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GDP Diagnosis: Worst Congress Ever

Ask half a dozen people about the latest report on gross domestic product (GDP), and you're likely to get half a dozen answers about just

Making Sense Of Federal Spending And Taxes: Two Videos You Must See

You are all too familiar with the myths and hyperbole the right uses to foist its debilitating austerity agenda on the general public — that federal spending is out of control and the government itself is too big, that our tax burden has become untenable (cue the waving "Taxed Enough Already" signs) and that the budget proposals advanced by the House Republicans won't affect the things even most

Romney in London: the Gaffe and the Graft

The press has had a field day highlighting British reactions to Romney’s mild criticism of the Olympic preparations. Tory P.M David Cameron slaps him down. London Mayor Boris Johnson scorns him before a crowd of 60,000. Tabloid press goes off. Much tut-tutting on how this undermines his foreign policy credentials, etc.

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: The Nakedness of Their Greed

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: The Nakedness of Their Greed

The Nakedness of Their Greed

It's truly unbelievable: At no time in modern memory has the privileged class been richer, the middle class more endangered, or the number of people in poverty been so high.

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