“If Asking a Millionaire to Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes”…
The war against the American Dream has been a relatively silent one until now....
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Tag Archives: Obama
Latino Vote: What States To Watch Election Night 2010
The 2010 midterm elections are finally here and for all the lopsided attention the conservative media has given to white voters that support the Tea Party, perhaps the under reported story of the day will be the vote tallies reflecting the...
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DREAM to be voted on next week!
THE latest news on Senator Reid's announcement that the American DREAM Act 2010 will be voted on next week as an amendement to the Defense Reauthorization bill, just like the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell will be voted...
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Economic Refugee News: Weekly Roundup 05/23/10
Economic Refugee News Weekly Roundup is a weekly summary of those stories that caught the focus of immigrants' rights activists, promoting immigration reform, racial unity, compassion, American freedom, and justice for...
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Senators Say “Don’t Deport DREAMERS”
Trail of DREAMs has just learnt that Senators Richard Durbin (Democrat) and Richard Lugar (Republican) have asked authorities to stop the deportation of children of economic refugees, aka “DREAMers”. Here’s their press release: For Immediate Release Wednesday April 21, 2010...
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John Paul Stevens Retiring
This automatically gives President Obama the opportunity to appoint another Supreme Court Justice. Via MSNBC: Stevens was able to draw the support of the court’s swing votes, now-retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Justice Anthony Kennedy, to rein in or...
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Republicans have failed so far to pass amendments to health reconciliation bill
…which is a different headline than “GOP forces new House vote on health overhaul”, which is what MSNBC has on their website (implying somewhat that Republicans might have succeeded at amending it). What the Republicans were able to do was to...
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Health Insurance Reform Passes!
Looks like the left finally got its sh*t together: The Huffington Post has a great post summarizing the dramatic events. Click here to read. Also, David Frum, George W. Bush’s former speechwriter, declares: Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most...
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State of the Union: time for brand Obama to execute
How timely that Naomi Kline’s How Corporate Branding Took Over the White House piece so well analyzes the state of Obama’s brand. I found this portion of Naomi’s piece particularly on-mark: [Obama] will boldly appoint the first Latina to the...
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Image will always trump substance?
Bad news for Latinos and immigration reform: Scott Brown (picture above), who staunchly opposes immigration reform, just won the Massachusetts Senate seat. Prepare yourself for the onslaught of spin that the right-wing media will force feed into the mouths of the coporate...
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