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Don’t Even Talk About Cuts
Here is a guiding message Democrats should use from here on out: Jobs help the economy. Cuts hurt the economy. Donu2019t even talk about any more cuts.

After Budget Deal, Time to Move Forward
Democrats still accept the GOP's parameters for the budget debate, and until they reject their framework, we are doomed to repeat our failures again and again.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Leaders Reached a Deal Monday to End the Economic Standoff, and More
Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell negotiated a deal to end the economic standoff.

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Boehner in the Catbird’s Seat
By taking up the Obamacare battle, Boehner's grip on the speakership may be tightening, not loosening.

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Washington’s Warring Brothers
This month's battles over the budget and the Tea Party Republicans' fanaticism about the health care law obscure the two parties' common commitment to austerity.

No Longer Standing: Wendy Davis to Run for Governor of Texas
Rumors abounded that the next step would be a declaration of a run for the governoru2019s mansion. Now, itu2019s here. Davis is running.

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Eight Reasons Democrats Should Refuse a Shutdown “Grand Bargain“
The GOP's trying to solve the problem it has created for itself by offering the administration something they both seem to want: Social Security cuts, and perhaps benefit reductions …

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Republicans Win Standoff, Shoot Hostages Anyway
In the end, the Republicans won. A majority in Congress, made up of Republicans who understood they'd won and Democrats who feared a government shutdown, would have voted for …

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William Rivers Pitt | The Fundraising Message That Ate America
We are smack dab in the middle of the most irrational, damaging, stupid, reckless, feckless fundraising drive in the history of currency.

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This Week, Let’s Help Burlington Kill the $1.5 Trillion F-35 Taxpayer Ripoff
We have just a week left to help Burlington, Vermont, kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the biggest taxpayer ripoff in human history.