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Bill Scher's picture

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Hey Media! Giant Health Care News! In Front Of Yer Face!

Obama pledges health care for all in 2009. Media doesn't notice. more »

Monica Sanchez's picture

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Selling Insurance Against Their Own Bad Practices

Rather than reform the way they do business, insurance companies are now selling policies to guarantee you will not be affected by their bad practices.

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Monica Sanchez's picture

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Think Health Reform Should Be Put Off Because of the Economic Crisis? Think Again!

A look at how much we will be paying for health insurance in about 20 years—if we continue on the same path we are on—makes it abundantly clear that we cannot afford to put off health reform any longer. more »

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A Progressive Plan for Health Care

Long before anyone had been nominated or elected, the voters of 2008 had gotten one message across loud and clear: Fix our dysfunctional health care system! For obvious reasons (and big reasons that aren't so obvious), the leaders of 2009 must heed that call.

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Leon Panetta

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 »

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Minnesota Dreaming

Digby's done great work on the Republican National Lawyers Association, basically an organized election-stealing conspiracy. Here's what they're up to in Minnesota: more »

Bill Scher's picture

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The Trillion Dollar Solution

$300 billion in tax cuts doesn't necessarily limit public investment, if we can cure trillion-dollar-phobia. more »

A Final Report Card on the Reagan Years?

Our current economic meltdown may finally have ended the era that began when Ronald Reagan became President. Now a new study — from the Congressional Budget Office — helps us understand the inequality that has us melting. more »

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Progressive Breakfast: Tax Cut Redux?

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

Obama May Expand Tax Cut Piece of Econ Plan more »

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Should We Devote 40% of the Stimulus to Tax Cuts?

The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that President-elect Barack Obama is planning to devote roughly 40 percent of any new economic stimulus package to tax cuts. more »