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Tag Archives: Congress
David Duke, Scalise, Jews and… Nicki Minaj?
David Duke is reported by Time magazine as repudiating Steve Scalise and saying: Continue reading David Duke, Scalise, Jews and… Nicki Minaj?
Over 50 and once successful, jobless Americans seek support groups to help where Congress has failed | Money | The Guardian
Friday 7 November 2014
When she lost her job, Lisa Casino-Schuetz fell into a depression. Then she felt the deepest fear she had ever experienced. Continue reading Over 50 and once successful, jobless Americans seek support groups to help where Congress has failed | Money | The Guardian
Dem Politics: Post-mortem is the new rehab
Former Governor Howard Dean was on Meet The Press today. With the exception of the very last sentence in this clip, I am in full agreement with everything he said.
Tuesday’s defeat was bound to be the catalyst for the kinds of events that happen after, well, all defeats. The victor gloats. Usually, the defeated retreat for a bit to reflect on their loss and how to move on. Continue reading Dem Politics: Post-mortem is the new rehab
Encore: How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com
Encore: How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class
3 Reasons Subsidized Jobs Should Be Part of an Economic Mobility Agenda | Center for American Progress
By Rachel West |
The House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee is holding a hearing today on subsidized employment as a tool for boosting economic security. It is high time for Congress to re-examine the evidence on subsidized jobs and to discuss the potential this approach may hold for alleviating our country’s continuing unemployment woes and connecting disadvantaged workers to job opportunities.
Get The Money Out of Politics: Install Greenhouse | Expose Corruption
A sixteen year old programmer named Nicholas Rubin created a browser plugin that, when installed, will recognize the names of political officials and will pop-up known campaign contribution data available online, with just a hover of the mouse. You can read more about him on Bill Moyers’ write-up. Continue reading Get The Money Out of Politics: Install Greenhouse | Expose Corruption
Robert Scheer: Hillary Clinton Flaunts Her Surveillance State Baggage | Truthdig
By Robert Scheer
Who is the true patriot, Hillary Clinton or Edward Snowden? The question comes up because Clinton has gone all out in attacking Snowden as a means of burnishing her hawkish credentials, eliciting Glenn Greenwald’s comment that she is “like a neocon, practically.” Continue reading Robert Scheer: Hillary Clinton Flaunts Her Surveillance State Baggage | Truthdig