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Put Down the Pitchforks!

Howard Schweber | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Congress, Populism, Bailout, Aig Bonuses, Banks, Pitchforks and Torches, Geithner, Stimulus, Rule of Law, Politics News
Howard Schweber

Once the decision was made to avoid receivership, honoring existing contracts was exactly what Obama promised his administration would deliver: the Rule of Law.

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The Week's Fat Cats Deconstructed: AIG, Meghan McCain and SXSW Techies Revolt

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Meghan McCain, Populism, Participant Productions, Aig Bonuses, Sxsw, Barack Obama, Wilshire and Washington, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Are Americans actually going to get up off their couch, grab their pitchforks, and storm Wall Street?

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What to Do About "Mad as Hell"

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig Bonuses, Morality, Populism, Economic Crisis, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Economy, Financial Crisis, Aig, Aig Federal Bailouts, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, AIG Scandal, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

What would it take to change a whole subculture that has escaped all ethical boundaries?

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Open Letter to MSNBC President Phil Griffin

Jennifer Nix | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, David Sirota, Msnbc, Populism, Television Ratings, Death of Newspapers, Progressive Movement, Keith Olbermann, Center for American Progress, Blogs, Phil Griffin, Progress, Media Matters, Activism, Rachel Maddow, Traditional Media, New Media, Television News, Media News
Jennifer Nix

I hope you'll take a moment to consider why I think your move with the 10 p.m. program is so important, and why David Sirota is the best candidate for host.

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Solving The Buffett Conundrum On Taxes

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populism, President Obama, Capital Gains Taxes, Income Taxes, Buffet Secretary, Secretary, Million, Obama, Tax the Rich, Bush Tax Cuts, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Tax Policy, Millionaire, Capital Gains, Inequity, Fairness, Unfair, Taxes, Hedge Fund Manager, Buffett, Budget, Hedge Fund, Tax Rate, Barack Obama, Buffett Conundrum, Wall Street, Tax, Chris Weigant, Bracket, Warren Buffett, Santelli, Hillary Clinton, Billionaire, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama has leaked his first budget outline, and it appears he is serious about attempting to fix this tax policy travesty.

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Wall Street Bonuses Are an Outrage

Thomas Frank | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Populism, Wall Street Bonuses, David Brooks, Business News
Thomas Frank

Just a mere $18.4 billion in Wall Street bonuses, and suddenly the entire country is screaming for revenge on money power that has done us so wrong while rewarding itself so generously.

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How Will Obama Enrage The Left?

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Left, Leftist, President Obama, Progressives, Fisa, Democrat, Left Wing, Democratic, Liberal, Obama, Barack Obama, Bush, Lieberman, Republican, Politics, Sister Souljah, Progressive, First 100 Days, Cabinet, Chris Weigant, Joe Lieberman, Socialist, Enrage, Populist, Annoy, Bush Mess, Torture, Barack Obama Cabinet, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Obama 100 Days, 100 Days, Obama First 100 Days, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama is going to do something to absolutely enrage leftists, progressives, and the few remaining Americans who actually call themselves liberals; and, furthermore, he's going to do it within his first 100 days in office.

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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Country Mouse, City Mouse - Different Breed of Kin(dred)

Alice Singleton | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Sarah Palin, Economic Crisis, Joe Six-Pack, Election 2004, Hockey Mom, Populism, Happiness, Chicago News
Alice Singleton

Contrary to Mrs. Palin's shrill declarations, Joe Six-Packs and Pop Warner Moms are a lot more complicated than the potential VP's "We's Just Simple-Folk Populism" road show would lead one to believe.

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A Little Fear and a Lotta Hope

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Movement, Populism, Barack Obama, Progressives, Obama Grass Roots Campaign, Politics News
Michael Sigman

When I announced my intention to campaign for president of the sixth grade -- the same year my idol, JFK, was running for the White House -- my only choice was to run as a Republican.

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Pimping Populism for Post-Proletarians

Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Populism, Wall Street, Economy, Bailouts, Neo-Populism, Orgaizing, Mccain, Media, Home News
Rev. Peter Laarman

Never people to spend time reading history (what with the time required for makeup/costume and schmoozing), our corporate media "election team" guys a...

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Moving to the Radical Center

Richard D. Kahlenberg | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Obama Affirmative Action, Affirmative Action, Sarah Palin, Mccain Affirmative Action, Radical Center, Politics News
Richard D. Kahlenberg

While Republicans made no overt racial appeals at their convention, it seems only a matter of time before conservatives will target Obama's Achilles heel -- his support for affirmative action.

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Sarah Palin's Faux Populism

Jim Hightower | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Populist, Sarah Palin Vp, Populism, Populist, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jim Hightower

"Populist" is not an empty political buzzword that can be attached to someone like Palin, whose campaigns are financed by the lobbyists and executives of Big Oil, Wall Street and other entrenched economic interests.

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Barack vs. the Bully Brigade, Part 1: Playground Politics at its Worst

Pete Cenedella | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Populism, Rudy Giuliani, Rnc, Bully, Fred Thompson, Republican Convention, Bullies, Mccain, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Bully Brigade, John McCain, Sarah Palin Speech, Playground, School Yard, Socialists, Politics News
Pete Cenedella

If you were subjected to the whims of a bully or two in your youth, and especially if you're a parent today who frets for your kid's emotional safety,...

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The Great Populist Divide

Michael Kazin | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Joseph McCarthy, The Washington Independent, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Michael Kazin

When conservatives began attacking liberals as an elite that was unpatriotic, condescending, ungodly and licentious, they had no rebuttal to offer. This election will, in part, be a test of whether right-wing populism still works.

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Beyond the Conventions

Norman Solomon | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Populism, Democratic National Convention, Progressives, George W. Bush, Right-Wing Republicans, Social Darwinism, Sarah Palin, Republican National Convention, Politics News
Norman Solomon

The Bush-Cheney regime may be on its last legs, but a new incarnation of right-wing populism is shadowing the near horizon.

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The Palin Choice and the Reality of the Political Mind

George Lakoff | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican VP, Sarah Palin Vp, Realities, Populism, Frame, McCain Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Obama, Democracy, McCain VP, Barack Obama, Symbolism, Palin Vp, Mccain Palin Ticket, Palin, Sarah Palin, Reality, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
George Lakoff

The Palin nomination is not about external realities and what Democrats call "issues," but about the symbolic mechanisms of the political mind -- the worldviews, frames, metaphors, cultural narratives, and stereotypes.

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Wal-Mart and Cintas Campaign Against Pro-worker Legislation

Elana Levin | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Labor, Populism, Employee Free Choice Act, Income Inequality, Corporate America, Corporations, Chamber of Commerce, Organized Labor, Policy, Unions, Labor Unions, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Business News
Elana Levin

Wal-Mart and Cintas are fighting to stop legislation which would help protect workers who want to unionize.

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We're All Populists Now; That's Unfortunate

Rick Shenkman | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Public Opinion, Education, Stupidity, School, Polls, Populism, Iraq, Politics News
Rick Shenkman

Today almost no one wants to get caught openly acknowledging the limits of public opinion. We are all populists now. The voice of The People is our voice of God.

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Going Toe to Toe With Lou Dobbs

David Sirota | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Immigration, Populism, David Sirota Lou Dobbs, Media News
David Sirota

Dobbs epitomizes both the positive potential of today's populist uprising to change our country's economic policies, and the negative potential to stoke anti-immigrant and xenophobic sentiment.

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Interview With Al Franken

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Populism, Al Franken, Democratic, Democratic Farmer Labor, Campaign, Democratic Party, Paul Wellstone, Senator, Jesse Ventura, 2008, Populist, Norm Coleman, Snl, 2008 Campaign, 2008 Senate Race, Comedy, Rush Limbaugh, Comedian, Franken, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, DFL Party, 2008 Election, Minnesota, Democrats, Election, Interview, 08 Election, Nomination, Elections, Progressive, 08 Campaign, Nominee, Saturday Night Live, Senate, Dfl, Minnesotan, 100 Days, Politics News
Chris Weigant

For all the people who scoffed at the idea of a former comedian running for such a high public office, it can now be strongly stated that Al Franken's Senate campaign is definitely no joke.

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Populist Message Grows Louder As Caucus Approaches

Wall Street Journal | JACKIE CALMES and AMY SCHATZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iowa Caucuses, John Edwards, Populism, Populist Message, Mike Huckabee, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News

As Iowans kick off the unusually tight U.S. presidential nominating contest tonight, they will offer the first real test of whether a populist message...

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Populist Rhetoric Panics GOP, Democratic Party Establishment

David Sirota | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Offthebus, Populism, Beltway Chatter, Democratic Party Populism, Gop Populism, Home News

A pretty reliable gauge of Establishment fear is how far away from factual reality its chief spokesmen stray at election time. With economic populism ...

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Obama Ramps Up Populist Message As Edwards Gains Momentum

Los Angeles Times | Peter Wallsten, Maria L. LaGanga and Seema Mehta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards Populism, John Edwards, Barack Obama Populism, Populism, Iowa Primary, Barack Obama, Politics News

He knocks CEOs who "dump" employee pensions while "pocketing bonuses." He laments Maytag workers who "labored all their lives only to see their jobs s...

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