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Will the US Credit Rating Be Downgraded?
As we get the final details of the debt ceiling deal between President Obama and Congress, we still have to wait for the verdict of the credit rating agencies. …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Gives in to Right-Wing Hostage Takers, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Congressional Republicans Hack Away at Medicaid While the Rich Hollow It Out From the Inside
From left: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) after a Republican response to President Barack Obama's speech on the national debt at the Capitol …
Norway Sounds Alarm Bells About Growing Right-Wing in Europe
Surrounding a statue of former Prime Minister Christian Michelsen, a memorial of flowers and candles was made to honor the victims killed in an act of domestic terrorism last …
Israel’s Reaction to Palestinian Nonviolence Threatens Israeli Democracy
On Friday, 8 July 2011, in the heavily air-conditioned international arrivals terminal of Ben Gurion Airport outside of Tel Aviv, dozens of press photographers clamored to get the best …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Norwegian Terrorist Anders Breivik Got His Weapons From US, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this. Speaker of the House John Boehner no longer has control over the Republican Party. Last night …
Clinton’s Nuclear Bargain With India
(Photo: U.S. Embassy New Delhi / Flickr) If a "strategic partnership" is here, can business pacts be far behind? US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left no …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: General Electric Moving Its Entire X-Ray Business Headquarters to China, and More
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Whirlpool of Crazy: A Letter to European Friends
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 15, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) …
War and the True Tragedy of the Commons
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Dave Clarke, Expert Infantry) The "Tragedy of the Commons," Garrett Hardin's 1968 controversial essay published in Science, essentially targeted overpopulation (read: …