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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Movement in the US Senate Aims to Abolish Indefinite Detention, and More
As the so-called fiscal cliff nears, Republicans will likely hold things like extended unemployment benefits hostage.
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Bungee-Jumping Over the Fiscal Cliff
Extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class while ended them for the rich requires an audacious move on the part of the President and the middle class.
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Austerity: The 1%’s Global Battle Cry
Austerity cuts have become the battle cry for the majority of Americans whose futures are threatened by massive cuts to social security and medicare.
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BP to Shareholders: We’re Already Working With EPA to Lift Federal Contract Ban
BP's suspension from obtaining government contracts may be much shorter than expected.
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A Death in the Family – and the Question Is: Whodunit?
While the honchos in charge of Hostess were demanding deep cuts in worker's pay, health care and pensions, they quietly jacked up their own pay.
Interview With Hostess Worker: “I’m Better Off Fighting to Keep Wonder Bread in a Union“
The voice of the people on the shop floor has been conspicuously missing from coverage of the Hostess strike and bankruptcy.
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Portuguese Join Europe’s Chorus of Discontent
Until a few months ago, Portugal was seen as a role model in the grinding euro zone crisis, adopting deep spending cuts and raising taxes to reduce its deficit without the …
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Goldman Sachs’ Global Coup D’etat
Thom Hartmann and Sam Sacks: The Bank of England, a key player in the ongoing Eurozone crisis, announced that former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mark Carney will be its …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The “Congressman with Guts” Attended Walmart Protests, and More
The Bank of England named former Goldman Sachs investment banker Mark Carney as its new chief.
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Solidarity for Tar Sands Blockade and Climate Justice Spreads Worldwide
Members of Peaceful Uprising and Utah Tar Sands Resistance rallied outside the Bureau of Land Management in Salt Lake City on Monday.