Blog Archive: December, 2011


Leo Gerard's picture

Hey, GOP: Give the 99 Percent Some Lovin’

MTV needs to stop giving that creepy vampire guy and moony human girl in the “Twilight” series the “best kiss” prize in its annual movie awards because it’s Republicans who truly earned the trophy for the big wet smooches they lay on the 1 percent.

Just think of the GOP lovin’ that went into the Bush more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast

On the menu this morning
  • MORNING MESSAGE: Take Back The Capitol and Occupy Our Homes
  • Protests Set To Shake Up Washington, Mortgage Industry
  • Dems Revise Payroll Tax Cut Plan
  • GOP Flip-Floppers Are Presidential Toppers
  • Breakfast Sides

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Richard Eskow's picture

They're Sacrificing Us to Save Wall Street - But "Occupy Our Homes" Could Change That

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Digby's picture

Very Serious Zombie Awards

It's awards season and the Village press is first in line:

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Terrance Heath's picture

Who Pays for the GOP's "Pay Fors"?

From John Boehner's "So be it" response to concerns that GOP budget cuts would kill 200,000 federal jobs, to George Will's "That's good" response to the loss of 24,000 public sector jobs, it's no secret that the Republicans seem to think that the solution to the economic crisis and the jobs deficit is for hundreds of thousands of Americans to join the ranks of the unemployed. One half of every conservative plan on job consists of cuts that reflect the party's core belief that America's road to recovery begins with more Americans being out of work. So it's no surprise that the latest proposal from the GOP is to pay for job creation by cutting jobs.

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast

On the menu this morning
  • MORNING MESSAGE: The Real Jobs Numbers
  • Dems Plan Payroll Tax Cut Compromise
  • WH Makes Big Push To Confirm CFPB Head
  • Italy Next To Impose Austerity
  • Carbon Emissions Spike

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Sam Pizzigati's picture

On Wall Street, Still Tis the Season to Be Jolly?

Financial industry insiders are grousing about a big downturn in annual bonuses. They should be thanking the rest of us — bombshell new research shows — for their continuing awesome good tidings.

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Richard Eskow's picture

Invisible Americans: The Overlooked Millions Inside Those Job Numbers

Some politicians are saying that the latest unemployment report is good news, but it's not. It shows us that this country is still in crisis. It shows us that the government needs to act quickly and aggressively to create jobs, and to restore the lost earning power of the average American who has a job. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Newt v. Mitt: What's The Difference?

With one month to go before the Iowa caucuses, the debate among Republican primary voters for the moment is between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. It would be premature to conclude that it stays that way all month -- the top two candidates in the Dec. more »

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Digby's picture

Losing Their Religion

So chief Republican propagandist (and deeply spiritual) Frank Luntz says that he's "frightened to death" of Occupy Wall Street because it is affecting the way people think about capitalism. But he's got some new language to brainwash the people into embracing it again without know what they're embracing.

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