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jan
7
2009
5:24 pm

If they are not laying off employees, employers are cutting back on their health care benefits and shifting more costs to them. As ever-larger numbers of people lose their health and financial security, where will they turn? In these perilous times, having Medicare as a back-up is more important than ever to guarantee everyone access to good, affordable health care.

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jan
7
2009
4:49 pm

Don’t fall for it. The Republicans are attacking Barack Obama’s nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General… It’s a strategic battle. If the conservatives win, it energizes the base for future battles. If the conservatives lose, they are driven farther into their corner. That’s why Karl Rove chose the battleground here, on fertile Clintonian soil…more »

jan
7
2009
3:10 pm

Busy today with a non-CAF-related project, but wanted to call everyone's attention to an apparent conspiracy of breathtaking political sabotage. more »

jan
7
2009
8:19 am

Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day.

Congress Chews on Econ Recovery, While Biz Tax Breaks Take Hits more »

jan
7
2009
2:22 am

...Michael Scherer of Time magazine, on the novelty of a comedian entering the Senate:

Franken has spent his life as a sort of intellectual terrorist, a rebel in open war with the mores and power structures of America.

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jan
6
2009
3:37 pm

Google "slatternly innuendo." Go ahead. I'll wait. more »

jan
6
2009
2:05 pm

On Christmas Eve, I appeared on Fox News to discuss the upcoming economic recovery package, only to be told that FDR's New Deal "prolonged the Great Depression" (you can watch the clip here). more »

jan
6
2009
9:01 am

Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day.

Pushback Against Business Tax Cuts more »

jan
5
2009
5:12 pm

Folks have been praising the novelty of a director-designate of the CIA who has unequivocally denounced torture. Good to remember, too, how the name "Leon Panetta" first came to national prominence, in 1969, when he resigne from the Nixon administration in protest against the Southern Strategy. more »