THE TESTIMONY Senator Warren got out of federal regulators was as damning as it was inexcusable. Senator Sherrod Brown was also front and center. From Think Progress, the video is revelatory, showing Warren at her best. WARREN: So you have made a decision to protect the banks but not a decision tell the families who [...]
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Obama Era Brings New Meaning of “Freedom” and the Collapse of Unions that Built Middle Class
“This is just the first round of a battle that’s going to divide this state. We’re going to have a civil war,” Hoffa said on CNN’s “Newsroom.” [CNN] WHAT HAPPENED in Michigan didn’t arise out of nowhere. It developed with the help of Democratic Party laziness and lack of leadership, when the party of unions [...]
Obama to Progressives: “Campaign Isn’t Over”
Obama “wasn’t talking about what was on or off the table” and didn’t discuss specifics in terms of Social Security, one participant said. [The Hill] THE REPORTS out of the meeting with progressive leaders and unions revealed a couple of things. President Obama told the group at the White House that he won’t budge on [...]
Voting, Austerity, Sherrod Brown and Chris Hayes [Videos]
ELECTION 2012 is over, but 12 years after 2000, voting still doesn’t work for everyone. Will reform actually happen? Will austerity win? …and a litte Senator Sherrod Brown. Watch. Discuss. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit [...]
Top Story: Mitt Romney’s Talking Points to Business Owners and Political Pressure on Employees
In the post-Citizens United era, “there is not much political protection for at-will employees in the private sector workplace,” explains University of Marquette Law Professor Paul Secunda, a pro-union labor lawyer. “It is conceivable, under the current legal regime, that an employer like Koch could actually get away with forcing his employees, on pains of [...]
Bruce Springsteen Gives Shout Out to Obama, Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren
TODAY’S THE day Bruce and the Big Dog appear in Ohio. From the rock superhero: Right now, for the President to be effective in his next term he needs our increased support and he needs support in the Congress, where some sterling candidates, such as current Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, challenger Elizabeth Warren in [...]
Post Town Hall, Big Dog and the Boss for Obama in Ohio
OH, TO have a ticket to this show! Former President Bill Clinton will speak and rock star Bruce Springsteen will perform Thursday at a get-out-the-vote rally in Parma, Obama’s re-election campaign announced late Friday. [Cleveland Plain Dealer] How can Ohioans resist? Maybe it will also help Sen. Sherrod Brown, one of the best senators Democrats [...]
Obama, the Only Moderate Republican in 2012
“Obama is the conservative reformist of my dreams. #ToryPOTUS” – Andrew Sullivan (via Twitter) IF YOU have any remaining doubts about how far right the Democratic Party has been led under President Obama perhaps now you’re finally getting the picture. Obama’s been aided by the wingnut right in falsely caricaturing him as a radical socialist, [...]
Bill Clinton, Shadow Candidate in the 2012 Election
In his stump speeches, Obama frequently credits Clinton-era policies for the strong economy in the ’90s, arguing the country fared well under Clinton because he “understood what it takes for this economy.” “Nobody has a better grasp and understanding of the issues than this man,” Obama said at a June fundraiser in New York. – [...]
Financial Shenanigans Amid Gingrich-Romney War
It’s happy days on Wall Street, while main street struggles on. In the Obama era, like the Bush era, Wall Street is an alternate financial reality. While the political world is riveted on Newt Gingrich’s win in South Carolina and his surge in Florida, there is an intense battle going on over holding banks accountable [...]
Progressive Notes: The Food Stamp Challenge, Super Committee Fools, Norman Solomon’s Progressive Run and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. “Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.” – The Talmud Progressives had a great week in the elections. Ohio voters saved their union rights, in Maine folks reversed their government’s law ending same day voter registrations, while in Arizona State Senate [...]
Progressive Notes: Occupy Wall St. Grows, MT Gov. Schweitzer Pushes for Single Payer, CA Atty Gen. Wants Better Deal, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. The Wall St. protests continue with hundreds marching. More seem to be attending after footage of a policeman using unnecessary force emerged. NBC NY has more. We have big progressive news breaking out of Montana. Governor Schweitzer is moving to establish single payer in his state [...]
What Happens if Ron Paul Wins the Ames Straw Poll?
Mitt Romney will breathe a sigh of relief, though Politico thinks he’s got to reach the McCain bar. Michele Bachmann better come in second. Tim Pawlenty is toast unless he comes in second, and Newt keeps trying to pay off his debt. As for Rick Perry, he continues to act like Iowa doesn’t matter, while [...]
Progressive Notes: Citizens at Ohio Townhall Soundoff on Cuts to Big 3.
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. In Youngstown Ohio there was a townhall on cuts to social programs sponsored by labor unions and Senator Sherrod Brown. I see what the attendees said as a sample of what is to come across the country in the general election: “Social Security is not an [...]
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