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US Chamber Helps Echo Propaganda From Polluter Luminant to “Scapegoat” EPA Clean Air Rules
We knew there was something not being told about the story when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce started tweeting the following link (and others like it) to an article …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congressional Budget Office Warns Gang of 12 Super Committee That Nation Is on Verge of Another Recession, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Congressional Budget Office warned Gang of 12 Super Committee yesterday that the nation is on the verge of another recession - and …

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Elizabeth Warren Announces Senate Run
Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren officially threw her hat into the Senate ring this morning, according to her spokesman, Kyle Sullivan. Running as a first-time candidate and Democrat, …

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Doctor Malpractice Data Is Removed From Public Access by HHS
Patient advocacy groups are protesting the government’s shutdown of public access to data on malpractice and disciplinary actions involving thousands of doctors nationwide. The National Practitioner Data …

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Top Air Force Official Issues Religious Neutrality Policy in Wake of Truthout’s “Jesus Loves Nukes” Exposé
Air Force Joint Chief Gen. Norton A. Schwartz addresses National Guard delegates during the National Guard Association of the United States conference in Nashville, Tennessee, September 12. (Photo: Tech. …

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Palestinian Search for U.N. Membership Puts U.S. in Bind
Jerusalem - Palestinian leaders will ask the U.N. Security Council for full United Nations membership, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, despite a U.S. vow to veto the move and fears …

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GOP Gains House Seat Vacated by Weiner
A little-known Republican businessman from Queens, channeling voter discontent with President Obama into an upset, won election to Congress on Tuesday from the heavily Democratic district in New York …

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Stimulus Tax Cuts Did Spur Growth and Create Jobs
Washington - There is a serious debate over the impact of President Obama’s stimulus. Stanford Economics Professor John Taylor, who served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International …

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In Suburb, Battle Goes Public on Bullying Gay Students
Anoka, Minnesota - This sprawling suburban school system, much of it within Michele Bachmann’s Congressional district, is caught in the eye of one of the country’s hottest culture wars …

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Militants Launch Attack on US Embassy in Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan - Insurgents launched a complex assault against the American Embassy and the nearby NATO headquarters on Tuesday, pelting the heavily guarded compounds with rockets in an attack …