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Republican Response To Sequester: It's Bad. Let's Make It Worse.

Republicans have been eager to blame the sequester on President Obama, and complain when certain cuts affect their districts. But beyond proposing robbing-Peter-to-pay-Paul solutions for things like protecting air traffic controllers, what do Republican want to do...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: A Long Cold Summer For Young People Looking For Work OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "Just in the past decade Congress has cut $1 billion from youth jobs programs, according to a report by the Center for American Progress. And that is at a time when...

Five Real Scandals Republicans Might Want To Address

Over at The Week, I make the argument that presidential scandal politics usually fail to lift the political prospects of the party outside the White House. No party has reaped a political reward from pushing scandal since Nixon, yet both parties have repeatedly tried....

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: America's Education Spring: A Growing Revolt Against ‘Reform’ Mandates OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: "... the resistance to top-down education mandates is building. The movement is propelled by forces far greater than what education journalists and...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Lift The Millstone of Student Debt That’s Slowing The Economy OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole: "... if you or someone you know has had a hard time finding a job or selling a home, part of what you are experiencing is the effect that escalating college...

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