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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Filibuster Reform Debate Begins in the Senate Today
Everyone is watching Majority Leader Harry Reid to see just how bold he is when it comes to ending obstructionism in the upper chamber.
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GOP, Thomas Hobbes Rig Elections
Should we simply let the modern-day kings, the billionaires, run things?
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The Real Truth About Weight Gain and Contraception
Valerie Tarico gives the low-down on how different methods of contraception impact weight gain.
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Fiscal Footnote: Big Senate Gift to Drug Maker
Just two weeks after pleading guilty in a federal fraud case, Amgen, the worldu2019s largest biotechnology firm, just received an endorsement from the US Senate.
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How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size
It is a prevailing myth in Washington: big bailouts are over for good. Never again, the line goes, could giant financial institutions imperil the nation’s economy. This is nonsense, …
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TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners from Airports
The Transportation Security Administration will remove all X-ray body scanners from airports because privacy software could not be developed on time.
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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.