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Sen. Chris Murphy Readies His Next 'Make It In America' Jobs Push
Now that he is a freshman senator, Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy says he plans in the coming weeks to continue the push he started as a member of the House to advance a "Make It in America" jobs agenda. That agenda includes cracking down on China's currency...
The GOP and Obama's Second Term: Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 2
In Part 1 of this series, I wrote that Republicans who were incensed that President Obama had nothing to say to them in his inaugural address should be far more worried the possibility that the president realizes he doesn't need to spend time and energy reaching out...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Day of Action Against Poverty – And The Assault Against The Poor OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "An effort to move the fight against poverty to the top of the national agenda begins today, led by the Half in 10 campaign and the Coalition...
Day of Action Against Poverty – And The Assault Against The Poor
An effort to move the fight against poverty to the top of the national agenda begins today, led by the Half in 10 campaign and the Coalition for Human Needs. The major campaign goal is to persuade President Obama to talk about poverty and its solutions in his State of...
Progressive Breakfast
Coming To America Barbara Morrill, at DailyKos spots a potential problem with immigration reform: "As the pundits swoon over bipartisanship and Senate Republicans jump all over themselves to say that yes, they support the latest blueprint for comprehensive immigration...
No, The Sequester Is Not Really Going To Take Place (And Ryan Knows It)
I hope everyone understands that when Paul Ryan said they were going to leave "entitlements" alone and the sequester would take place that it was a form of political trash talk before the negotiation, right? Nobody really believes that either side will allow defense cuts of that magnitude to take place. Nobody. And the domestic cuts would cause havoc too, so they aren't going to do that either. I'm sure there are a few Tea Partiers who would be fine with all that, but they no longer have the hold on the caucus John Boehner might have once wanted us to think they do.
But just because the looniest Tea Partiers aren't in charge doesn't mean the Republican majority in general is suddenly a nice bunch of Rockefeller Republicans who are eager to put all this ill will behind them and work with the Democrats to preserve the welfare state. There all nuts you know, even if they aren't all kamikazes.
Read My Lips: Yes New Taxes
Last week, 11 European nations forged ahead to create a new tax while American Republicans walked backward into a no-new-tax trap. On Jan. 22, the European Union gave 11 member countries – including economic giants Germany and France – permission to institute a...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Smart Talk On The Next Austerity Disaster OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage and Richard Eskow: "Mass unemployment, declining wages, and faltering growth suggests the United States has already suffered too much austerity, too soon. And yet the political...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Smart Talk On The Next Austerity Disaster OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage and Richard Eskow: "Mass unemployment, declining wages, and faltering growth suggests the United States has already suffered too much austerity, too soon. And yet the political...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Smart Talk On The Next Austerity Disaster OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage and Richard Eskow: "Mass unemployment, declining wages, and faltering growth suggests the United States has already suffered too much austerity, too soon. And yet the political...
