Progress Michigan

NEWS FLASH: Tax cuts for the rich are spending increases
In GOP-land, the Bush tax cuts for the rich must be preserved but unemployment for folks like us merely add to the deficit.

Progress Michigan: Why does the Tea Party want America to fail?
Health-care repeal will NOT appear on the fall ballot.

Michigan Progress: Tea Party fails to put health care repeal on the ballot
FAIL - but Tea Party insists this is only the opening volley.

Progress Michigan: Being Nolan Finley
Bashing Detroit while trying to save it. Does that really work?

Progress Michigan: Fact-checking the right (Twitter edition)
The “drill, baby, drill” crowd in 140 characters.

Progress Michigan: Taking Big Oil out of the Great Lakes
The spill in the Gulf should remind us why we must keep Big Oil out of the Great Lakes.

Progress Michigan: Rep. Meltzer’s Bill To Arm Non-Citizens
Rep. Kim Melzer wants Arizona-style legislation against undocumented immigrants - but she wants to give them guns.

Progress Michigan: A Bird’s Eye View
Senator Tom Harkin is promoting the Keep Our Educations Working Act which would keep many Michigan teachers on the job.

Progress Michigan: A Bridge To Somewhere Better
Michigan House passes plan to end the monopoly of the Ambassador Bridge and provide 10,000 jobs in the process.

Progress Michigan: Is the Tea Party for real?
When is a party not a party? Perhaps when it’s nothing more than a GOP stalkinghorse?