by Stan Collender | Jan 28, 2013 | Blog
It now looks like the Senate on Wednesday will pass the "no budget no pay" version of the debt ceiling increase that has already been adopted by the House. This will be the third GOP budget miscalculation, misstep and mistake in a row. The first was the fiscal cliff,...
by Digby | Jan 28, 2013 | Blog
Chris Bowers caught the Very Serious Man of Integrity Paul Ryan in a slick little sleight of hand: Earlier today on national television, he attacked President Obama for even supposedly saying that healthcare drives the deficit (emphasis mine): "I don't think that the...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 28, 2013 | Blog
We needed heroes after the financial crisis. Instead we got bureaucrats, compromisers, and perhaps something much worse. Federal law enforcement officials, our "thin gray line" against banker crime, were charged with restoring the balance of justice and reducing the...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 28, 2013 | Blog, Conservatism
It was, of course, to be expected that Republicans would not like President Obama's inaugural address no matter what said. In fact, it's safe to say that the only speech Republicans would have been happy to hear from President Obama is one that began with "I here by...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 27, 2013 | Blog
The world's wealthy gathered in the Alps again last week to discuss how to 'solve' the world's problems. The world's biggest problem, suggests one top global anti-poverty outfit, may be their fortunes. Apologists for inequality have a standard retort to anyone who...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog
A penal of three Republican judges today knocked down the President's three recess appointments last year to the National Labor Relations Board. The President appointed the three NLRB members following Republican filibusters of his nominees, intended to keep the...
