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Dean Baker Predicts “a Really Bad Deal or No Deal” From Deficit “Super Committee” (Video)
President Barack Obama welcomed the deficit deal as “an important first step” and urged both parties to work together on a larger plan to cut the deficit. The deal …
A Tale of Two Lootings
Prior to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaking at a news conference about his bill to extend the debt ceiling, field recorders are laid out on top of a …
Breivik’s Fundamentalist War on Politics, and Ours
The tragic slayings in Norway raise anew serious questions about domestic terrorism and its roots in right-wing ideology and fundamentalist movements.
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Bahrain and Human Rights
It is becoming painfully obvious that the United States is hostile to the “Arab Spring.” In Egypt, US military aid programs remain in force, and in Yemen a “secret” …
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In Cuba, the Revolution Continues, Softly, as Times Change
On my first day in Cuba, in 1967, I waited in a bus queue that was really a conga line. Ahead of me were two large, funny females resplendent …
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Obama Says He’ll Really Fight for the People … Next Time
President Barack Obama talks with staff during a Domestic Policy Council meeting in the Oval Office, July 28, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) By gollies, …
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Health Insurers Sacrifice Americans for Profit
Three of the biggest health insurers have announced quarterly earnings in the past few days. If Americans were able to eavesdrop on what executives from those firms tell their …
Rep. Donna Edwards on Why She Voted Against Debt Deal (Video)
President Obama has signed legislation to increase the U.S. debt ceiling in time to avoid a national default. The $2.1 trillion deficit-reduction plan cleared its final hurdle in the …
Rep. Donna Edwards on Why She Voted Against Debt Deal: “A Bad Framework for the Future”
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Federal Circuit Court Rules That Corporations Can Patent Human Genes, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…