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Edward Snowden is an American hero who has significantly raised public awareness about the United States' government's threat to global freedom by using extreme and illegal measures of surveillance.
Category Archives: CAPITALISM
The President’s Jobs Plan (NOT)
By Robert Reich HUFFINGTON POST What did the president do in response to last week’s horrendous jobs report — unemployment rising to 9.2 percent in June, with only 18,000 new jobs (125,000 are needed each month just to keep up … Continue reading
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Kaiser Permanente Workers Face Cuts While Execs Have Enjoyed Lavish Benefits
By Dave Jamieson HUFFINGTON POST Despite strong profits and robust executive compensation at Kaiser Permanente, workers for the Calfornia-based health care giant say they’re facing down cuts to their health and retirement benefits in pending contract negotiations. Proposed cuts include … Continue reading
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Carlos Montes and the Security State: A Cautionary Tale
By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG On May 17 at 5 in the morning the Chicano activist Carlos Montes got a wake-up call at his home in California from Barack Obama’s security state. The Los Angeles County sheriff’s SWAT team, armed with … Continue reading
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Bill Maher: The Big American Lie
Posted in CAPITALISM, EVIL CORPORATIONS, GREED, POLICY, Tax cuts for the rich
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Republican Senator Orrin Hatch: The ‘Poor’ Should Do More To Shrink Debt, Not The Rich
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Barack Obama IS The Greatest Disappointment Of Our Generation
In Debt Talks, Obama Offers Social Security Cuts By Lori Montgomery, Washington Post Is Torture In America’s Future As Well As In Our Country’s Past? by Dan Froomkin, Huffington Post Obama’s Failure To Hold Wall Street Accountable By Frank Rich, … Continue reading
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SOLUTIONS: Swing-State Voters Favor Taxing The Rich To Lower Deficit
[nggallery id=27] Instead of cutting Medicare and Medicaid benefits, lawmakers could pass the Schakowsky millionaire’s tax and raise about a trillion dollars … By Michael McAuliff HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Republicans may find a resolution to make the rich share … Continue reading
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Whhhhaaaaaaaa …. Bankers Complain of Regulatory Protections
REUTERS WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) – Banks and other large financial companies that could be seized and liquidated by the government are balking at a proposed plan they argue gives regulators too much power to snatch back executives’ pay if their … Continue reading
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His Turn: Bill Clinton Is On His Knees and Blowing Wall Street …
Bill Clinton: Lower Corporate Tax Rate By Alexander Eichler HUFFINGTON POST As the deadline to strike a deal on the debt ceiling draws closer, former president Bill Clinton criticized the nation’s corporate tax rate over the weekend, saying it should … Continue reading
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This Hero Didn’t Stand a Chance
By Chris Hedges TRUTHDIG People found the strength and the faith that, no matter what happened to them when they sat at that lunch counter or got on that bus, there would be another wave of people coming behind them … Continue reading
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