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MORNING MESSAGE: Did Obama Pivot On Education? OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: "It was hard for a progressive not to get a chocolate high from president Obama’s inauguration speech ... But hardly anyone in the education community had anything notable to say about it...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Did Obama Pivot On Education? OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: "It was hard for a progressive not to get a chocolate high from President Obama’s inauguration speech ... But hardly anyone in the education community had anything notable to say about it...
Did Obama Just Perform A 'Progressive Pivot-Point' On Education Policy?
It was hard for a progressive not to get a chocolate high from President Obama's inauguration speech. But hardly anyone in the education community had anything notable to say about it. Few if any prominent and outspoken critics of the administration's education policies, including and Randi Weingarten, have bothered to write anything of considerable substance (at least, so far).
The Latest Lie - "What difference does it make?"
The election is over, but right-wingers are back at it with another big, out-of-context lie. This time they are claiming that Hillary Clinton said something that she did not say. There's an immediate context and a bigger context, both wildly distorted. As the...
David Brooks Is Shocked When Tribes Let Sick People Die. He Also Wants to Cut Medicare.
In his review of Jared Diamond's new book, David Brooks is appropriately horrified by the stories of tribal women who were left to die rather than be cared for by their communities. He's so horrified, in fact, that he seems to reject Diamond's core thesis that these...
If You Want To Reform Something, Reform The Trade Agreements
When you hear anyone from the big multinationals or Wall Street using the word "reform," watch out! The way they use the word, it means give them more and We, the People get less. They want to "reform" Social Security, "reform" Medicare and "reform" the income tax...
Tactical Retreat In The Budget Wars
When it comes to beating back extremists, I'm all in favor of living to fight another day, so the idea of kicking the can down the road on some horrible debt deal never seems like the worst thing that could happen. But I can't figure out why everyone seems to believe that by extending the debt ceiling three months the House Republicans have been vanquished for all time. It doesn't sound as if the Republicans believe that.
GOP Stunt On Debt Ceiling Is Total Surrender To White House
Given what happened in July 2011 when they decided to do the opposite (you remember the anything-but-super committee, right?), we should all be happy House Republicans have agreed that this time they won't hold hostage the increase in the federal debt ceiling the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: No More Hostage Taking OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Republicans in Congress are intent on creating yet another manufactured budget crisis. This one is timed to come after bruising negotiations over the next weeks to avoid the deep, across the...
