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Look for Chained CPI in Social Security Cuts
Although specifics have yet to officially emerge, there is little doubt that among the Social Security benefit cuts the President is proposing will be a reduction in Social Security’s …
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Study Reveals Support for Government Role in Health Reform “More Consistent” Than Thought
A new analysis of poll data about the Affordable Care Act from 2009 to 2010 finds that public support for health reform may be higher and more consistent than …
Revolution in Bahrain: Defying the Conspiracy of Convenience
Antigovernment protesters demonstrate in Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, February 20, 2011. (Photo: Lynsey Addario / The New York Times) An unlikely alliance is the latest obstacle …
Note to US: Democracy Activists Worldwide Are Watching
Demonstrators beat drums and chant "thieves" outside the Parliament building in Athens, Greece, on June 15, 2011. (Photo: Eirini Vourloumis / The New York Times) It looked …
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Libya: Will Air War Become an Occupation?
Just a few of the U.S. military bases encircling Iran. Invasion of Iran on Hold Several years ago, looking at the alignment of forces in …
Senior Israeli, US Intelligence Figures Warn of Israeli Attack Against Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds an alleged Iranian missile manual as Defense Minister Ehud Barak looks on at a press conference near a ship seized in the Mediterranean …
Just 18,000 New Jobs in June Leads to Another Rise in Unemployment
Even if job growth were to improve through the rest of 2011, it would not be enough to reduce the unemployment rate. The Labor Department reported that …
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Progressive Caucus to Obama: No Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
The Progressive Caucus, in a letter being sent to President Obama today, says any budget deal he agrees to that contains cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid won't …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Michele Bachmann Endorses Theocratic Rule, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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House GOP Proposes Deep Cuts to Highway, Transit Funding
A six-year transportation funding bill that Republicans in the House of Representatives outlined Thursday would sharply cut highway and transit funding and seek to curb Amtrak and high-speed rail …