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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Rick Perry Announces He Will Refuse to Expand Medicaid to Cover 1.2 Million More Low-Income Texans
In today's On the News segment: The Libor rate-fixing scandal could grow, Rick Perry announces he will refuse to cover 1.2 million more low-income Texans, Democrats are fighting back …
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Americans for Prosperity Rally Calls for “Nullifying” Health Care Law (With Help From ALEC)
The evening after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Wisconsin chapter of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity held a "Hands Off My …
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Bank Scandal Turns Spotlight to Regulators
Politicians in both London and Washington are questioning whether regulators allowed banks to report false rates in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis and afterward.
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Department of Labor to Investigate Union Busting on Army Base Following ITT Report
After reading an exclusive report that appeared at Working In These Times, the Department of Labor has opened an investigation into captive-audience anti-union meetings held on an army base …
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New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into Pennsylvania Drinking Water
New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania's natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Pennsylvania Mayor Cuts Police and Firefighter Pay to Minimum Wage, and More
In today's On the News segment: Scranton, Pennsylvania's mayor cuts police and firefighter pay to minimum wage, record-breaking heat wave can no longer be dismissed as “just summer,” corporations …
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Obama Asks Congress for Limited Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
President Barack Obama Monday urged Congress to extend for one year Bush-era tax cuts for anyone earning less than $250,000—a plan that reinforces already sharply-drawn battle lines between and …
Defying Egypt’s Military Rulers, Morsi Orders Parliament to Reconvene
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi Sunday ordered the countryu2019s dissolved parliament back in session in his first public challenge of the ruling military council that some consider an extension of …
Numbers Tell of Failure in Drug War
When policy makers in Washington worry about Mexico these days, they think in terms of a handful of numbers: Mexicou2019s 19,500 hectares devoted to poppy cultivation for heroin; its …
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Building a Strong Defense Against Immigration Audits
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, investigates employers, requiring I-9 audits to determine whether workers have the correct papers to work in the U.S. The agency tells …