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Lawsuit: TransCanada is Illegally Clearing the Way for Keystone XL Pipeline
Although Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama have not yet given the necessary approval for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, construction has already begun. Environmental …
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Obama Endorses Millionaire Tax “Surcharge,” Presses for Jobs Bill
President Obama, continuing to stump for his jobs bill, said today that he would accept a Senate plan to pay for the legislation by imposing a tax surcharge on …
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Occupy Wall Street March Gets Massive Turnout; 28 Arrested in Police Crackdown
AMY GOODMAN: I’m Amy Goodman. JUAN GONZALEZ: And I’m Juan Gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. Labor …
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When IPS and the Heritage Foundation Agree that Something’s a Bad Idea, It Probably Does Stink
Sens. Kay Hagan (D-NC) and John McCain (R-AZ) have announced plans to introduce a bill tomorrow that would let U.S. companies bring home as much as $1.4 trillion of …
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Union Movement Opens ‘Arms and Hearts’ to Occupy Wall Street Activists
In a statement released this afternoon supporting the growing Occupy Wall Street movement, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says: Occupy Wall Street has captured the imagination …
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Calling Wall Street a ‘Gambling Casino,’ Democratic Rep. DeFazio Proposes Financial Transactions Tax
Echoing the demands of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is proposing to tax the trading of stocks, bonds, and derivatives. DeFazio, along with his Senate …
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Obama, Biden Empathize With the 99 Percent Movement
Both President Obama and Vice President Biden today empathized with the frustration felt by protesters carrying out the 99 Percent Movement that started three weeks ago on Wall Street …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Around the Country Are Passing Strict Voter ID Laws, and More (2)
In today's On the News segment: The Occupy Wall Street movement swelled to at least 20,000 people yesterday, at least one concrete reform that could come out of this …
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Koch Subsidiary Told Regulators It Has ‘Direct and Substantial Interest’ in Keystone XL
In recent months Koch Industries Inc., the business conglomerate run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has repeatedly told a U.S. Congressional committee and the news media that …
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Report: New Restrictive Voting Rules Could Hurt Five Million Americans
A new study from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU puts forth an ominous prediction: five million voters could be affected by the deluge of restrictive voting laws …