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Republicans Announce Jobs Plan – This Time It’s Different
Republicans announced something they called a “jobs plan” today. This time it's different. It really is. This time it really will create jobs instead of just handing even more …
Asserting War Powers, House Moves to End Afghanistan, Libya Wars
(Photo: Marines / Flickr) Voting on amendments to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, the House of Representatives took action to hasten the end of the wars …
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Execution First … Trial Later: Congress and the National Labor Relations Board
Legal procedure professors who taught current members of Congress must be pulling their hair out. Lately their former students sound more like the Queen of Hearts with their threats …
WikiLeaks: Saudis Often Warned US About Oil Speculators (Video)
Click here to read Kevin G. Hall's story. TRANSCRIPT:
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Serbia Says Jailed Mladic Will Face War Crimes Trial
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general held responsible for the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995, was arrested on Thursday, signaling Serbia’s …
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Chevron Banks on a Profitable Political Agenda
With 43 lobbyists and a federal influence-peddling budget of at least $35 million this past election cycle, Chevron must have an ambitious agenda for the politicians in Washington, DC. …
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The American Manufacturing Crisis and Why It Matters
Despite the denial chorus of the same politicians, financiers, and economists who told us prior to 2008 that our financial sector was fine, the American public is increasingly aware …
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Welcome to the Violent World of Mr. Hopey Changey
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands with the troops following the president's remarks at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, May 6, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White …
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Fixing the FCC, America’s Broken Regulator
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker announced earlier this month that she's leaving the agency for a job as the senior vice president of government affairs for Comcast-NBC Universal. The …
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They Love Each Other
(Photo: Mktp / Flickr) I am in love with my wife. I love her, and am also in love with her, and those are two very separate …