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Democrats and the Bush Tax Cuts
Mark Thoma provides an excerpt from Noam Scheiber on Peter Orszag’s attempt to let all of the Bush tax cuts expire. In short, Orszag wanted to extend the “middle-class” tax …
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Mitt Romney’s Corporate Ties to Limbaugh
Mitt Romney has drawn criticism for remaining largely silent on Rush Limbaugh’s sexist attacks against Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, saying only, “it’s not the language I would have …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Democrats Wish to Put an End to Rampant Oil Speculation
In today's On the News segment: A clear picture may emerge tonight of who the Republican nominee will be, 120 million Americans are in danger of radioactive fallout should …
Why No One Would Listen: Corporate Whistleblowers Get the Silent Treatment From Washington
What’s worse: to be persecuted and indicted for trying to expose an act of wrongdoing — or to be ignored for doing so?
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American Airlines Union President Sees Future Without Pensions
TWU members protest. (Photo: aflcio / Flickr) Weeks after American Airlines' parent company AMR submitted a bankruptcy proposal to its three unions, labor and management say time …
The Scorched-Earth Politics of America’s Four Fundamentalisms
Governance is in the hands of corporate power and the US increasingly exhibits the traits of a failed state.
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Way Beyond Greenwashing: Have Corporations Captured “Big Conservation”?
(Chris Sturr / Dollars and Sense) Imagine an international mega-deal. The global organic food industry agrees to support international agribusiness in clearing as much tropical rainforest as …
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Netanyahu Tells Obama Israel May Attack Iran Alone if Necessary
Washington - Highlighting their different views of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama insisted Monday that diplomacy still has time to halt the effort, while …
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Koch Brothers in Battle With Cato Institute Over Control
Washington - From its perch in a spacious brand-new headquarters blocks from the White House, the Cato Institute has built on its reputation as a venerable libertarian research center …
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Super Tuesday – 10 States, Coast to Coast, and It’s All About Delegates
Washington - The Republican presidential campaign spreads out across 10 states Tuesday — Super Tuesday — a coast-to-coast test that could allow front-runner Mitt Romney to start pulling away …