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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Poll Shows 53 Percent of Republicans Support Raising Taxes on the Wealthy, and More
In today's On the News segment: New poll shows that two-thirds of Americans - and even 53 percent of Republicans - support raising taxes on the wealthy, the 30-year …
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House Amendment to Reverse Citizens United Ruling Meets With Mixed Support
In the wake of the landmark Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which upheld that corporations were “persons” and that their deep-pocket political expenditures were a …
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Community Groups, Labor and ‘Occupy Chicago’ Protest Mortgage Bankers Association, Seven Thousand Strong
Protesters gather for the Occupy Chicago General Assembly. Click to view larger. (Photo: Mario Garcia-Baeza) When the Mortgage Bankers Association decided to hold their annual conference in …
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Common Cents: Campaign Finance Reform Gets Congressional Boost
Yesterday on the Dylan Ratigan Show, Rep. Donna Edwards spoke at length about her recently introduced constitutional amendment that would restore to Congress and the states the authority to …
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Why Do These Koch Industries Neighbors Have Cancer?
Our ongoing Koch Brothers Exposed video investigation has discovered something so tragic it will haunt Charles and David Koch for years to come. Is a Koch Industries …
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Senate Falls Short of Votes to Take Up Obama’s Big Jobs Bill
Washington - The Democrat-led Senate effectively killed President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan Tuesday as the White House and Democratic lawmakers talked of breaking the president’s plan into …
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Violence and Bloodshed in Egypt: An Eyewitness Account
Islamist holds up cross and leads crowd in chants against military council. Image by Sharif Abdel Kouddous. Egypt, 2011. …
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No New Penalty Trial Likely: US Supreme Court Confirms Third Circuit Ruling Lifting Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Death Penalty
Mumia Abu-Jamal: 30 years on death row, never a fair trial Here’s a prediction: Seth Williams, the district attorney of Philadelphia, will decide not to seek to …
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Response of the Police Is Expanding With Protests
Denver - Whatever the original impulse behind “Occupy Wall Street,” or the speculation of what the movement might become, this much is true: The groups of protesters, now camping …
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