Dec 23, 2011: Happy Holidays from ThinkProgress
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2012! 2011 has been an exciting year with many up and downs — and 2012 stands to be even more action-packed. ThinkProgress and the Progress Report will be there to report on it every step of the way. To celebrate the end of this year, we’ve put together a [...]
Dec 21, 2011: Cutting Mercury Pollution, Saving Lives, Creating Jobs
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today an important new rule that finally sets limits on mercury, arsenic, and other toxins released into our air. For 21 years, coal-fired power plants were allowed to unleash unlimited mercury and other toxic pollution, poisoning the air. Today’s rule requires power plants to update their pollution-control technology [...]
Dec 20, 2011: Another Plan To End Medicare As We Know It
Medicare Privatization Is Merely Ending Medicare by Another Name Ending Medicare as we know it has been a very hot topic this year, with Americans at town halls across the country erupting in protest at the idea when it was proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and passed by the GOP-controlled House. The idea got [...]
Dec 19, 2011: The Tea Party Tax Increase?
Tea Party Republicans Take the Economy Hostage (Again) The House of Representatives will vote later today on a bipartisan compromise to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits and prevent a massive cut in Medicare reimbursement rates. Unfortunately, the Tea Party Republicans in control of the House are now threatening to vote down this essential bill. Here’s [...]
Dec 16, 2011: The Iraq War Is Over
A Hard Fought Victory The end of the Iraq War is a victory for the nation, a victory for our men and women in uniform, and a victory for the progressive moment — which fought tirelessly to mobilize the public against the war, change the debate, change the Congress, and elect a president who would [...]
Dec 15, 2011: America’s Most Lawless Sheriff
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s name is synonymous with his ruthless treatment of the undocumented immigrants under his charge. He’s known for cramming detained immigrants into outdoor “tent cities” he proudly likens to concentration camps, and for parading prisoners around in pink underwear to humiliate them. Today, however, the Department of Justice completed an inquiry [...]
Dec 14, 2011: Obama’s Plan B: Politics Over Science
Last week, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg had “reviewed and thoughtfully considered the data, clinical information, and analysis” from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and concluded “that there is adequate and reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use [...]
Dec 13, 2011: Another GOP Tax Plan For The 1 Percent
How Much Does Newt Gingrich’s Tax Plan Benefit the Wealthiest of the Wealthy (Top 0.1 Percent)? This much: While Mitt Romney’s plan economic plan — a windfall for the 1 Percent paid for by the 99 Percent — would provide $6.6 TRILLION in budget-busting tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and corporations, Newt Gingrich’s plan [...]
Dec 12, 2011: Time To Rebuild This Country
Republicans Who Said Yes to War Spending Now Say No to Job-Creating Investments Here at Home In the coming days, President Obama will keep his promise to bring a responsible end to the nearly nine-year long Iraq War. This is an important moment for the nation, our men and women in uniform, and for the progressive [...]
Dec 9, 2011: Mitt Romney Bear Hugs Disastrous Plan To End Medicare
Romney: I’ll End Medicare Faster Than Newt Gingrich As Newt Gingrich continues to surge in the polls in both early states and nationally, Mitt Romney’s increasingly panicked campaign appears to have settled on an interesting strategy: run to the right of Gingrich based on a full embrace of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) politically toxic and [...]
