The best speech Obama has given on the economy, plus other items posted on progressive blogs today.<\/p>\n
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<\/b>http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/the-best-speech-obama-has-given-on-the-economy\/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein&clsrd<\/a><\/p>\n More: http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/plum-line\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/inequality-is-the-defining-issue-of-our-time\/<\/a> http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/income-inequality-riskier-you-think<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/kevin-drum\/2013\/12\/president-obama-makes-his-pitch-fighting-income-inequality<\/a><\/p>\n Really Obama? That’s All You’ve Got?<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/05\/the-truth-about-obama-era-inequality.html<\/a><\/p>\n The president calls income inequality the \u2018defining issue of our time.\u2019 So it seems fair to grade him on his success at addressing it. By any measure, he has failed spectacularly.\u00a0<\/b> http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/news\/affordable-care-act\/2013\/12\/04\/enrollment-numbers-rise-after-website-improves\/?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n About 29,000 people successfully navigated HealthCare.gov and selected an insurance plan on Sunday and Monday, more than the entire number of people who were able to enroll through the federal exchange during the month of October . . .<\/p>\n More: http:\/\/fdlaction.firedoglake.com\/2013\/12\/04\/most-uninsured-still-plan-to-get-coverage\/<\/a><\/p>\n Most Uninsured Still Plan to Get Coverage<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/few-uninsured-young-people-say-theyll-sign-up-for-obamacare\/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd<\/a><\/p>\n Few uninsured young people say they\u2019ll sign up for Obamacare<\/p>\n <\/b><\/b>Meanwhile: http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/dc\/gop-healthcaregov-who-cares<\/a><\/p>\n Republicans aren’t impressed with the Obama administration’s claim that HealthCare.gov is now effectively fixed. That’s not really the issue, they’ve started to say. No, the problem is canceled policies, lost doctors and higher premiums. Who cares if the website is working? Are we getting used to this yet?<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2013\/12\/nsa-tracks-cell-phone-locations.html<\/a><\/p>\n The NSA Tracks Billions of Cell Phone Locations Every Day<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Republicans howl about the need to reduce entitlements. But that doesn’t prevent them from repeatedly attacking Dems with the false claim that they’re “cutting” Medicare<\/b><\/p>\n http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/12\/04\/first-on-cnn-republicans-bring-back-medicare-attack\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/12\/04\/1260067\/-Bereft-of-real-ideas-GOP-resorts-to-same-old-Medicare-lie<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nGrowing numbers get health care coverage<\/b><\/p>\n
\nThat is a far cry from the early days of October when a dysfunctional website was “proof” that Obamacare “has been an unmitigated disaster” in the words of House Speaker John Boehner in an Oct. 4 statement. But that’s no longer the preferred talking point. . .<\/p>\n