Exposing Tea Party frauds - The Hill's Pundits Blog

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:10 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

Liberal populists in the Congress should join the Tea Party Caucus and propose that it sponsor an amendment to enact a tax on 2008 and 2009 bonuses for executives at bailed-out banks and Wall Street firms, and use the revenue to pay down the deficit and national debt.

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More Frightening Hypocrisy from the Right on Financial Reform

Seeded on Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:32 AM EDT ()

Surprise, surprise: The National Review has endorsed Republican efforts to block financial reform.

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U.S. rebound on good footing: Fed's Fisher

Seeded on Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:34 AM EDT (Reuters)

The U.S. economic recovery is gathering speed as business activity picks up pace, despite lingering weakness in employment, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday.

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VA Launches Hotline for Homeless Veterans

Seeded on Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:53 AM EDT ()

Homeless Veterans, family members and service providers can now use the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans to find help and resources. Call 1-877-4AID VET (877-424-3838 ) to speak to trained VA staff available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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DAV Recognizes President for Supporting Veterans Health Care Budget Reform

Seeded on Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:30 AM EDT ()

Disabled American Veterans (DAV) National Commander Roberto "Bobby" Barrera today presented a personalized commemorative baseball bat to President Barack Obama to recognize his support for the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act and going to bat for vetera …

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Rep. Cantor's Richmond Campaign Office Shot at Overnight

Seeded on Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:38 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

Republican Rep. Eric Cantor's Richmond campaign office was shot at Wednesday night, Fox News has learned, the latest in a rash of apparent threats and acts of intimidation against members of Congress.

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Gates no longer world's richest man

Seeded on Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:17 AM EST (MSN)

For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man.

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When Health Insurance Companies Attack

Seeded on Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:16 PM EST (Welcome to the White House)

These are just a few of the provisions in reform that will bring premiums down for consumers. And we know what will happen if these provisions and health reform are not enacted. Premiums will rise, companies like WellPoint will thrive and families will suffer.

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Two Economies in America

Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:11 AM EDT ()

This is a tale of two economies. In one of these economies, employees on Wall Street are pulling in record salaries that average around $1 million.

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Suicide: A Permanant Solution for Temporary Problems

Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:00 PM EDT

There have been times in my life when I thought that my problems were insurmountable. My burden in life was more than I could bear and it seemed as if my only option was to lie down and die.

Continue reading this entry ...

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Fast-Charging Lithium Batteries Disputed

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:11 AM EDT (spectrum.ieee.org)

A new material enabling lithium-ion batteries to charge in just 10 to 20 seconds is either too good to be true or more than 10 times better than advertised.

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Beyond The Public Option

Seeded on Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:01 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Critics have charged that Obama's proposal to enact a new public health insurance plan to compete directly with private insurers would lead to a "government takeover" of the health care system.

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Hidden Cost of Health Care: Why Americans are Paying More but Getting Less

Seeded on Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:16 AM EDT (healthreform.gov)

With each passing year, Americans are paying more for health care coverage.

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Health Care Stories for America

Seeded on Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:44 AM EDT (stories.barackobama.com)

These stories — told by hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans who have watched their premiums rise faster than wages, and spiraling costs shackle American businesses — put a personal touch on the health care crisis

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Bush Officials Cash In as More Americans Lose Out

Seeded on Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:49 AM EDT (TomDispatch)

In May, the U.S. economy lost 345,000 nonfarm jobs, pushing the unemployment rate from 8.9% to 9.4%.

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With Iran, Think Before You Speak

Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM EDT (The New York Times)

THE grass-roots protests that have engulfed Iran since its presidential election last week have grabbed America's attention and captured headlines — unfortunately, so has the clamor from neoconservatives urging President Obama to denounce the voting as a sham and insert ourse …

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Armed Radical 'Minutemen' Kill Father and 9-Year-Old Daughter in Anti-Immigrant Hate | Rights and Liberties | AlterNet

Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:01 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Right-wing hate groups are hijacking America's economic distress to push their lethal agendas.

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Warning: Health Care Lobbyists Are Winning the Battle to Screw All of Us

Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:53 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Lobbyists sense that their chances of protecting big insurers, drug companies, medical specialties, technology companies are improving.

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Homegrown Terrorists Next Door

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:32 PM EDT (dissidentvoice.org)

Over the past two months, right-wing extremists have assassinated an abortion doctor in Wichita, Kansas, murdered three policemen in Pittsburgh, and killed a security guard while attempting to shoot up the U.S. National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

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Rethinking Financial Regulation

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:04 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Today, the Obama administration is rolling out its plan for reforming the financial regulation system.

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Obama Enlisted a Wide Consensus on Finance Rules

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:02 AM EDT (The New York Times)

President Obama's plan to reshape financial regulation, which he will unveil on Wednesday, is the product of weeks of meetings among government officials, financial experts, lawmakers, industry executives and lobbyists, many of whom were invited to help the White House draft th …

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Health Care -- The Public Option

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:57 PM EDT (Think Progress)

Few issues are more pressing to President Obama right now than health care reform.

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Will the Public Plan Make or Break Health Reform?

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:33 AM EDT (TIME)

With all the hand wringing over a public plan, you could be excused for thinking there is already a specific plan on the table. There is not.

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Obama, Like Clinton Before Him, is Blowing the Chance for Real Health Care Reform

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 12:17 PM EDT (thiscantbehappening.net)

If you want to fix the disaster that is called the American healthcare system, the first thing to do is to clearly point out what its major failings are, and there are two of these.

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CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants U.S. attacked

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:01 AM EDT (Reuters)

CIA director Leon Panetta says it's almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the "harsh interrogation" of terrorism suspects.

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