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Most AZ Dems Support Immigration Law...Why I Do Too (with Reservations)

A new poll from Rasmussen puts support for the Arizona immigration bill just signed into law at 70%.1* Do you favor or oppose legislation that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration...

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Is Arizona's Immigration Law Racist?

Many are claiming that Arizona's new immigration law is racist. Bart Motes at the Huffington Post claims that we should hope the law is racist, since if it isn't, the only way it can be enforced is to...

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Kos, Your Poll is Wrong

This is not really a diary, but I just feel the need to point out that the poll that Kos just posted on the front page asks a factually incorrect question about the Arizona law.Arizona now requires...

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Dems Plan Sellout on Derivatives

The fix is in. Democrats are planning to remove Blanche Lincoln's provision on derivatives after her primary on Tuesday, killing a crucial aspect of financial reform. Robert Reich calls this provision...

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Obama Says Derivatives Key--then Pushes Weakening Reform

"I will veto legislation that does not bring the derivatives market under control and some sort of regulatory framework that assures that we don't have the same kind of crisis that we've seen in the...

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Lincoln Open to Selling Out on Derivatives, She Says

As if we needed another reason to elect Bill Halter.NEW YORK (Reuters) -Democratic Senators Chris Dodd and Blanche Lincoln said there was room to negotiate on a proposal that would force banks to spin...

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Marching against Chris Christie. Marching for justice.

TRENTON, N.J. — A crowd estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 people gathered Saturday near New Jersey's Statehouse to protest Gov. Chris Christie's proposed budget cuts.State police, who gave the crowd...

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Banker FAIL. JPMorgan CEO Demands "Gambling" Subsidies

   Obama also became close with Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase. That relationship has been strained, though, and Dimon has increasingly voiced his unhappiness with rhetoric and policy...

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Barney Frank Kowtowing on Bank Reform

Barney Frank has lined up with the banks on one of the most important outstanding parts of the financial reform bills.  Can we be Frank? Commentary: Barney Frank's opposition to derivatives rule...

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Is the oil spill distracting us from financial reform?

I don't usually watch cable news. But lately I have turned on the TV, skipped the barely tolerable idiocy of Fox News of course, and found that on CNN and MSNBC they seem to be talking about the oil...

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Public Disapproves of Obama on Economy

  Quinnipiac University Poll. May 19-24, 2010. N=1,914 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 2.2.             "Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?" Approve...

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Better go to Firedoglake for Israel coverage

Hey everyone, this is not a diary, but rather a note. I noticed that the staff on this site has decided not to do any coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict. Probably they just know that there are...

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