious. Democrats can't let Republicans run out the clock.
The Moustache Of (Mis)Understanding Strikes Again
This Thomas Friedman column is so bad,you have to read the whole thing to experience the full horror of it. It reads like something the messaging shop at Fix the Debt put together to sound like Thomas Friedman.
Fast Food With A Side Of Poverty, And What It Costs Us
Low-wage jobs in the fast-food sector are costing American taxpayers nearly $7 billion every year. More than half of fast-food workers must rely on programs like food stamps and Medicaid to make ends meet.
Progressive Breakfast
Senate Deal Appears Imminent House scraps vote, eyes on Senate. AP: "Senate leaders are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal ... It was expected to mirror a deal the leaders had neared Monday. That agreement was described as extending the debt...
The Cost Of The Tea Party Shutdown Keeps Getting Higher
Taxpayers are already starting to pay dearly for the gamesmanship of the Tea Party Republicans, and the unwillingness of House Speaker John Boehner to stand up to them.
Sorkin's Failed Apologia for JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon
Andrew Ross Sorkin's portrayal of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as the innocent and beleaguered victim of “writers, editors and bloggers” stands as a cautionary tale about writers who lose objectivity about the people they cover.
