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Romney's Energy Plan To Heat The Planet
Mitt Romney unveiled a one-page economic plan - Mitt Romney’s Plan For A Stronger Middle Class - includes an energy component that is strongly attached to the fading, dinosaur oil and coal industries. It should be called "Mitt Romney's Plan To Heat The Planet."
Romney, In His Own Words: "I Know How Jobs Come and Go." [VIDEO]
Email Circulating: Declare independence from China: AUGUST 1st to Sept. 1st
The following email appears to be circulating widely:
THIS IS A GREAT IDEA...LET'S DO IT!!
AUGUST 1st to Sept. 1st
Well over 50 yrs ago I knew a lady who would not buy Christmas gifts if they were made in China. Her daughter will recognize her in the following.
Hey, Sarah Palin! Some "Marxists" Here Want a Word With You
A well funded network of right-wing extremists wants to make it socially and politically impossible to express the ideals that made this country great. One of those extremists appeared on their billionaire-funded network this week to attack Elizabeth Warren, and anyone else who isn't on the far right, as a Communist.
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Austerity Bites
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Austerity Bites
Austerity Bites
Austerity bites. According to the BLS, 163,000 new jobs were produced in July, up from the last month but still barely at the level needed to keep up with new workers coming into the jobs market.
Government employment was down by 9,000 jobs, at a time when the government should be boosting the private economy, not burdening it.
Now We Know, Republicans Want To Raise Our Taxes
It is often stated as fact that Democrats always want to raise taxes and Republicans always want to lower taxes.
We now know this to be false.
Is Media Telling Public The Real Tax Vote Story?
Republican tax plans raise taxes on the middle class to pay for tax cuts on the rich. They just voted against tax cuts for people making under $250,000, and for tax cuts for people making more than that. Last month they filibustered the bill ending tax breaks for shipping our jobs out of the country.
Romney Ethics At The Olympics
Ed Kilgore is righteously irked about the latest idiotic right wing contretemps over the fact that Olympic athletes have to pay taxes on their medals:
