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Plenty of things have been bothering me in the wake of the Wisconsin recall election.

Perhaps the best strategy for avoiding having to settle for a bad "grand bargain" on the federal deficit that would shortchange the pillars of economic security for struggling households is to jump off the feared "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year and push Congress into negotiating a new budget plan in a world in which the Bush tax breaks no longer exist, Sen.

We've reported frequently on the abusive labor practices and suicides at Apple's Foxconn factory in China.  Essentially, Apple outsources the production of its iPad and iPhone to a massive

It sounds like hype to say it, but underwater homeowners can change the course of history. It's not me saying that - it's the numbers. People who owe more than their homes are worth have the power to become the a powerful new political and economic force.

They've got the numbers, they've got the votes, and - if they can get organized - they've got the economic clout. And we can prove it.

There were rumblings that Thursday's Netroots Nation keynote address by Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general and the head of an Obama administration task force on Wall Street fraud, was going to be disrupted by protestors.

I'm at the Netroots Nation 2012 conference in Providence. The weather has been pretty good, a brief rainshower but otherwise sunny and pleasant day. There are panels all day, breakout sessions on various topics, state caucuses, parties, lunches, dinners, parties, receptions, parties, conversations in the hotel bar, late to bed, up early, jet lag, and another day of the same...

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games.