9/10/13 9:47am by Gaius Publius 75

Blistering Cornel West on Obama’s war against the black prophetic tradition

(Updated) House Dems who promise to vote No to benefit cuts like Chained CPI

Weekend thoughts on Working Class Heroes (with music)

Obama’s benefit-cuts budget takes more from seniors than from wealthy

Chained CPI is not just bait; Obama actually “prefers” it

Obama economic adviser: Using the sequester to cut benefits was “part of the DNA from the start”

Obama: Social Security & Medicare cuts are “very much (back) on the table”

How Obama used Biden to undercut Reid on fiscal cliff deal (plus a framing story)

What a call to courage sounds like: Woody Guthrie’s “Union Maid”

(Updated) Congress’ schedule & House GOP vote count for Boehner-Obama fiscal cliff deal

A good progressive counter-offer to Boehner: Lower the Medicare age
