Kevin Drum

When Liberals Attack - Social Security: Drum v. Lieberman

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Peterson Foundation, Pete Peterson, Kevin Drum, Trudy Lieberman, Social Security, Columbia Journalism Review, Social Security Cuts, Media News

Social Security benefit cuts would hurt millions of disabled and elderly people. And clear-eyed historians of the future won't just point their fingers at radical right-wingers. They'll also cite collaborators in the Democratic Party.

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Tax the Rich! In Fact, Let's Double Their Taxes

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Greed, Liberty, Kevin Drum, Self-Reliance, Freedom, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul Krugman, Occupy, Taxation, 1%, Taxes, Conservatives, Business News

Double the top tax rate! It's time for those who have benefited from our system to pull their own weight again. Or as politicians used to say but don't seem to anymore, "From whom much is given, much is expected."

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Truth in an Age of Guerrilla Political Activism

Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Andrew Breitbart, Moveon, Kevin Drum, MoveOn.Org, James O'keefe, Yes Men, Fox News, Gop, Guerrilla Activism, Political Pranks, Democratic Party, The Yes Men, Guerilla Polical Activism, Politics News

Guerrilla-style political activism is regularly carried out on both sides of the ideological spectrum. But that doesn't answer the question of whether either side will ultimately benefit from these shenanigans.

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Anthony Weiner: Metaphor for How Sexual Selfishness Destroyed the Left's Agenda

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Politics News, 1960s, Anthony Weiner, Kevin Drum, The Left, Chris Hedges, Sexual Liberation, Unions, Progressive Politics, Workers Rights, Politics News

The Left won the culture wars. Porn is everywhere, and sex is deregulated. But so is Wall Street. Maybe it's time to re-regulate Wall Street and the banks, and reintroduce something shocking to progressive sensibilities -- a few taboos.

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Weekly Audit: The Real Legacy of Reaganomics

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Taxes, American Prospect, Johann Hari, Ronald Reagan, State, Voodoo Economics, Colorado Independent, Vodafone, Smurfs' Village, Public Employee, Colorado, The Nation, Kevin Drum, Capcom, Republican, Reaganomics, Yves Smith, Wealth, Smurfberries, Scapegoat, Finance, Mother Jones, Protests, UK Uncut, Sit Ins, Real News Network, Tea Party, Economy, Paul Starr, Politics News

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of B-movie actor-turned-conservative president, Ronal...

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Weekly Pulse: On Health Care Repeal, House GOP Full of Sound and Fury

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suzy Khimm, American Independent, House, Kelle Louaillier, Cbo, Washington Monthly, Repeal, Patrick Caldwell, Obesity, Kevin Drum, Snack, Congressional Budget Office, Mush, Louaillier, Alternet, Steve Benen, Harry Reid, Bonnie Azab Powell, Insurance, Mother Jones, Advertising, Child, Health Care Reform, Personhood USA, Affordable Care Act, Food, Aca, Cartoon, Grist, Senate, Pepsico, Home News

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger House Republicans will hold a symbolic vote to overturn health care reform on January 12. The bill, ...

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Obama Needs To Coddle Wall Street Even More Or He's Doomed, Argues Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Barack Obama, Chamber of Commerce, Media Criticism, Kevin Drum, Obama and Business Community, Politico Obama, Obama Wall Street, Obama Politico Wall Street, 2012 Speculatron, Politics News

Politico has a cover story today filled with lament over that time the Obama administration was mean to the business community. Doesn't Obama want to extend his political career? Isn't that the whole point of being president?

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Weekly Audit: Can Elizabeth Warren Save the Economy?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...

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Weekly Mulch: Green Daydreams? A Clean Gulf, Energy Efficiency, and More

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Georgia, Gulf of Mexico, Don Blankenship, Mcdonalds, Bp, EARTH GRAINS BREAD, ENDANGERED SPECIES HAPPY MEAL, Greenwashing, Conservation, Sara Lee, Noaa, Energy Saving, Riki Ott, Oil Spill, Kevin Drum, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger Yesterday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) took Obama administration officials to task for encouraging Americans to be...

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Weekly Audit: Why Elizabeth Warren Should Head New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Matt Taibbi, Democracy Now!, Elizabeth Warren, Sec, Tbtf, Stacy Mitchell, Financial Reform, Annie Lowrey, Overdrafts, Cop, YES! Magazine, Kevin Drum, Alternet, Financial Fraud, Goldman Fraud, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Reform, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, Overdraft Fees, Goldman Settlement, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzales, Too Big to Fail, The Washington Independent, Home News

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger With the Wall Street reform bill finally cleared through Congress, activists and intellectuals are pushin...

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The Tea Party Movement: A Force to Be Reckoned With

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Kim, Kevin Drum, David Sirota, Progressive Movement, Right Wing, Tea Party, Electorial Strategy, Media News

As a journalist who has covered the right for more than 15 years, I see a profound threat in the rise of the Tea Party movement. There are thoughtful progressives who see things differently.

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Weekly Mulch: Oil rig sinks, as does Senate climate bill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cape Cod, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Kevin Drum, Mms, Lieberman, Dod, Carol Browner, Biomass, Oil Spill, Cape Wind, Mother Jones, Disaster, Climate Bill, In These Times, Grist, Texas Observer, Bp, Kerry, Louisiana, Greenhouse Gas, Massachusetts, Texas, Coast Guard, Care2, Wind Farm, Interior Department, Graham, Environment, Oil, Off-Shore Drilling, Working in These Times, Senate, The Washington Independent, Exxon Valdez, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Two disasters flared up this week, one environmental, the other political. Off the coast of Louisiana, oil f...

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Weekly Audit: Congress Must Get Tough On Wall Street

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, The American Prospect, Tbtf, Lobbyists, Regulation, Jobs, Kevin Drum, Unemployment Rate, Kai Wright, Alternet, Wall Street Reform, Unemployment, Mother Jones, Paul Jay, Financial Crisis, Juan Gonzales, Wall Street, The Real News, Matt Taibbi, Stacy Mitchell, Lobbying, Financial Reform, Taibbi, YES! Magazine, Layoffs, Colorlines, Amy Goodmamn, William Black, Deregulation, Banks, Tim Fernholz, Too Big to Fail, Economy, Home News

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Congress returns from its April recess this week with financial reform at the top of its to-do list. With mil...

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NRO and Mother Jones Get Hurricane Katrina Wrong

John McQuaid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, National Review, Bp, New Orleans Levees, Mother Jones, Treme, Fema, Gulf Oil Spill, Mike Brown, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Kevin Drum, National Review Online, Deepwater Horizon, Oil, Hurricane Katrina, Yuval Levin, John Goodman, Media News

The Deepwater Horizon disaster has put a renewed media and political focus on the significant government failures of Hurricane Katrina. But for some reason, a selective amnesia still dominates on this topic.

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Weekly Mulch: Obama's Responsibility for the BP Oil Spill

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Markey, Bp, Louisiana, Tpm, Gulf of Mexico, Diane Wilson, Texas, Obama, Media, Kevin Drum, Care2, Mms, Coal, Alternet, Colorlines, Oil Spill, Not One Drop, Mining, Chelsea Green, Oil, TAP, Top Kill, Grist, Texas Observer, Riki Ott, Fishermen, Green News

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama is in Louisiana today, and BP is saying it will know in 48 hours if its attempt to "t...

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Pelosi Makes Her Move; GOP Rep. Calls for Coup

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has laid out a strategy to pass health care reform in the next couple of d...

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Health Care Reform: A Postmortem Requiem

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Kevin Drum, Tony Blair, Tom Daschle, Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Max Baucus, Health Insurance, Bill Moyers, Politics News

What went wrong with health care reform? Everything. Almost immediately, this debate was a diversion from the most pressing issue facing Americans -- an anemic economy with unemployment numbers never seen in our lifetime.

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Obama's A Wimp, Even to a Yellow Dog Dem Like Me

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reregulation, Kevin Drum, Wall Street, Wimp, Yellow Dog, Mother Jones, Democrat, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Economic Stimulus, Republicans, Big Pharma, Health Reform, Senate, Politics News

As you can tell, after a year of Obama, I'm for him, but not with any real enthusiasm. Nice fella. Good talker. But I'm afraid he's deserving of a descriptive word once applied to the first George Bush. Obama is a wimp.

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Getting Real: Ten Myths Behind Progressive Support for the Senate Health Bill

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nate Silver, Ben Nelson, Kevin Drum, Ezra Klein, Cadillac Tax, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Excise Tax, Health Reform, Senate Health Bill, Politics News

Some of the current bill's provisions are going to hurt the Democrats and will probably cost them seats unless they're removed. How can a smaller group of Democrats do what a bigger group could not?

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Kevin Drum: Obama Needs To Be Willing To Earn The Hate Of Bankers (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Corn, Tarp, White House, Kevin Drum, Bill Moyers Journal, Wall Street, Bailout, Financial Reform, Economy, Mother Jones, Banks, Financial Crisis, Obama, Business News

Barack Obama needs to be wiling to earn the hate of some bankers in order to pass financial reform. That was the sentiment of Mother Jones journalist ...

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Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax: A Bird in Hand Is Worth Two on Alpha Centauri

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cap and Trade, Kevin Drum, Carbon Tax, Andrew Sullivan, Cap-and-Trade, Renewable Energy, James Hansen, Climate Change, Carbon Taxes, Politics News

grist.orgI find it really hard to believe, but the perennial "carbon tax vs. cap-and-trade" debate is still going on. It goes on and on and on and it ...

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Pickens Plan Sounds Like A Poor Pick For We The People

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kevin Drum, Wind, Anthony Rubenstein, Kerry, Pickens, Gasoline, Gas, CBS News, Electric Power, Water, Republicans, Oil, Swift Boat Veterans, Home News

If you think you can trust Pickens, remember he contributed $3 million to the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth that buried John Kerry's 2004 presidential candidacy in a cesspool of lies.

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