Republican War on Working Families
It’s Not Only in Wisconsin, America
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjb44QYB8nw&feature=player_embedded
“Shock Doctrine” in Wisconsin
First, a few notes about Wisconsin:
• Speaking with Rachel Maddow, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett observes that when Gov. Scott Walker spoke last week with the “fake David Koch,” he made no mention of a “fiscal crisis” that he claims compels him to strip public workers of collective bargaining ...
Taxing the Rich: Still a Good and Fair Idea
Budget cutting is all the rage; a recent attempt to let the Bush-era tax cuts expire was defeated by Obama’s deal with the Republican congressional leadership. (See our reaction to that regrettable deal here and here.) In this time of (unnecessary) revenue shortfalls and budget crises, who ...
In Wisconsin, as in Egypt, “This Is What Democracy Looks Like”
“Dr. King’s last act on earth, marching in Memphis, Tenn., was about workers’ rights to collective bargaining and rights to dues checkoff. You cannot remove the roof for the wealthy and remove the floor for the poor.”
—Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. (shown at right holding first-grader Emily ...
Who in America Remembers Afghanistan?
How will we ever see the end of a war that everyone seems to have forgotten—everyone except the families and friends of the wounded and the dead?
“We are not dealing with a conventional war. We cannot respond in a conventional manner. I do not want to see this spiral out of control. . . . If ...
Praying for Change in Egypt
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This photograph of Egyptian Christians joining hands to protect their Muslim fellow citizens bowing in prayer in Cairo is both heartening to see and conveys the support we feel for the democracy movement in Egypt. (Christians in Egypt, known as Copts, are some 10 to 20 percent of the ...
Sad Farewell to “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”
MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract. The last broadcast of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” will be this evening. MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.
That is the full text of MSNBC’s official announcement ...
Rev. King and Gun Violence: “Study War No More”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahI8o9-U7Z0&feature=player_embedded
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“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Declaration of Independence from ...
A Letter from Senator Mary Landrieu
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Landrieu on Her Reluctant Vote for the Republican Obama Tax Deal
In December during the fight against renewal of the Bush tax cuts (now the Republican Obama tax cuts) for millionaires and billionaires, we posted a tribute to Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu’s strong condemnation of the ...
Now Entering 2011: Wishes + Promises for the New Year
“Here and now I want to make myself clear about those who disparage their fellow citizens on the relief rolls. They say that those on relief are not merely jobless—that they are worthless. Their solution for the relief problem is to end relief—to purge the rolls by starvation. To use the ...
A Christmas Greeting and Good Wishes
In a year that has held good tidings and ill—the usual ingredients with some new and sometimes startling arrangements . . .
We want to take a moment from our Christmas celebrations to wish you and your family and friends a good and cheerful holiday season. We wish you safe and smooth ...
Yes We Can Pass Good Legislation
Our last post was illustrated with a big YES and this can do no less.
Congratulations to the 111th Congress—especially Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (with emphasis on “Leader”) and the suddenly productive Senate in the last days of this so-called lame duck session. Not so lame, after ...