Michael Tomasky (special correspondent, Newsweek and The Daily Beast), Lt. Cmdr. Charles D. Swift (former U.S. Navy defense lawyer and retired JAG attorney), Robert Reich (former U.S. labor secretary and professor at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy), Mark Jacobson (contributing editor, New York Magazine), Errol Louis (host, NY1′s “Inside City Hall”) and Baratunde Thurston (author of “How to Be Black”).
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Robert Reich on the fiscal cliff: ‘We’re back to where we were before the election’
“There is a core — and a very significant core — to the Republican Party that simply will not raise taxes under any circumstances.” —Robert Reich watch video
How did Congress find out about the FBI’s Petraeus investigation?
“I think the attention here of the reporting of this issue over the next few days should really turn to this FBI agent in Tampa for a host of reasons, because that’s where the story is.” —Michael Tomasky watch video
GOP shock at Romney’s loss reveals how Republicans have ‘denied reality for quite a long time’
“This is a major exposure of the right-wing noise machine’s failure to deliver information rather than propaganda.” —Baratunde Thurston watch video
Read the nonpartisan report on income tax rates the GOP didn’t want you to see
Is there an association between the tax rates of the highest-income taxpayers and economic growth? Find out in a report from the Congressional Research Service. read post
Ending homelessness among US veterans
These men and women took care of this country on the front lines. It is our duty — and our privilege — to take care of them. read post
Eliot Spitzer: Raising taxes on the wealthy won’t disrupt job creation
“A week after the political and ideological battle to support slightly higher taxes on the wealthy was won, we now also have a numbers-based analysis supporting the same course. Facts matter. And in this case, fairness wins.” —Eliot Spitzer read post
