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Republicans to Oppose Tax Cut for Working People

Tax cuts have become the panacea of conservative economic thinking, but curiously, the AP reports Republicans are now lining up to raise taxes on nearly half of all…
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Alex SeitzWald,
ThinkProgress
August 23, 2011
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Blacks & Hispanics More Concerned Over Children’s Health

Michigan – The top 10 children’s health concerns among people of all races include childhood obesity, drug abuse, and smoking and teen pregnancy, according to a recent poll…
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Caitlin Fuller,
New America Media
August 22, 2011
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Censorship’s Deadly Crossroads in San Francisco

Hill was homeless and also thought to have had unaddressed mental health problems. Initially Hill was suspected to have been intoxicated at the time, but unarmed. Since…
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Max Eternity,
MaxEternity.com
August 22, 2011
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Mystery of Qaddafi’s Whereabouts Looms Large in Conflict’s Endgame

He has exalted himself as the “brother leader” of Libya, the dean of Arab rulers and the king of kings of Africa. On Monday, though, he was the…
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Rick Gladstone
August 22, 2011
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Months After Tainted Elections, Afghan Panel Seeks Ouster of Nine

Kabul, Afghanistan – After months of controversy over the last year's tainted elections, an independent Afghan commission announced Sunday that nine members of Parliament will lose their seats…
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Hashim Shukoor,
The Bellingham Herald
August 22, 2011
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Rick Perry Moves to the Right on Immigration

Immigration advocates in Texas were heartened last year when the Republican governor, Rick Perry, flatly stated that Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants “would not be the right direction…
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Maeve Reston &
Robin Abcarian,
The LA Times
August 22, 2011
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans in Congress Work to Strip Wall Street Reform, and More

TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Thom Hartmann,
The Thom Hartmann Program
August 22, 2011
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Billionare Koch Responds to Buffet, Refuses Call for Shared Sacrifice

America’s current tax system forces people making $50,000 a year to pay a higher rate than hedge fund managers making $2.4 million an hour. Warren Buffett penned an…
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Lee Fang,
ThinkProgress
August 22, 2011
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Assad Says He Rejects West’s Calls to Resign

Beirut, Lebanon – President Bashar al-Assad of Syria dismissed American and European calls for him to step down as “meaningless” on Sunday, and he declared that Syria’s ailing…
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Nada Bakri &
Anthony Shadid
August 22, 2011
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Israeli Politicians Call for Major Military Action in Gaza

Reporting from Jerusalem – As Palestinian militants tried to forge a tentative cease-fire agreement with Israel on Sunday, pressure was building on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to…
by
Edmund Sanders,
The LA Times
August 22, 2011
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