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 Is Obama Stepping up on Immigration or Simply Shuffling Forward? Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadKiln, Mississippi President Obama said recently that “…families can’t wait for the Republicans to do stuff. So sue me.” He’s been talking about the “bear getting loose,” allowing us to believe that he’s about to finally break the bounds of his own moderation and finally kick some butt. All of this might be setting the table [...] New Orleans It can’t be a surprise that the Republican, rightwing majority in the Roberts’ Supreme Court looked for a minute at the law and a long time at the galloping growth of the rich and advancing inequality, and decided to follow the money. In a 5-4 decision the Supremes voted to unleash some of [...] Proposed IRS Rules on C4s a Mixed Bag to See Lobbying from Right and Left Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadNew Orleans The IRS announced that it is proposing clearer rules to regulate the “social welfare” practices of C4 tax exempt nonprofits. I should start with a disclaimer. I’ve never operated a c4 organization, though I recognize the fact that they have recently become the rage, largely among lawyers and CPAs I would argue, but [...] New Orleans My goodness, hysteria has broken out among the financial chattering class with the news of a $13 billion proposed settlement between JP Morgan Chase and the Justice Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency over the bank’s handling of the mortgage crisis. The lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal claimed variously that parts [...] New Orleans For five years whenever I’ve been asked for advice from various national campaigns whether immigration reform or healthcare or living wages or whatever, when it’s come to how to move President Obama, I’ve always argued, don’t lobby, don’t email, don’t tweet, point all the heat you can generate directly at him. His record [...] New York Finally, we have found an issue where the entire United States Senate is unanimous: Ted Cruz has to shut up! After wasting more than 21 hours on a Tea Party ego-trip rant about health insurance, Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, where there are 5 million uninsured, even voted, bizarrely, to silence himself. This [...] |
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