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How Food Stamps Can Help Fight Childhood Obesity
A new story shows declining rates of childhood obesity among children in low-income families. Republican cuts to food stamps could spell the end of that trend, and the health benefits for children.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama Slams Sequestration Obama takes on sequestration at Camp Pendleton. NYT: "President Obama stood at this desert base on Wednesday before nearly 3,000 Marines, sailors and their families — and a captive audience of two Republican adversaries from Congress — and...
Why Do Republicans Say "Government Is The Problem"?
Republicans are going to spend August "blaming President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats for Americans' unhappiness with government." That's right, they're going to blame government, not themselves.
Why Are Seniors Changing? (Take A Look At Who They Are...)
According to a Carville-Greenberg polling memo, seniors are changing their minds about policy and the GOP. The question is, why? Everyone knows that seniors are a bunch of right wingers who hate progress, right?
7 Things About Prosecuting Wall Street You Wanted to Know
President Obama’s Justice Department, under the direction of Attorney General Eric Holder, hasn’t indicted a single bank executive for the massive Wall Street crime wave that devastated the economy.
The Tea Party Is Turning on Republicans
Many hard-right conservative voters are threatening to sit out the 2014 midterm elections, because they say some Republican lawmakers aren't doing enough to obstruct health care and immigration.
A Teachable Moment On the Wisdom of Cutting Government
I have my doubts that this will result in a change of heart among conservatives about the wisdom of cutting necessary government services, but it's at least possible.
Middle Class Squeezed - I Mean Literally Squished
Two stories in the news today illustrate what is happening to the middle class. One story is about numbers showing how the middle is being squeezed. The other is about how people are literally being squished.
Killing Health Care Reform At Any Cost. This Is Who They Are.
Congress is in recess, and members are back in their home districts. This means House Republicans – especially the tea party caucus – will say some of the craziest things about politics.
The Larry Summers Debate: Challenging Wall Street's Democrats
The chattering classes are fascinated by the Republicans’ internecine battle to redefine the party in the wake of the George W. Bush calamity and the Mitt Romney defeat.
