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The 10 Farm Subsidy Recipients Who Voted To Cut Food Stamps
Thursday’s vote to cut food stamps embodies what House conservatives are all about: giving billions away in corporate welfare to the richest with taxpayer dollars. They are also about helping themselves.
The New EPA Power Plants Rules Are Not a War On Coal
President Obama is making it impossible for coal companies to build power plants that kill the planet. But he is also giving the coal industry plenty of money to build better power plants.
Cruel Food Stamp Cuts Show Us Who They Are
With one in seven Americans experiencing “food insecurity,” Republicans yesterday passed a terrible and cruel cut in Food Stamps. This shows us just who they are.
Administration Helps Home Care Workers, Should Help Low-Wage Contractors
This week the Obama administration extended minimum wage and overtime protection to home care workers. Now President Obama should issue an executive order requiring that federal contractors be paid fairly.
JPMorgan Chase: "Incredibly Guilty"
Observers might be forgiven for thinking JPMorgan Chase isn’t so much a bank as it is a criminal enterprise with a bank attached to it. Executives may be trying to run an honest bank - and Tony Soprano may just be running a waste management company.
Progressive Breakfast
House To Take Step Toward Shutdown Today House expected today to pass bill tying Obamacare repeal to keeping government open. The Hill: "It cleared a test vote in the House on Thursday, 230-192, setting up a final vote for Friday. Once approved by the House, the...
What Happens To The GOP When White Is No Longer The Norm?
Republicans have painted themselves into a corner by appealing to racial fears and stoking the racial resentments of their base. Staying in that corner is a one-way ticket to political irrelevance. Getting out of it is going to be messy.
The Misery Trick: Republican Bait-And-Switch On The Budget
These are real people, families and businesses on the line. They will be badly hurt if Obamacare is killed, badly hurt by a shutdown or badly, badly hurt by these cuts. These are the choices offered to America by these extremist Republicans.
It's Time For Some Straight Talk About the GOP Budget
hen it comes to the economy, the White House is talking tough to the Republicans … about the debt ceiling. But that begs the larger question: Who’s going to give the American people some straight talk about their economic ideas?
Let's End The War On The War On Poverty
Conservatives have exchanged the "war on poverty" for a "war on the poor," using false assumptions about the failure of government programs. Three authors explain why they are wrong.
