democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
In May 2007, Bush declared (h/t Ryan Powers ) "I believe setting a deadline for withdrawal would demoralize the Iraqi people, would encourage killers across the broader Middle East, and send a signal that America will not keep its commitments. Setting a deadline for withdrawal is setting a date for failure -- and that would be irresponsible ." In November 2008, Bush 'irresponsibly' set...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... clients' employees will now benefit from the opportunity to enter the financial services sector. Ryan Powers, Managing Partner of RTP Financial Services said, "We are honored to be chosen by Mobile FarmWare to add our Pay Card service to their program offering. The PayPartners pay card program combined with "Windows Accounting Made Simple" provides an unparalleled growth opportunity...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
By Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, and Igor Volsky Think Progress Having promised to " sprint to the finish " of his second term and "to remain focused on the goals ahead," President Bush is "working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules " aimed at protecting workers,...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Illustration by Victor Juhasz October 29, 2008 By Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, and Pat Garofalo The Progress Report Recently, the right wing has seized on Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) admission that he wants to " spread the wealth around " as evidence that his tax policies are somehow socialist, communist, or Marxist....
qwstnevrythg.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
http://thinkprogress.org… Think Progress by Ryan Powers The Virginia Pilot reports today that a phony Virginia Board of Elections flier is being distributed in Hamption Roads, VA telling Democrats that they are now scheduled to vote on November 5. The flier falsely claims that “an emergency session of the General Assembly” adopted a new voting schedule to “ease [...]
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
By Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, and Ryan Powers The Progress Report Half of all workers would join a union if they could. But as director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund's American Worker Project David Madland writes, "Existing laws make joining a union a Herculean task that few are able to undertake." Indeed,...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
By Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, and Ryan Powers The Progress Report Seizing on comments Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) made to " Joe the Plumber ," Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) campaign has argued that Obama's economic policies would redistribute the wealth of hard working Americans and provide " just another government giveaway to others...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 10/25/2008
By Ryan Powers Think Progress Earlier this week, Politico reported that the RNC spent $150,000 " to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family." Georgia10 at DailyKos notes this morning , that on the Senate floor in 1993, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) supported restrictions on the use of campaign funds for " inherently personal purposes ," specifically denouncing...
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/14/buried-pbs-doc/ By Ryan Powers on Oct 14th, 2008 Did PBS bury controversial torture documentary under pressure from Bush administration? Scott Horton reports today that PBS may have refused to nationally air a controversial documentary on the use of torture by the U.S. government in order to protect its funding. Previously, the Bush administration threatened...
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
The Center for American Progress: Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, and Ryan Powers: > Economy -- Avoiding Neo-Hooverism: Recently, several media commentators as well as politicians have been championing what the Center for American Progress Action Fund's Matthew Yglesias dubbed "neo-Hooverism" -- the notion that the next president...
