“I will be a passionate advocate for this,” he added, “not based on ideology but facts.” [Boston Globe] OBAMA’S NOMINEE to succeed Secretary Clinton, John Kerry, put climate change in stark emphasis in his remarks yesterday. He has a history of being an advocate for addressing climate change. What will this mean for the future [...]
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UPDATED Texas Blockade of Tar Sands Continues Despite Use of Pepper Spray, Tasers (VIDEO)
UPDATE on Blockader Locks to Underground Capsule to Protect a Family Farm at end. The efforts to stop the construction of the Keystone / Tar Sands pipeline in East Texas continue. Before a few details, a reminder that this project is supported by both Obama and Romney. From FDL: ‘ … I’m directing my administration [...]
The Keystone Democrats
“API supports the Senate approval of Amendment 1537 to authorize the building of the Keystone XL pipeline,” said a press release that landed in reporters’ inboxes at 4:50 p.m., about 30 minutes after the vote. The headline cheered: “Bipartisan Senate majority approves building Keystone XL pipeline.” – Oil industry jumps gun on Keystone vote Oops. [...]
DONE DEAL: Payroll Tax Cut Extension Comes with Keystone XL
This is why people don’t trust Congress. It’s also why people want another option besides Democrats and Republicans, with an independent force desperately needed in Congress. Governing in two-month increments, while Democrats cave on principle after principle. It just never ends. From Politico: Senate leaders struck a tentative deal Friday night to extend the payroll [...]
Boehner & McConnell: Keystone XL or No Payroll Tax Extension
The next time you hear anyone on the right say Democrats don’t compromise I hope you will laugh in his or her face, then buy the person a drink. You’ve really got to hand it to Republicans. It’s déjà vu all over again, bringing back memories of this time last year when Pres. Obama allowed [...]
Would Obama Veto Payroll Cut Bill If it Includes Keystone Pipeline?
Republicans believe that after weeks of taking a pounding from Obama over the payroll tax issue, they finally found a rallying point over the Keystone pipeline. “Everybody sees the president’s delay on the Keystone pipeline [for] what it is: He doesn’t want to choose between his political base, labor and environmentalists,” said Texas Sen. John [...]
Obama Punts on Keystone Pipeline
You have to love that the video of Jay Carney on Politico comes with a devastating Mitt Romney ad. File under things that make you chuckle, like Carney saying don’t ask me, ask Foggy Bottom. Pres. Obama felt the pressure from the Keystone Pipeline protests. That he punted it for now seems to me like [...]
Keystone Pipeline Allies ‘Jobs for the 99′ Occupy Strategy
Let’s start here, Keystone XL Oil Pipeline: A Symbolic Struggle Steeped In Fuzzy Math, which leads us to a Cornell study. Here’s a snippet: The battle is said to be about jobs vs. the environment, but it’s really about Republicans like the Koch Bros. selling the State Dept. and Pres. Obama a bill of goods [...]
Progressive Notes: Feingold Backs Baldwin, Enviros Plan Keystone Protests, FDR and OWS, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Great news! Former Senator Russ Feingold has endorsed Rep. Tammy Baldwin in the Wisconsin senate race. This is a huge deal and makes Baldwin the front runner for the party nomination and perhaps the general election. Feingold is very respected and popular in Wisconsin these days [...]
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