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United States vs. Europe: Who Is Worse Off?
(Source: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) In recent online commentary for The New York Times, Simon Johnson, the former chief economist for the International …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Jan Schakowsky Introduces Plan to Create 2.2 Million Jobs, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news… You need to know this.
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United Snakes of America: Obama, the Republicans and the Media
House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama meet with Congressional leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House to discuss the debt limit and deficit reduction, July …
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The GOP’s Not-So-Super Committee
John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today their picks for the fiscal super committee created by the debt ceiling deal, naming Sens. Jon Kyl …
Can the Corporate Media Turn Lies Into Truth?
Robert Kane Pappas, director of “Orwell Rolls in His Grave.” (Photo: Sag Harbor-Basement Pictures) In the midst of the dustup over Rupert Murdoch's News Corp phone-hacking scandal, …
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US Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict
Mogadishu, Somalia - Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign against militants in Somalia. …
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Former Counterterrorism Czar Accuses Tenet, Other CIA Officials of Cover-Up
Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism czar, speaks to filmmakers John Duffy and Ray Nowosielski about crucial intelligence involving two 9/11 hijackers he believes ex-CIA Director George Tenet and others …
Over 1,000 Arrested in UK as Anger Over Inequality, Racism Boils Over Into “Insurrection” (Video)
Unrest continues to spread across England after protests erupted Saturday in London when police shot to death Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Mobs firebombed police stations and set …
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Panic on the Streets of London
I'm huddled in the front room with some shell-shocked friends, watching my city burn. The BBC is interchanging footage of blazing cars and running street battles in Hackney, of …