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Republican Operatives Behind AFSCME Attacks on Ed Lee
I wrote last week about the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the nation’s largest public employees union, using anti-government messaging to defeat Ed Lee and …
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Recovery before Reform
The financial crisis that started in 2007 shrunk the world economy by 6% in two years, doubling unemployment. Its proximate cause was predatory bank lending, so people are naturally …
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Depth Needed in News Coverage of Wall Street
(Photo: Nick Gulotta / Flickr) Nate Silver's analysis of news coverage of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations shows how clashes with police have increased media attention to …
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Neocon Chickenhawks Looking to Spin Iraq Withdrawal Into Confrontation With Iran
You might think that by now I would be so used to infuriating neocon drivel that, to preserve my own sanity, I would avoid looking at the Washington Post …
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Wall Street Firms Spy on Protesters In Tax-Funded Center
Wall Street’s audacity to corrupt knows no bounds and the cooptation of government by the 1 per cent knows no limits. How else to explain $150 million of taxpayer …
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Did Citi Get a Sweet Deal?
In the run-up to the global financial collapse, Citigroup’s bankers worked feverishly to create complex securities. In just one year, 2007, Citi marketed more than $20 billion worth of …
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Without Credit Card Donations, WikiLeaks Facing Funding Crisis
Washington - WikiLeaks, the whistleblower website that has been at the center of some of the world's most controversial news for the past 18 months, is facing dire economic …
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US May Have Concealed Deterrent Aim of Iranian Plan
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi ambassador and the target of an alleged murder plot, gestures during a news conference at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002. (Photo: Doug …
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Following Complaints From Gulf, Congress Seeks Audit of BP Oil Spill Fund
Washington - Republican Sens. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Marco Rubio of Florida, unhappy with the handling of the $20 billion fund set up by BP to compensate victims …
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Financing Questions Shadow Tunisian Vote, First of Arab Spring
Tunis - As Tunisians prepare to vote on Sunday in the first election of the Arab Spring, the parties and their supporters have ramped up a bitter debate over …