My 2-Year-Old Explains the Bush Tax Cuts (VIDEO)

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Thursday November 11, 2010 · 11:35 AM PST

2010/11/11 · 11:35

Given the economy is where it is, I figured no one would notice if I used child labor so....

In this video from the Movement Vision Lab, my daughter, two-year-old Willa Hansen-Kohn, explains why the Bush-era tax cuts for the rich should be allowed to expire -- in the interest of our economic recovery and unicorns for all.

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Monday November 01, 2010 · 9:19 AM PDT

2010/11/01 · 09:19

If Tea Party candidates are elected and slash government, it's we the American people who will bleed. Especially in tough times --- amidst an economic crisis caused by unchecked big business --- we need government to get us on our feet and get the economy moving again.

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Tuesday October 12, 2010 · 7:05 AM PDT

2010/10/12 · 07:05

The immigrant rights movement is in a frenzy over a recent piece on Truthout written by some of the young undocumented students pushing for passage of the DREAM Act. In the essay, Jonathan Perez, Jorge Guitierrez, Nancy Meza and Neidi Dominguez Zamorano turn their anger at the DREAM Act’s failure not on the Senators who failed to vote for cloture, or on the Republican Party in general which has backed down on support for immigration reform. No, in the tried and true tradition of circling the wagons and shooting ourselves, the DREAM activists are attacking the mainstream immigrant rights movement.

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Monday October 11, 2010 · 6:44 AM PDT

2010/10/11 · 06:44

I have an op-ed from the Christian Science Monitor that's up on Yahoo News right now. It's about Glenn Beck's attack on "collective salvation" and utter distortion of American history. The fact is, our nation's founders very much believed in collective salvation and the common good -- and today is the perfect day to remind Beck about the true American history (that includes a positive role for government, taxes, and concern for those who are struggling).

http://yhoo.it/...

Check out the op-ed and use the Yahoo buttons to email it to your friends, Facebook it, Tweet it or "Buzz" it. The more attention it gets, the more visibility on Yahoo --- and the more you help counter Beck and the Tea Party's dangerous corruption of our national values.

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Tuesday October 05, 2010 · 2:00 PM PDT

2010/10/05 · 14:00

The One Nation Working Together march did not draw as many people to the Washington Mall as Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally a few weeks prior. And that is a good thing.

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Thursday September 09, 2010 · 11:38 AM PDT

2010/09/09 · 11:38

Now when someone insists Islam is the only religion with fringe whack jobs, we can all reply, "Not true! Look at those Christian whack jobs burning Korans in Florida!"

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Wednesday September 08, 2010 · 12:54 PM PDT

2010/09/08 · 12:54

You know that saying, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"? It's particularly convenient if your enemy's enemy has been your friend all along.

The enemy of Barack Obama and the Democrats this fall is our anemic economy. And so, since the Republicans want Democrats to fail at the ballot box this November, their best friend is the weak economy. The worse the economy gets, the better the GOP's prospects for taking over Congress. But the sick and twisted yet incontrovertible fact is that Republicans are not only praying for our economy to get worse --- they've been doing their best all along to hasten its demise.

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Thursday September 02, 2010 · 4:24 AM PDT

2010/09/02 · 04:24

At Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally this past weekend in Washington, DC, we learned two things:

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Thursday August 26, 2010 · 10:30 AM PDT

2010/08/26 · 10:30

Welcome to a brand new series here at the Movement Vision Lab, combining thoughtful (and correct) political education and analysis with good ol' fashion ranting and raving. In this case, I couldn't take watching one more episode of Glenn Beck's notorious show on Fox News without responding. So I have.

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Monday August 23, 2010 · 4:28 PM PDT

2010/08/23 · 16:28

After a recent appearance on Fox News, where I discussed the Cordoba House Islamic Cultural Center being planned in lower Manhattan, a friend asked me for a copy of my talking points to equip herself at an upcoming family dinner. I thought you might find my talking points and arguments useful, too. So without further ado:

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Monday August 16, 2010 · 10:06 AM PDT

2010/08/16 · 10:06

On May 12, 2009, I attended a briefing at the White House as part of a group of grassroots activists and community artists. Mike Strautmanis, Chief of Staff for the Office of Public Liaison and top White House advisor Valerie Jarrett, made some remarks about how community activists have a seat at the table as the Obama Administration sets the agenda for change. I raised my hand. Sometimes, I said, the role of advocates isn't to be inside at the table, but entirely outside the room, "creating the political space needed for change".

Strautmanis bristled visibly. He criticized the "professional left" (he didn't use this exact phrase, but it's what he meant) for approaching the Obama Administration with an "outdated mindset", holding protest signs outside the fence instead of realizing what it means to be "inside the fence". At the same time, he not-so-subtly warned that those who criticized the Administration, instead of cooperating, would find themselves back on the outside.

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Friday August 06, 2010 · 7:24 AM PDT

2010/08/06 · 07:24

Originally published for the Women's Media Center.

The recent Federal District Court ruling declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional does exactly what opponents of marriage equality fear—legally redefines marriage for all Americans. Finally. Most Americans of all orientations and ages have, for a long time, been redefining marriage on our own. It’s about time the law catches up.

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