The Importance of Obama's Stimulus Speech | Rachel Maddow 'Insulted' By Bush | In Defense of Gupta

PEEK Newsletter January 9th, 2009 More blogs and video »

The Importance of Obama's Stimulus Speech By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly "I know the scale of this plan is unprecedented, but so is the severity of our situation." Read more »   Obama Can Learn from Bush: 'We Tried' Ain't Enough By Paco Fabian, AmericasVoiceOnline We will need to remind Obama again and again that for those voters concerned about immigration, 'almost' just ain't gonna cut it come 2012. Read more »   Rachel Maddow on 'Daily Show': 'Insulted,' 'Embarrassed' By Bush By Danny Shea, Huffington Post Jon Stewart and Maddow talk Bush, Obama, Bill Clinton, MSNBC, and the Munsters. Read more »   Will Obama Be Swept Up in the Momentum of Afghanistan Escalation? By Alex Thurston, The Seminal Breaking down two important opinion pieces on the war. Read more »   In Defense of the Sanjay Gupta Appointment By Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake I understand the critiques launched by Paul Krugman, John Conyers and others -- but I think Gupta is an inspired choice. Read more »   Cheney Looks Awkward as Pelosi Interrupts Him to Applaud Obama's Victory By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress Vice President Cheney stood before Congress and read the official results of the 2008 presidential election. It's now officially official. Read more »   Pay Equity: Raise Your Voice for Equal Pay for Equal Work By Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake Democratic leadership in the House have vowed to push forward with the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act. Read more »   Oakland Residents Rise Up to Protest Brutal Murder By Police By Adrienne Maree Brown Brown, RaceWire "As I write this, rumors are flying and media is fanning the riot flames." Read more »   Progressive Breakfast: Obama, Economy, EFCA, and Health Care By Bill Scher, Blog for Our Future Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Read more »

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