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Pelosi Picks Members for “Super Committee“
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic minority leader, named the three final appointees Thursday to the super committee on deficit reduction, adding diversity along with budget expertise to a panel …
Ratigan on MSNBC: Obama Must Say Congress is “Bought“
US Navy Vet Sues Donald Rumsfeld for Torture in Iraq; Court Allows Case to Move Forward (Video)
On Monday, a federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two U.S. citizens against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and unnamed others for developing, authorizing and …
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Verizon’s Workers Strike Back at Corporate Greed – You Can Join Them!
The reason you see so many cellphone stores and ads everywhere is because wireless is a very lucrative business. Wireless companies are pulling in billions and their executives are …
Obama’s Legal Duty to Create Jobs Now
The debate about the debt ceiling should have been a conversation about how to create jobs. It is time for progressives to remind the government that it has a …
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Could the Pentagon Be Responsible for Your Death?
Put what follows in the category of paragraphs no one noticed that should have made the nation’s hair stand on end. This particular paragraph should also have sent …
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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 …