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“It has been widely forgotten, but soon after taking office Ronald Reagan proposed major cuts to Social Security. But he backed down in the face of a political backlash, leading analysts at the Cato Institute to call for a ‘Leninist’ strategy — their word — creating a coalition ready to exploit a future crisis if and when one arrived,” Paul Krugman writes.
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Mr. Bush, in particular, may pose as a reasonable, thoughtful type — credulous reporters even describe him as a policy wonk — but his actual
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The following is a tweetstorm (set of tweets) posted last night by writer and activist Matt Stoller that we found compelling. It has eight parts:
LaunchPeople are ready to work, ready to do their part, ready to fight for their futures and their kids’ futures, but they see a government
LaunchThe pitchforks are coming… for us plutocrats Wealthy Seattle-based venture capitalist Nick Hanauer has penned a memo to America’s other rich denizens, warning them that
LaunchHey conservatives: Forbes says Washington is the best state to make a living! Forbes Magazine, that bastion of progressivism, has come out with a list
LaunchIt is astounding to me from a moral perspective that folks in the Republican Party stay up nights figuring out how they can give more
LaunchHow the netroots + grassroots turned back the forces of austerity The Nation’s Mary Bottari explains how people-powered politics stopped the neoliberal and conservative campaign
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