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Tar Sands Pipeline: “A Climate Killing Disaster”
Starting this weekend people from across the co…
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‘We’ are Not Responsible for D.C. Deadlock
THOMAS FERGUSON, thomas.ferguson at umb.edu Ferguson is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and a senior fellow of the Roosevelt Institute. He recently wrote the piece, “Memo to New York Times: Data Shows That ‘We’ Are Not Responsible for D.C. Deadlock.” It states: “After this summer’s exhausting budget and debt ceiling follies, everyone who can turn on a TV knows that Congress is sharply polarized along party lines. But most pundits are way off on what causes it.
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Iraq: “Disastrous 20 Year War”
RAED JARRAR, jarrar.raed at gmail.com An Iraqi-American blogger and political analyst based in Washington D.C., Jarrar was in Iraq two weeks ago. He said today: “The coordinated wave of attacks that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqis this week were not religious, sectarian, or ethnic in nature. And unlike what many U.S. pundits have been claiming, these attacks are yet another reason for the U.S. to leave Iraq and end this war that started in 1991.
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Millionaires: “Read Our Lips, Raise Our Taxes”
Warren Buffett recently wrote “Stop Coddling the Super-Rich” BRIAN SETZLER, brian.setzler.cpa at gmail.com Setzler is President of TriLibrium, an accounting and business advisory firm in Portland, Ore. and member of Business for Shared Prosperity, a network of forward-thinking business owners, executives and investors committed to building enduring economic progress on a strong foundation of opportunity, equity and innovation.
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British Austerity and Riots
MURTAZA HUSSAIN, m8hussai at gmail.com Hussai…
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Social Security: Endangered on its 76th Birthday
Altman is co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a coalition of over 300 national and state organizations representing more than 50 million Americans and author of the book “The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble.” She said today: “Social Security has transformed the nation, insuring American workers and their families against the loss of wages…
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Mitt Romney’s America: “Corporations are People”
Speaking to a crowd at the Iowa State Fair Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stated that “corporations are people.” Asked by members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement as to why he was focusing on cutting Social Security and Medicare as a means of deficit reduction over asking corporations to share part of the burden…
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Employment Gap Grows Between Women and Men
HEIDI HARTMANN, dobuzinskis at iwpr.org The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) conducts research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women and their families promote public dialogue, and strengthen communities and societies. Hartmann is the president of the group. She said: “Little noted among the employment figures released…
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Wisconsin Recall Elections
BEN MANSKI, brmanski at gmail.com Manski is executive director of the Liberty Tree Foundation and a spokesperson for the umbrella group Wisconsin Wave. He is a lifelong Wisconsinite and a public interest attorney. Manski said today: “Big money spoke yesterday, but big democracy spoke louder. The GOP lost one third of its seats, and the momentum to recall Governor Walker appears unchecked.
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Senator Kerry Willing “to Cut Social Security and Medicare”
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid named his picks to the congressional debt reduction “super committee” yesterday. The Huffington Post reports: “The choices are not particularly trusted in liberal circles either, in part because of concerns that moneyed interests may come in to play when it comes time to negotiate. In Kerry’s home state of Massachusetts, meanwhile, the defense industry has tripled in size since 2000.”
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