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Occupying the Jewish Question
The effort to smear Occupy Wall Street as an anti-Semitic movement came to a head last week, when The Emergency Committee for Israel (ECI) released an ad, following, as …
New Inequality Data Likely to Boost “Occupy” Movement
Washington - A major study on income equality by a non-partisan government agency is likely to boost the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, whose standing with the general public appears …
Special Interests Woo Super Congress Members With Campaign Cash
The 12 members of the deficit-cutting Super Congress might be the most popular people in Washington. As they deliberate how to identify more than $1 trillion in spending cuts, …
Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections
Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections Act, …
Occupy Wall Street: A Gift for the Economy
The early characterization of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement as a group of rudderless kids with no real chance of success was fantastically misplaced. The 99 percent continues …
People Distrust Government – Conservative Mission Accomplished
The corporate/conservative plan for decades has been to turn people against government and democracy. Because when people stop accepting the idea of We, the People making decisions, guess who …
Cheat Sheet: What’s Happened to the Big Players in the Financial Crisis
Widespread demonstrations in support of Occupy Wall Street have put the financial crisis back into the national spotlight lately. So here’s a quick refresher on what’s …
Perry’s Social Security Plan: A “Monstrous Lie“
A few weeks after calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” Rick Perry claims he has just the plan to save the program. That is nothing but a monstrous lie. …
Motormouth Meets the “Machine Gun Preacher“
If you blinked, you might have missed a recent movie called “Machine Gun Preacher.” The film hasn't burned up the box office and the title may have kept you …
Adjourn and Appoint! We Can’t Wait – For Recess Appointments
The Republicans are obstructing the government from operating. Judges, appointees, NLRB members, etc. are blocked with the purpose of keeping government from doing its job. This is taking a …