Afghanistan: Momentum For Withdrawal
Ben ArmbrusterThe Progress ReportJune 21, 2011When President Obama announced in December 2009 a surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan, he made it clear that those troops would begin to withdraw...
View ArticleThe Clarence Thomas Scandal
Ian MillhiserThe Progress ReportJune 22, 2011In 1969, Justice Abe Fortas resigned in disgrace after the nation learned that he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from corporate...
View ArticleThe GOP’s Budget Blame Game
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress ReportsJune 23, 2011Republicans Take Their Ball and Go HomeVice President Joe Biden has been leading negotiations among a bipartisan group of lawmakers to hammer out a...
View ArticleThe GOP’s Plan for (Un)Shared Sacrifice
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress ReportJune 24, 2011What the GOP Really Means by ‘Shared Sacrifice’Yesterday, we covered the GOP’s temper tantrum, as the New York Times called it, in which Republican...
View ArticleSarah Palin "Trademark": The Backlash
The Week25 June 11t looks like Alaska's most famous politician will get her name trademarked after all. Cue the mockery!Sarah Palin took some ribbing earlier this year for failing to sign an...
View ArticleMarriage Equality: After New York, What Now For The GOP?
Amanda Peterson BeadleProgress Reports/ThinkProgressJune 27, 2011 After the 33rd “yes” vote was counted in New York’s Senate Friday night, it was momentous not in the least because the Legislature had...
View ArticleKarl Rove’s $20 MILLION Distraction
Josh DornerProgress Reports/ThinkProgressJune 28, 2011Don’t Forget–The GOP United Behind Plan to End Medicare, Give More Tax Breaks to Big Oil, BillionairesLate last Friday, Karl Rove’s attack group,...
View ArticleNothing To Show For It
JM AshbyBob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!06/29/2011Artist – Mike KeefeIn other news, a new poll shows that Governor Rick Perry would lose his home state of Texas in a matchup against President Obama, and...
View ArticleLike A Business
JM AshbyBob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!06/30/2011Artist – Jeff ParkerIn other news, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced a bill this week to bring back gold and...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Medicare!
ThinkProgress War Room June 30, 2011Fast Facts on MedicareTomorrow marks the 45th anniversary of the implementation of Medicare (July 1, 1966), following President Lyndon Johnson’s signing of the...
View ArticleGOP Versus Itself On Default
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress ReportsJuly 1, 2011In Their Own Words: Republicans Explain Why We Must Not DefaultThe Treasury Department confirmed once again this afternoon that Aug. 2 is the...
View ArticleHorses Versus Health Care
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress Reports|Think ProcessJuly 5, 2011GOP Tax Giveaway of the Day: Mitch McConnell’s Bluegrass BoondoggleAs the Aug. 2 deadline for resolving the default crisis nears, we will...
View ArticleTea Party Already Looking To Purge Their New Congress Members For Having The...
Susie MadrakCrooks and LiarsJuly 05, 2011I've known some really good politicians in my time, people who really knew how to hammer out coalitions and get things done. It wasn't always pretty, of course,...
View ArticleThe GOP Plays With Fire, We All Get Burned
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress Report|ThinkProgressJuly 8, 2011Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Like Jobs)Determining the precise reasons behind today’s extremely dismal jobs report (only 18,000 net jobs...
View ArticleInformed ?
Bruce PlanteBroadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania!Saturday, July 9, 2011http://www.broadwaycarl.com/2011/07/must-reads_09.htmlCopyright 2011 Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania!
View ArticleWhat class warfare really looks like
Dee Dee MyersPOLITICOJuly 11, 2011Here we go again. Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry “class warfare!”The latest...
View ArticleWhy the U.S. Government Needs to Investigate News Corp
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress Reports/Think ProgressJuly 13, 2011Why This Scandal MattersFor more than a week now, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (the parent company of Fox News, among many other...
View ArticleMichele's Bridge to Nowhere
JHW22Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania!Friday, July 15, 2011Republicans like to say Obama is three years into his Presidency, so using their math, Michele Bachmann is one year into the new Congress -- the...
View ArticleBad News For Republicans
JM AshbyBob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!07/18/2011According to a new CBS poll released today:71% of respondents disapproved of Republicans’ handling of the debt talks, with only 21% approving.But beyond...
View ArticleThe GOP’s New-Old Plan to Destroy Medicare & Social Security
ThinkProgress War RoomProgress Report/ThinkProgressJuly 19, 2011A Sneak Attack on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Everything ElseWe are now frighteningly close to a default on our obligations...
View ArticleSarah Palin's Blockbuster
I think it needs a new title.Broadway CarlBroadway Carl's Blog-O-ManiaSunday, July 24, 2011The Undefeated, the much-hyped Palin documentary, bombed during its second week in theaters, bringing in just...
View ArticleThe Balanced Approach Versus Hedge Fund Managers Getting Off Scot-Free
Winning ProgressiveJuly 25th, 2011The contrast between the competing approaches of President Obama and the House Republicans to the debt ceiling and deficit reduction was perfectly crystallized when...
View ArticleTea party downgrade
Peter KoechleyMoveOn.org Civic Action08/07/2011For the first time in history, the U.S. credit rating has been downgraded.This "tea party downgrade" is a shameful blow to our nation's honor and risks...
View ArticleAttack Perry With This Irrefutable Fact
Bob CescaBob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!08/14/2011 I really hope the Obama administration and the Democrats go after Rick Perry for this recent bit of history.Texas, which crafts a budget every two...
View ArticleCongress Returns
JM AshbyBob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!09/06/2011Artist – Dave GranlundIn other news, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann would like for you to know that her first priority is protecting...
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