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Obama Inauguration Sponsors Spent Millions Influencing Government
Corporate backers poured $160 million into lobbying since 2009.
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Mainstream Media Taking Aim at the Elderly
The outcome of the “fiscal cliff” did not impress many in the corporate media.
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US Health Worse Than Nearly All Other Industrialised Countries
U.S. citizens suffer from poorer health than nearly all other industrialised countries, according to the first comprehensive government analysis on the subject, released Wednesday.
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Even With the Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Coverage Remains Unaffordable for Many
Any hopes that large employers would be penalized for failing to offer affordable insurance coverage to the spouses and dependent children of their employees is dashed.
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Ex-Army Officer Accuses CIA of Obstructing Pre-9/11 Intelligence-Gathering
What if the CIA had worked with, instead of against, the military? We will never know.
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ALEC to Attack North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiatives
Renewable energy is under attack. That is, of course, unless its advocates fight back.
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Corporate Party Favors at the Inaugural Shindig
Restrictions on government contractors giving money to politicians don't apply to the inaugural. They should.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporate America Is Doing Very, Very Well Under President Obama, and More
In today's On the News segment: An analysis by Bloomberg News shows that corporate profits have grown a whopping 171 percent under Obama; as much as 16.6 million more …
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Islamists Retreat Without Fight From Towns in Central Mali as French Continue to Deploy
Without a civilian population around them, the rebels would have become far more exposed to the aerial attacks.
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In Reversal, House GOP Agrees to Lift Debt Limit
House Republicans said Friday that they would agree to lift the federal governmentu2019s statutory borrowing limit for three months.