Archive
Dems Say Don't Lock In Sequester
Stop harming the economy. Budget cuts and the sequester are killing the economic recovery and jobs. Let's get back to funding government. Fortunately several top Dems agree.
Boehner's "Get Out Of Coup Free" Card
Speaker John Boehner won't allow a debt default. To go over that cliff risks a global depression and Republican control of the House. If he needs to raise the debt limit with mostly Dems, he will. If that sparks a coup, he can deal with that...
Chasing That White Whale Let Loose A Terrible Monster
Negotiating with Republicans the way parents negotiate with tantruming children in the grocery store, by giving them a candy bar, is no longer operative in light of the GOP's absurd "wish list."
States Blocking The Health Care Door
A new report shows how 13 states are trying to make it harder for the most vulnerable Americans to receive the health care they desperately need through the insurance exchanges created by Obamacare.
Progressive Breakfast
All Eyes On House Senate to pass bill to keep government open today. AP: "Senators were expected to pass it after derailing a conservative effort to block the bill and after removing House-approved language that strips money from President Barack Obama's health care...
Republican Debt-Ceiling Demand: Nullify Democracy
After the last election Republicans have one power left: the power to destroy the country. They are threatening to use it to get what they want. And what they want is to reverse the results of the last election.
The Robots Are Coming - Now What?
A new study says that nearly half of all American jobs may soon be performed by robots. And the White House has just announced the formation of “the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee ‘2.0.”
Climate Politics Will Be Brutal In 2014
Progressives may be feeling pretty good these days. De Blasio ascendant. Summers thwarted. Republicans imploding over ObamaCare. Well, here's a jerk back into harsh reality.
Wingnut Lovefest
What Cruz is doing is building a grassroots donor base. If he can pick up a few looney tunes billionaires,he could make a good run at it. He can't win, but it's never a good idea to allow anyone this extreme anywhere near real power.
Report Exposes The Right-Wing Tag Team Plotting Against Pensions
Enron billionaire John Arnold has teamed up with an arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts in a nationwide march to dismantle public pension benefits – while protecting tax giveaways to corporations and the wealthy.
