(Nancy Pelosi | Source: AP via Politico) The difference between the sheer energy levels of the far right and the progressive left in Congress is stunning. There is no comparison. The extreme right know who they are: bulls. Their pathway to public recognition comes by defying the Republican Party leadership, thereby securing major media attention. […]

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(Source: Pete Souza) Before the Shutdown, there was the Sequester: deep spending cuts for nearly every branch and department of the government, accompanied by a lapse in an equally broad array of tax subsidies. With all of the events and political-economic catastrophes of the past year, an important detail being crowded off the cliff of […]

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(Source: Emmanuel Saez) With the government set to reopen and the threat of default evaded for now, fears are emerging that the resulting fiscal austerity and financial uncertainty may have seriously weakened the recovery (by as much as $24 billion). But it’s worth looking at exactly what’s being jeopardized. Independent of the GOP’s games of […]

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(Source: The Blaze) As the United States sinks slowly in the West, the walking dead have taken over our airwaves and, apparently, our brainwaves. Can you tell the difference between AMC and C-SPAN? It’s hard to control a herd of zombies once they’re set loose. Just ask John Boehner of the eery skin tone. They […]

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  For the first time in 17 years, Congress failed to provide the funding to keep the entire government running. So now you have two classes of government service and two classes of employees: “essential” and “non-essential.” If you run a national park, you aren’t essential. If you work in a government lab, you might […]

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