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Defying GOP and Eying Re-Election, Obama Makes Bold Recess Pick of Cordray for Consumer Bureau (2)
President Obama has defied Congress by installing former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the country’s first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established to protect citizens against …
Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 4: Kill the Journalist, Kill the Story, Kill the Truth
It was November 19, 2001, when the bus arrived in Jalalabad, the first real city in Afghanistan after crossing the border from Pakistan at the Khyber Pass. Independent cameraman …
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Indiana Workers Fight Back Against Assault on Unions and the ALEC Agenda
Thousands of Indiana workers rallied outside, and inside, their state capitol on Wednesday to speak out against Governor Mitch Daniels' renewed effort to force through so-called “right to work” …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Report Shows ALEC Owns Virginia Lawmakers, and More
In today's On the News segment: New report by the advocacy group ProgressNow shows lawmakers in Virginia have outsourced their jobs to the shadowy, Koch brothers-funded, corporate think tank …
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Rick Santorum Challenges John F. Kennedy’s Secular Promise
When it comes to the separation of church and state, presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says John F. Kennedy got it all wrong. When Kennedy was running for …
Stop Online Piracy Act Debate Highlights Congress’ Ignorance
When members of Congress earlier this month considered the Stop Online Piracy Act — better known to anyone who actually hangs out on the Internet as #SOPA — the …
“Energy in Depth,” “Counterinsurgency” Tactics and Astroturf “Energy Citizens“
The corporations pushing for expanded “hydraulic fracturing” (“fracking”) for “natural gas” are putting big money into PR campaigns due to growing citizen concerns about this damaging drilling process. At …
Economic Predictions for 2012 to 2013
A worker begins sweeping Times Square after New Year's Eve celebrations ended in New York, January 1, 2012. (Photo: Marcus Yam / The New York Times) A …
A Betrayal of the Founders
President Barack Obama desecrated the Constitution that he and I swore to defend when he signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which includes language violating the Bill …
The Pentagon’s Biggest Overrun: Way Too Many Generals
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will lay out a plan today to cut the Pentagon's budget as required by the White House and …