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Romney's Not The First To Complain About Government "Gifts"

Here's a little something for the "some things never change" files: Here's a radio speech 11/5/34 from Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, Republican National Committee: “We face unusual obstacles. Our party organizations everywhere have been handicapped by lack of funds. The...

Warren's Clear Populism Beat Brown's Half-Hearted Populism

One of the most populist Senate campaigns in the 2012 election season was the successful campaign of Elizabeth Warren. Her bread and butter strategy for overcoming Sen. Scott Brown's lead in the polls is ably recounted over at WageClassWar.org. In Massachusetts,...

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The War on Women...

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The War on Women...

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The War on Women...

Progressive Breakfast

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The War on Women...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: The War on Women Is a Class War OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "The upcoming 'fiscal cliff' talks will open up another front in this seemingly endless struggle. Here are some reasons why: 1. There are much fewer women than men at the top of the pay...

The War On Women Is a Class War

Last week the voters delivered their verdict on what has come to be known as "the Republican War on Women": They're against it. We've had decades of relentless class warfare from above, in the form of wealth distribution from the many to the few. Finally,...

Progressive Messaging Wins - Just ask Tammy Baldwin

In a night that was full of sweet victories, few were sweeter than Democrat Tammy Baldwin's successful bid for Wisconsin's senate seat. As she said in her acceptance speech, it was "a huge victory for Wisconsin's middle class." Baldwin's victory was all that and more....

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