Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Steve Benen From The Maddow blog Why do I marvel at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)? Largely because of quotes like these. "The biggest obstacle to passing common sense immigration reform…
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Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an 'executive coup' against the US constitution By Daniel Ellsberg From The Guardian (U.K.) In my…
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By Maureen Dowd From The New York Times WASHINGTON — THE acid that corroded George W. Bush’s presidency was fear — spreading it and succumbing to it. You could see the…
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USA Rice Federation From Western Farm Press In a meeting hosted by USDA and economists from the University of Havana and the University of Florida, USA Rice Federation learned that…
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Picked this up on Facebook posted by Carlos Lazo - a man I know very little, but still consider a friend. And for those who should never forget, Carlos was one of the true heroes of the…
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By Glenn Greenwald From the British newspaper The Guardian The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of…
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By Erika Eichelberger, Maggie Severns and Brett Brownell From Mother Jones If you're one of the 37 million Americans with student loan debt, you're in for a real treat come July 1.…
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By Alexander Bolton From The Hill Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has assembled a team of heavyweight Washington insiders to raise money for his future political ambitions. A group of…
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By Yadira Escobar MIAMI – If you're driving through South Beach, don't be surprised if the young man who helps you find a parking place – someone who you can see is earning very…
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By Geniusofdespair From Eye on Miami blog MIAMI - Republicans pushed absentee ballots as a voting method for their flock...but it took a Democrat to F--k it up for them by taking the…
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