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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Postal Service Planning to Break Union Contracts, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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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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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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US Says Strike Killed Taliban Who Downed Copter
The commander, Gen. John R. Allen of the Marines, said the military in Afghanistan had tracked the insurgents after they shot down the helicopter on Saturday, most likely with …
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Shock Doctrine II: The Courage Con
The establishment campaign to use the economic crisis to cut Social Security and Medicare continues to escalate. Helene Cooper in New York Times offers up new theme: If president …
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London Riots Put Spotlight on Troubled, Unemployed Youths in Britain
London - “I came here to get my penny’s worth,” said a man who gave his name as Louis James, 19, a slightly built participant in the widening riots …
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Native American Punk Band Fights to Preserve Sacred Mountain from Ski Resort
Jeneda and Clayson Benally of the Native American punk band Blackfire are suing the U.S. Forest Service over plans to turn Flagstaff's waste water into snow for a …
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Stepping Out of Afghanistan’s Shadows
Like rotating blades hitting the dirt, propaganda spin from Afghanistan's traumatic Chinook crash has destructively spiraled into US policy. The 30 US troops inside the helicopter, presumably a Special …
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Verizon Strike: As Billions Roll in, Workers Walk Out
At Verizon locations throughout the Northeast, 45,000 workers started walking picket lines Sunday. Their strike, brought on by a flood of concession demands the Communications Workers say …
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The New Era of Hostage Politics
House Speaker John Boeher (R-Ohio), at microphone, is joined by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), left; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California); and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) at a news conference …