GANG OF 8 IMMIGRATION BILL PRODUCES MIXED REACTIONS…2.3M Activists Demand...
IMMIGRATION BILL EXAMINED – Progressive groups evaluated the bipartisan Gang of Eight’s copious, 844-page immigration bill filed yesterday morning: PROS: Center for American Progress published ten...
View ArticleVOTEVETS.ORG KNOCKS MARK SANFORD FOR ABANDONING POST…Buffalo Board of Ed....
RED STATE DEMOCRAT SITS ON WAD OF CASH – Sunlight Foundation’s Reporting Group criticized Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (M) for not seeking re-election next year when he has close to $ 5...
View ArticleNAACP JAILED FOR PRAYING…Gitmo Prisoners Starving for Justice…EMILY’s List...
SCARLET LETTER – Americans for Financial Reform, Campaign Legal Center, CREW, Common Cause, Democracy 21, League of Women Voters, and Public Citizen sent the President a powerful letter, calling on him...
View ArticleTAXPAYERS FUND McECONOMY…BLACKROCK CEO NEW WELFARE QUEEN….From WONK WIRE:...
FACEBOOK UNFRIENDED — On Tuesday, Progressives United, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, CREDO, Daily Kos, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, 350.org, and Presente announced they were...
View ArticleFARM BILL’S ROTTEN ROOTS…AFR IN FINANCIAL FISTFIGHT…TAKE A BITE (OR TWO) OUT...
THE FARM BILL’S ROTTEN ROOTS – The House Agriculture Committee’s new farm bill slashes food stamps for nearly two million poor Americans, according to a new report from the Center for Budget and Policy...
View Article‘JUST CALL ME DIMON’…NUNS ON THE BUS (AND EVERYWHERE ELSE)…Alliance for...
“JUST CALL ME DIMON” — Over 500 underwater homeowners and their allies descended on the Department of Justice to protest the lack of Wall Street prosecutions over the mortgage crisis. 30 activists were...
View ArticleLEFT V. LEFT PART DEUX…EVEN MEGYN KELLY IS PISSED…OHIO VOTER FRAUD FRAUD…WAM!...
LEFT V. LEFT PART DEUX – The Nation’s Ken Silverstein continued to argue on Thursday that the Center for American Progress–Washington’s leading liberal think tank–is under the influence of its...
View ArticleCORP. TAX CUT = GROWTH? Um, Not So Much…$1 TRILLION STUDENT LOAN CRISIS…A...
CORP. TAX CUT = GROWTH? Um, Not So Much — Contrary to popular conservative dogma, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has found no substantial correlation between corporate tax reductions and economic...
View ArticleCALLING OUT BIG BROTHER, PART II…PROGRESSIVE GROUPS APPLAUD VOTING...
CALLING OUT BIG BROTHER, PART II — Progressive organizations continue to demand government transparency in the wake of realizations that the National Security Administration (NSA) is pushing the limits...
View ArticleVOTING RIGHTS WRONGED…PROTESTING THE PIPELINE…National Popular Vote Gains...
VOTING RIGHTS WRONGED– Advancement Project Co-Director and Top Wonk Penda D. Hair reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act yesterday, which had...
View ArticlePROGRESSIVES SUE THE NSA…ADVANCEMENT PROJECT CONFERENCE…Disorder in the...
PROGRESSIVES SUE THE NSA – The First Amendment Coalition filed a brief on Monday in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court supporting motions by Google and Microsoft that would allow them...
View ArticleJUSTICE FOR TRAYVON?…SAVE CITIZEN KOCH…Moral Mondays Continue…17 Senators Are...
JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON? — The NAACP and MoveOn.org created a joint petition addressed to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that the Justice Department open a civil rights case against George...
View ArticleIN TRAYVON’S NAME…SMARTER, OLDER, AND UNDERPAID…93 Priests…The Employer of...
IN TRAYVON’S NAME – The Dream Defenders announced plans to hold their own special legislative session to honor the life of Trayvon Martin after Florida Governor Rick Scott denied their demands in a...
View ArticleHALFWAY TO A NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE…PROTESTING THE PIPELINE PART II…Raise the...
HALFWAY TO A NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE — The incredible bi-partisan effort to help ALL Americans elect their president took a step forward last week when Rhode Island legalized the National Popular Vote...
View Article1984 (AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY)…DEBT FOR DIPLOMA…PROGRESSIVES STAND THEIR...
1984 (AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY) – Grassroots organization Restore the Fourth declared last Sunday “1984 Day,” organizing rallies, marches, and protests in 20 cities throughout the country to protest the...
View ArticlePROGRESSIVES SLAP BACK…PROTESTING THE PIPELINE PART III, 31 Days of Unity…For...
PROGRESSIVES SLAP BACK — EMILY’s List and UltraViolet lambasted the Republican Super PAC The Hillary Project for their online game allowing users to slap Hillary Clinton. EMILY’s List Communications...
View ArticleTHE MARCH TURNS 50…MCRORY STOPS 92 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM VOTING…EVERYONE AGREES...
THE MARCH TURNS 50 — This Saturday progressive groups organized by the National Action Network will rally in Washington D.C. to honor the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Events include an...
View ArticlePP Off For Labor Day!
We will return next week with all of the most Important news from the Progressive Movement.
View ArticleIS THE PRESIDENT A SEXIST? POTENTIAL SUMMERS APPOINTMENT REACTIVATES “OLD...
IS THE PRESIDENT A SEXIST? POTENTIAL SUMMERS APPOINTMENT REACTIVATES ”OLD BOY” CHARGE – In response to reports that the President was considering appointing Larry Summers to the Fed instead of Janet...
View ArticleANTI SUMMERS MOVEMENT GROWS…NSA DECLASSIFIED…FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT TO...
ANTI SUMMERS MOVEMENT GROWS — PBS NEWSHOUR questions Summers too cozy ties to Citibank and points out that Obama’s own ethics rule would require an unprecedented exemption for an appointee at this...
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