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Inventories Give Boost to Fourth Quarter Gross Domestic Product
A sharp reversal from the third quarter's decline in inventories added 1.94 percentage points to GDP growth in the fourth quarter, bringing the rate to 2.8 percent. Final demand …
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ALEC Behind Push to Require Climate Denial Instruction in Schools
On January 16, the Los Angeles Times revealed that anti-science bills have been popping up over the past several years in statehouses across the U.S., mandating the teaching of …
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Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock “Undercuts” Obama’s Commitment to Natural Gas
President Obama proclaimed his support for safely expanding gas and oil drilling on public lands this week, and the announcement received an uncomfortable applause from a fracking company ensnarled …
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Five Missouri Democrats Discover Crosshairs Outside Their Capitol Offices
Five Democratic State Senators in Missouri discovered large, orange crosshair stickers over their office nameplates on Tuesday in the Capitol Building in Jefferson. The targets included all four Democratic …
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Gulf Reopens for Drilling as Obama Administration Accused of Low-Balling Effects of Spill
As the Obama administration announces the launch of its Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, including a plan to lease oil and gas production in parts of the Gulf …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Two Critical Pieces of Legislation Will Be Introduced in Congress This Week, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Tariq Ali on the Rise of the “Extreme Center“
It’s 2012, the world is calling for change, and in the U.S another presidential election is looming. But, journalist Tariq Ali says the American public’s so-called ‘choices’ don’t …
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Bill Moyers | How Can Ordinary People Fight Citizens United?
TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: Many of you have asked what you can do to fight back. Here are some thoughts. First, take yourself seriously as an agent …
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“He Says One Thing and Does Another”: Ralph Nader Responds to Obama’s State of the Union Address
Responding to President Obama’s State of the Union address, longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader says Obama’s criticism of income inequality and Wall Street excess fail …
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More Lockouts as Companies Battle Unions
America’s unionized workers, buffeted by layoffs and stagnating wages, face another phenomenon that is increasingly throwing them on the defensive: lockouts. From the Cooper Tire factory in …