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2014: The Democrats' Dilemma
Washington has been fascinated by Republican self-laceration since the 2012 election. Karl Rove triggered a circular firing squad by vowing to take out unwashed challengers in GOP primaries. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal begged Republicans to stop being the “stupid...
The Price of Evil at JPMorgan Chase
$16 billion. That’s how much JPMorgan Chase has paid in fines, settlements and other litigation expenses in the last four years alone. More than half of that amount, $8.5 billion, was paid out in fines and settlements as the result of illegal actions taken by bank...
Sequester Hurts The Troops
The next time your Republican representative says they support the troops, laugh and call them a liar because they obviously don’t care enough to make sure the men and women in the military will be able to afford college. Due to the sequester many branches of the...
Back to Work Budget Is Defeated, But The Struggle Will Continue
The Congressional Progressive Caucus Back to Work Budget, as expected, did not prevail on the floor of the House of Representatives today. It went down to defeat, 84-327. In fact, it did not even win support from a majority of Democrats. But it did win a dramatic...
Iraq War at 10: Anniversary of My Political Awareness
As the US kicked off the Iraq War on the evening of March 19, 2003, with the infamous "shock and awe" bombardment of Baghdad, I huddled into a small high school classroom for an antiwar gathering organized by several faculty members. Little did I know at the time...
Go Vote For The 'Movin' in, kids!' Video
Watch this video, Movin' in, kids! Then click through and give it a rating because the video with the most view and best rating wins! [youtube]http://youtu.be/ZZQlbtlErLo[/youtube] This video comes to you from Just Scrap The Cap. The Story The Peter G. Peterson...
Day Of Action Against The Sequester (Video)
Campaign for America’s Future, the AFL-CIO, and more than 60 national organizations today had one simple message for Congress: Repeal the sequester. Over 300,000 activists joined forces for a national day of action in Washington and in their local communities....
Important Bipartisan Currency Bill Introduced In House
Some countries go to great lengths to keep their currencies "weak" relative to where currency markets say they should be set. This gives companies these countries a competitive advantage.
"The Doctor Has Ordered A Very Large Chill Pill"
Jared Bernstein has posted some very important information that one can only hope both the White House and the Democrats are aware of and prepared to change direction because of. It shows that our runaway medical costs are actually slowing down and he posits that there's good reason to believe that it's permanent rather than transitory.
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: If You Don’t Own An Ark, Vote For The "Back To Work" Budget OurFuture.org's Terrance Heath: "It’s somewhat fitting that a 30-foot geyser erupted from a broken water main practically around the corner from my home the night before the the American...
