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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...
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...
It's Time To Say "No More" Negotiating With Hostage Takers
Holding America hostage is no way to negotiate a budget. The president should simply say no more. Demand that the debt ceiling be lifted for two years without conditions. Call for legislation to revoke the ruinous sequester cuts. Demand that Congress fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year. It’s time to call a halt to this foolishness – and let Americans understand who is sabotaging jobs and growth. Let Americans hold the hostage takers to account.
From Seneca Falls, Selma, And Stonewall … Forward
Four years ago, my husband and I opted to watch Barack Obama's inauguration from home. The very likely reality of spending most of the day outdoors, standing in the cold, with two very cold and very bored children, waiting for hours to end up not seeing very much...
On Jobs and Economic Justice, Will We Lead or Be Lulled By the Speech?
The President gave a terrific speech. But if great speeches could heal our economic wounds, if they could repair the ever-increasing gap between the rich and the rest of us, if they could re-open the closing doors of opportunity for the young, the African-American,...
Inaugural Just The Next Step In Obama's "Plan B" To Save The Climate
The strong reaction to President Obama's extended remarks on the climate suggests that he wasn't doing anything on the matter and suddenly feels liberated to do so. Not so. As I have discussed twice previously, after the failure of the Congress to pass a carbon cap in...
Senators - Before You Vote Ask The Public What They Think A Filibuster Is
Senators, before you vote today on the "make them talk" proposal, go ask members of the public what a filibuster is. The public thinks a filibuster is senators talking all night. It is not a "nuclear option" to change the rules to what the public thinks the rules...
Wal-Mart, Armstrong Seek Redemption Without Remorse
Oddly, the top international cyclist – Lance Armstrong – and the top international retailer –Wal-Mart – revealed last week that they have much in common. No, not doping. It’s their dopey concept of the atonement process. Armstrong, already punished for misdeeds he’d...
