February 2011
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Jon Stewart Named to 9/11 Memorial and Museum... →
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“The U.S. Congress may have rejected a single-payer health care system for all...”
– Hundreds gather to promote Oregon “single-payer” health insurance system – Healthcare-NOW!
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“U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who ruled Monday that the health care reform...”
– The Ham Report: Conflict Of Interest Plagues Decisions By Republican Appointed Judges
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“Republican support for the individual mandate policy goes back further than this...”
– The Thirty Year History Of Republicans Supporting the Individual Mandate | DC Progressive
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FCIC REPORT: Ownership Society Was Intended As The... →
On behalf of the U.S. Banks, Republicans in Congress are planning to investigate the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, looking for evidence of corruption and wrongdoing.
They thought that getting homeownership rates up to 70% would secure a permanent Republican majority. They looked at the data and saw that suburban homeowners are more worried about tax issues, crime, and tend to...
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“Private health insurance plans catering to Medicare recipients are making...”
– AP Exclusive: Insurers profit on Medicare float - Yahoo! News
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“97% of climate science experts and every international scientific organization...”
– 93 Percent of Wall Street Journal’s Climate Op-Eds Misrepresent Science | AlterNet
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"Please stand with us. Put your name on the... →
iihaveaheadachee:
So far, 1,700 people have signed—physicians, activists, nurses, students, lawyers, professors, and other supporters. They represent all 50 states. They believe abortion providers and patients should enjoy the same freedoms as all other health providers and patients, unencumbered by abortion-only policies and laws.
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: Social Security is a program that works and is... →
leftish:
~ Harry Reid on Meet the Press
After hearing that, the Progressive Change Campaign committee, one of the leading Progressive Groups in the country, let Reid know how much they appreciated his sticking up for Social Security. They delivered 50,000 Thank You notes from people around…
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“FLASH: Google says has launched service for people in Egypt to send Twitter...”
– @Reuters (via brooklynmutt)
More on the story on Google’s blog here. — Ryking
(via ryking)
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Health reform and the “severability clause” - Will... →
Medicaid is constitutional; mandate isn’t →
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION
STATE OF FLORIDA, by and through Attorney General Pam Bondi, et al.;
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES…
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Tea Party Judge Roger Vinson ‘Borrows Heavily’... →
From the page: “The most surprising part of Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling was his argument that the individual mandate was not severable from the health care law as a whole and must therefor bring down the entire Affordable Care Act. “In sum, notwithstanding the fact that many of the provisions in the Act can stand independently without the individual mandate (as a technical and practical...
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: Illinois Signs Civil Unions Law →
liberal-lad:
Get ready for an influx of save-the-dates from Illinois! The state’s governor, Pat Quinn, signed “historic” legislation on Wednesday allowing civil unions for both gay and straight couples. The bill is considered a hard-won victory for gay and lesbian couples, since it will give gay couples many…
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A Brief History of Commons Destruction →
With one hand, corporations take valuable stuff from the commons and privatize it. With the other hand, they dump bad stuff and pay nothing. The result is profits for corporations but a steady loss for everyone else, to whom the commons belong.
Story at Common Dreams.
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Department of Health and Human Services Collects... →
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in a joint effort with the Justice Department, recouped more than $4 billion - the largest recovery of taxpayer dollars in the history of the Justice Department - through fraud prevention and enforcement efforts in fiscal 2010, officials announced this week.
January 2011
Hundreds gather to promote Oregon “single-payer”... →
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'Pay China First' -- Republicans' Wild Plan To... →
New Republican legislation in the House and Senate would force the U.S. government to reroute huge amounts of money to China and other creditors in the event that Congress fails to raise its debt ceiling.
“I intend to introduce legislation that would require the Treasury to make interest payments on our debt its first priority in the event that the debt ceiling is not raised,”...
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Join a New Video Project in Defense of WikiLeaks →
Follow the clearly written instructions and record, then upload your video message today. Written messages also accepted, Deadline for Submission: Feb 1, 2011
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The Birther Plan To Block Obama's Reelection |... →
The birthers have a plan to end Barack Obama’s presidency—and in Arizona, they’re making progress.
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How to Stop the Right’s Campaign Against Rape... →
Women’s groups need to play offense in protecting victims by focusing on the real issue: compassion. The Republican leadership is at it again. House Republicans rode into office on claims that President Obama and the Democratic Congress were promoting a “liberal” agenda rather than focusing on the real task at hand — job creation. Yet the first act of the new Republican House was a symbolic...
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WatchSen. Bernie Sanders talked to Ed Schultz about John Boehner and the Republicans wanting to destroy the social safety nets in America and their goal of privatizing Social Security and putting it in the hands of Wall Street and raising the retirement age. Sen. Sanders pointed out that there’s a very simple way to make sure Social Security remains solvent. Raise the income cap on the tax so...
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Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom... →
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Special Report: A Long Island tax cut backfires on... →
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Ohio to put prisoners down like dogs, literally -... →
As more and more EU countries ban the exportation of crucial execution drugs, states begin to take drastic measure
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WatchFather and Daughter Sing Together video clip
Sweet.
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Koch Brothers v. the Left in Palm Springs | The... →
There’s a good chance that readers of this page already have some idea who David and Charles Koch are, and what’s happening this weekend, as the sugar daddies of the Tea Party throw a little party of their own in Palm Springs. Invitees include a pack of their billionaire friends, plus prominent pundits, Republican Party officials and lawmakers, a number of whom benefited from hefty Koch...
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Oklahoma bill would mandate educators question... →
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Koch Industries: The 100-Million Ton Carbon... →
The immense profitability of their carbon holdings depends on their freedom to pollute without consequence
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Jordanians rally against corruption and poverty |... →
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Julian Assange: The "60 Minutes" Interview - 60... →
CBS’s Kroft after 6 hour interview with Assange: “I don’t think he’s the evil genius people have portrayed him to be […] I thought he did a very good job of defending his arguments quite honestly […] After talking to him, I consider him a journalist.”
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46% Of Sarah Palin Supporters Say They’d Vote... →
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“The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty...”
– John Berger (via rossencraft)
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Watchtheblacknight:
Hal Sparks Interviews Angelo of StopBeck/DropFox (01/29/11)
I am so glad that I got permission to post this. If you don’t know @StopBeck is a twitter user that helped start a movement that has led to more then 300 different companies pulling their ads from the Glenn Beck TV and Radio Show. We approach these companies with our concerns because Beck says that anyone...
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Proposed bill would bar students from voting in... →
New Hampshire Republican legislators think college students vote too liberal so they don’t want them voting in the state if they come from another state.
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“The English version of the Arab news channel is putting MSNBC, CNN and Fox to...”
– Why can’t we watch Al Jazeera? - War Room - Salon.com
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Republican New Deal Cuts Cleantech to the Bone →
Republicans want to cut:
$1.27 billion for DOE-applied research (think NREL and other DOE laboratories vested in renewable technologies and renewable energy storage, among others).
$530 million in DOE funding to states for weatherization to improve energy efficiency.
$12.5 million for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC.
$52 million from the...
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Ron Paul staffer dies of pneumonia without health... →
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An Open Letter to President Barack Obama →
thenoobyorker:
Dear President Obama:
As political scientists, historians, and researchers in related fields who have studied the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy, we the undersigned believe you have a chance to move beyond rhetoric to support the democratic movement sweeping over Egypt. As citizens, we expect our president to uphold those values.
For thirty years, our government...
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New Rule: Americans Must Realize What Makes NFL... →
Democrats don’t want to eliminate capitalism or competition, but they’d like it if some kids didn’t have to go to a crummy school in a rotten neighborhood while others get to go to a great school and their Dad gets them into Harvard. Because when that happens “achieving the American dream” is easy for some, and just a fantasy for others.
That’s why the NFL runs itself in a way that would...
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30 years of right-wing violence in pictures →
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“Currently, the federal government denies taxpayer monies to be used to pay for...”
– House Republicans aim to redefine rape to limit abortion coverage | Raw Story
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“Galvanized by the unprecedented Internet shutdown in Egypt, angel investor...”
– OPENMESH Is Seeking Alternatives To Egypt-Style Internet Blackouts
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Amid Digital Blackout, Anonymous Mass-Faxes... →
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“From the page: “House Republicans are preparing to push through...”
– The New Abortion Wars - A Highly Intrusive Federal Bill - NYTimes.com
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