03/17/2010 09:02:22 AM EST

Bankers, Democrats, and the 21st Century

posted by John Arthos

I think the health care fight will fade into history quickly, but the Democratic capitulation on the banking crisis will become an epochal reference point for an entire generation.

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03/17/2010 06:00:37 AM EST

A Question

posted by ResidentCanuck

I have an idea that's probably been discussed before but I just don't see it discussed much. I wonder why that is or if I'm just misunderstanding.

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03/17/2010 12:06:48 AM EST

Really? A 3000% Reduction in Costs?

posted by bobo1

Its stupid shit like this that kills well meaning legislation!

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03/17/2010 12:02:49 AM EST

Not a joke: A corporation is running for Congress

posted by EveningStarNM

When the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission that corporations have a right to participate in elections and to spend as much as they want to influence them, it extended the rights that corporations are allowed to exercise even farther into the domain of human beings than before.

Now, corporations in Maryland and Virginia are running for Congress in order to find out if the members of the Supreme Court who decided that case in the affirmative are really as stupid as they seem.

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03/16/2010 11:53:32 PM EST

Racism Everywhere

posted by justinp

From http://leftlean.com/

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03/16/2010 10:45:33 PM EST

Obama support of Chinese workers.

posted by mcamelyne

China has unfairly manipulated its currency for the past ten years to increase its manufacturing base at the expense of US labor.

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03/16/2010 09:01:47 PM EST

Breaking: Kucinich To Vote Yes On HCR

posted by HistoryByDay

I mentioned yesterday this may happen, and now it appears it has.

Howard Fineman on Countdown said Kucinich will announce tomorrow he is voting Yes for the House's Health Care Reform bill.

I believe it is scheduled for 10:00 am Eastern.

If the report is accurate, Luis Guiterrez is now the lone progressive holdout (on immigration reasons), although most believe he will vote Yes come vote time.

May everyone's head not explode!

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03/16/2010 08:45:29 PM EST

You're Not A Progressive If You're Not Pro-Union

posted by HistoryByDay

I don't believe in lengthy litmus tests.  The one that the conservatives based on Reagan is utterly hilarious as he would've axed from their group.  There are a lot of issues progressives believe in - from emotion issues such as being pro-choice to things ranging from education reform to the environment.  To be a progressive, one does not have to believe in everything top to bottom that would be on that lengthy list.

But not being pro-union, that's another story of which I'll cede no ground.

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03/16/2010 06:31:17 PM EST

Fill out your brackets now!

posted by evul1

Here's the official TYT NCAA tournament bracket group on ESPN (official because it's the only TYT group there, lol)

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03/16/2010 02:38:00 PM EST

If the Public Option is dead, so are the Democrats.

posted by wowisdabomb

The whole game or "Kabuki" theater as Huffington post puts it is about to fall off the Kabuki stage in peices.

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03/16/2010 02:33:02 PM EST

Terrorist and Traitor Steve King calls for "Velvet Revolution"

posted by Young Turk 87

What happened? Learned that you cant win by flying planes into buildings and killing innocent Americans?

Republican Steve King should have been tried for treason and dealt with weeks ago but instead this weakling government allows him to continue to subvert the United States. Sometimes I wish this government was 1/1000th of what these right wing fuckers say it is...

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03/16/2010 02:26:25 PM EST

Obama at the Bat

posted by Mike McTighe

Calling all Young Turks! Assemble!

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03/16/2010 12:18:58 PM EST

KenTX \ Rockulus Debate

posted by MRFred

The challenge has been delivered. Who will back out and who will man up and debate?

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03/16/2010 12:05:44 PM EST

To protest or not to protest...

posted by EdE San

So my employer is at it again. They invited another Neo Conservative to come speak to employees while acting as if they are neutral politically. First John McCain then Newt Gingrich and now Karl Rove! I am not prone to letting my political views be heard at work but my employer has not only invited Karl Rove to speak but they are endorsing the man as some kind of war hero while plugging his book about his "life as a Conservative in the fight". I have a strong urge to protest but he is being brought to speak by my employer none the less.

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03/16/2010 09:15:36 AM EST

Where the hell is Cenk?

posted by wowisdabomb

The most important week in the healthcare legislation, and Cenk is off on a junket to London pubs to get stinking drunk?

 

 

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