While President Obama was telling the small crowd at a $7500-a-plate fundraiser in San Francisco that “Change is possible,” Pooda Miller was across the bay trying to get her plate back from the Oakland Police Department. “They came, pulled out rifles, shot us up with tear gas and took all our stuff,” said Miller

The Obama administration’s new proposals to help struggling home owners avoid foreclosure will help some, but they’re too limited. Here are some ideas that would accomplish a lot more.

In 2008 the Obama campaign depended heavily on high turnout among minorities and strong enthusiasm from young people. That is why the Obama re-election campaign should be very concerned that, according to one poll, young people have recently turned sharply against him.

What’s pretty clear at this point is, no matter who the Republican nominee is, they’re not going to be loved. As in 2008, it’s going to take a camera-friendly wingnut (Nikki Haley? Marco Rubio?) on the ticket to rally the rubes.

There’s a misconception about what constitutes “hard left” and “hard right” positions about fixing the housing mortgage problem. But the “hard left” position is nothing more than following the rule of law, as New York’s AG, Eric Schneiderman explained on Maddow last night (video)

Revolution Truth put together a panel this afternoon from 12 pm to 2 pm ET called, “WikiLeaks, Whistleblowing & the Global Revolution.” A live audio feed can be listened to by clicking on the player below. Kevin Gosztola is on the panel with Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Arturo Filasto, Trevor Timm, and Alexa O’Brien.

Congress’ job approval rating had been hovering in the low single digits for months, but it managed to drop to only 9 percent in the newest CBS News/New York Time poll. An overwhelming 84 percent of Americans don’t approve of the job Congress is currently doing.

Yesterday, House Republicans cherry picked GOP-friendly elements from the President’s jobs bill, creating a bad bundle of repealing a 3% tax withholding rule for contractors with a reduction in Medicaid benefits for seniors. Predictably cynical and craven. But now the White House says it supports both measures, suggesting the GOP cherry picking and repackaging is okay. Huh?

A roundup of stories from occupations around the country, including late updates from Oakland, where police used tear gas to disperse those trying to retake the site, and Atlanta, where more arrests occurred.

Today’s “We are the 99%” photo and story of the day.