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How Chris Christie ruined the Port Authority

January 25, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Corruption, Government, History, People, Politics One comment

The New York Port Authority got its start as a Progressive Era project–an agency that would work for the overall benefit of the very

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Progressive Blog Digest: Girl talk

January 24, 2014 Nick Burbules Corruption, Republicans, Uncategorized, Women Leave a comment

This daily blog, Progressive Blog Digest,  is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It

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When it comes to Christie, MSNBC rises to the occasion

January 21, 2014 Arthur Lieber Corruption, Infrastructure, Media, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

In April, 2013, Renee Shur wrote a wonderful piece in the Occasional Planet entitled, “Dear MSNBC: Grow up, already.” She truly nailed it with

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Cutting cable and MSNBC along with it

January 17, 2014 Madonna Gauding ACA/Obamacare, Banks, Corporations, Corruption, Democrats, Economy, Government, Health care, Republicans Leave a comment

I’m not alone in being burned out on MSNBC.  The complaints vary from “there’s too much opinion and not enough news,” to “I’m tired

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Advice to Christie: It’s always the cover-up

January 17, 2014 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Ethics, Media, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

First we heard James Carville, one of President Clinton’s closest political advisors, who said, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Now, with a clearer vision of

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What Ryan Braun taught me about Chris Christie

January 16, 2014 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Corruption, Ethics, Government, Infrastructure, Public safety, Sports Leave a comment

There was a time when I might have believed Chris Christie’s denials. I guess it’s still possible that he’s telling the truth, but I

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Old-school communications might have saved Chris Christie a lot of embarrassment

January 15, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Cities, Corruption, Ethics, Government, People, Politics, States, Transportation Leave a comment

It took exactly one, tersely worded email to blow the lid off Chris Christie’s “Bridge-gate” scandal. The now infamous “Time for some traffic problems

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