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Boehner Debt Plan Cuts Too Little, Forcing Another Vote Delay
House Speaker John Boehner was rewriting his plan to cut federal spending and raise the debt ceiling Tuesday night after the Congressional Budget Office revealed that his bill wouldn't …
Glenn Greenwald: Norway Attacks Expose US Media’s Double Standard on “Terrorism” (2)
Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Marry in New York, From Niagara Falls to Manhattan
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Debt Talks Between White House, GOP Leaders Collapse
Deficit reduction talks between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner broke down Friday after the Ohio Republican refused to participate, raising serious questions about how Washington can …
Jeremy Scahill: Behind the CIA’s Secret Somalia Operations
Keith Olbermann talks with Jeremy Scahill of The Nation, also a ‘Countdown’ contributor, about a secret CIA site in Somalia that trains Somali agents in counterterrorism efforts against a …
Are Chemicals Making Us Fat?
(Photo: puuikibeach) The global obesity/diabetes epidemic is receiving wide-spread attention like the June 26 article in The Washington Post by David Brown. One-fourth of our national health …
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The Case for Defined Benefits and Retirement Security
(Photo: itspaulkelly) In America, anybody who works for a living should be able to afford to retire. That's why shunting newly hired and/or existing civil …
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Hawk Nation: A Guide to the Catastrophic Debt Ceiling Debate
News reports hold that President Obama scored a political victory by agreeing to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block to achieve a “go-big” $4 trillion deficit …
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Reading the World in a Loaf of Bread
What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world? The answer is: far more than you might imagine. For one thing, that loaf …
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Cain’s Misplaced Priorities
Washington - It is time to stop giving Herman Cain's unapologetic bigotry a free pass. The man and his poison need to be seen clearly and taken seriously. …