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Presto! The DISCLOSE Act Disappears
With Michael Winship
Ask any magician and they’ll tell you that the secret to a successful magic trick is misdirection — distracting the crowd so they don’t realize how they’re being fooled. Get them watching your left hand while your right hand palms the silver dollar: “Now you see it, now you don’t.” The purloined coin now belongs to the magician.
First Health Care, Now Welfare: How Easily Conservatives Abandon State-Led Innovation
Conservatives are taking a big risk throwing a hissy fit over the new HHS state waiver initiative to experiment with welfare-to-work methods.
The Real Crime Is Talking About The Causes
So I understand from the twitter scolds that we are not supposed to talk about this mass murder except to share clinical details about what happened and express condolences to the victims. The shutting down any discussion of the social, cultural and political implications of yet another horrific act of deadly gun violence is becoming more and more successful after each event.
Republicans Filibuster Bill Ending Tax Breaks For Shipping Jobs Out Of Country!
On Thursday, Senate Republicans FILIBUSTERED to block a bill ending the tax breaks companies get when they send our jobs out of the country -- and giving a few breaks to companies that hire here. The question now: will this get reported to the public? Will they be told this was a Republican filibuster, or just that "The Senate" "blocked" the bill?
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Grand Bargain v. Deal for All
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Grand Bargain v. Deal for All
Instead Of A Bad "Grand Bargain," Let's Make A "Deal For All"
Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders Reps. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Keith Ellison, D-Minn., are trying to get political support for a congressional resolution that would repudiate any "grand bargain" on the federal deficit that cuts Social Security, Medicare or other programs vital to economic security.
Deceptive New Romney Ad Is Key Test For Media
The Romney campaign has released an astonishingly deceptive new ad, containing a blatant, flat-out lie.
Want a Real Recovery? Raise the Minimum Wage.
Scratch the surface of just about any economic debate this election year, and you'll find one issue that goes all the way to the core: the yawning gap between the 1% and the rest of us, as skyrocketing income inequality.
Senate Can Vote To End Tax Breaks For Outsourcing And Bring Jobs Home
I have an exercise for you. Don't worry: You can do it at your computer.
Think about all the reasons why a multinational corporation would choose to move jobs to another country. Lower labor costs? More efficient and better educated workers? Potential to contribute to the positive net effect of globalization and free trade?
