The Great Divide
Nicole discusses the election outcome with Howie Klein (Down With Tyranny, Blue America PAC) and Congressman Alan Grayson, who just won his third term in Congress
Monday Madness
Same shit, different week. As summer drones on, the elected elite continue arguing about the wrong issue. The problem is not the debt ceiling. The problem is massive unemployment. And those elected to represent us in Washington DC aren't doing a damn thing to fix it. I love speaking with Howie Klein because he's informed and engaged on all of it. Howie, who blogs at Down With Tyranny and runs the Blue America PAC (along with Digby and C&L's John Amato), was out of the country on vacation for a while. So today, we were able to catch up on [...]
FloriDUH & the Need for Progressives in Politics
The criminal new governor of Florida, Rick Scott, introduced his budget this week. Read all about it at the link, but here are a few of the highlights: Scott proposed spending almost $66 billion — $4.6 billion less than this year's budget. Scott also wants to eliminate 7 percent of the state's government jobs, which would mean about 6,700 state-worker layoffs. He wants even more cuts the following year... State Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, noted the big cuts to education: $4.8 billion in the first year. She said that would hurt the state's children, its educational environment and the state's [...]