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RENTON, Wash. - The gathering Friday night in Daryl Berry’s house in this suburban city 20 miles south of Seattle was both a dozen people sitting around talking in a den and a history-making political event.
President-elect Barack Obama welcomed Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine Thursday as the new Democratic party chairman, while praising the work of outgoing leader Howard Dean.
President-elect Barack Obama named Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine the next Democratic National Committee chairman on Thursday, pledging that the party would reflect their shared "pragmatic, progressive philosophy."
Fed Beaten: Bill to Audit Federal Reserve Passes Key Hurdle"In an unprecedented defeat for the Federal Reserve, an amendment to audit the multi-trillion dollar institution was approved by the House Finance Committee with an overwhelming and bipartisan 43-26 vote on Thursday afternoon despite harried last-minute lobbying from top Fed offi …
Why Won't Obama Give You a Job?"But while caution's prevailed in Washington when it comes to bailing out "Main Street," Wall Street's enjoyed a degree of socialism that would make Hugo Chavez blush.
Why Can't Prosecutors Even Come Close to Taking Down Wall Street Thugs?"The bankers at Goldman Sachs, Goldman's CEO pronounced last week, are doing "God's work." God, these days, must truly be working in strange ways. Take what happened a few short years ago, right before the bubble burst on the market for subprime-backed securities."
Reflections on Glass-Steagall and Maniacal Deregulation"Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the passage of the repeal of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act and related legislation.
Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance"A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. That figure is more than 14 times the number of deaths (155) suffered by U.S.
The folks over at America Blog have started a boycott on contributions to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), including Organizing for America (OFA), the community organizing project of the DNC that is the successor organization to the 2008 Presidential campaign’s Obam …
Democrats May Use Budget Reconciliation to Push Through Health Care Reform"....politically speaking, the Republicans would like to see Obama and the Democrats fail.
Young Conservatives Ashamed of GOP"Many college-aged conservatives are turned off by the Bible-thumping intolerance of much of the Republican Party. "
As Foreclosure Nightmares Increase, Will More Homeowners Pay Off Their Bankers in Violence?"The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it."
Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health-Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders"Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of FOX News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups."
Boehner Cooks Up Excuses for a Really Bad Bill "Yesterday, hours after the House Republicans healthcare "reform" plan was released and universally mocked, Rep. Boehner cried foul, insisting that this unauthorized leak was of a draft bill that wasn't finalized and hadn't been seen by members."
Have the Very Wealthy Achieved Victory in Their Class-War?"In 2007, the most recent year with stats, households in America's top 1% averaged $1.4 million, well over triple what top 1% households averaged back in 1974—and, remember, this tripling came after adjusting for inflation.
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right "Democrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party."
Our Economy Was a Scam and Now We're Dead Broke"Beyond that, the big money is constitutionally protected. Our Constitution is first and foremost a property document protecting their money.
Research and communications arm: Fox News is home to GOP in exile"A revolving door exists between the Republican Party and Fox News Channel, with a number of former Bush administration officials, former and potentially future GOP presidential candidates, and Republican strategists on Fox's payroll and airwaves.
Obama in Miami: A campaign feel as he stumps for health reformAnd this time, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist -- who has his own U.S. Senate race to worry about -- was not by his side.
The Untouchables: Right-Wingers Put Themselves in an Uncompromising 'World Apart'"The self-identifying conservative Republicans who make up the base of the Republican Party stand a world apart from the rest of America," the report says, not because they stand in fervent ideological disagreement with President Obama and the mainstream of the Democratic Party b …
Senate Judiciary-committee-considers-lifting-antitrust-exemption-for-health-insurers"As the debate over health care reform rages on, there's been almost no attention to the fact that health and medical malpractice insurance companies since 1945 have been exempt from the federal antitrust laws aimed at keeping every other private market competitive.
Obama: Pelosi Has 'Steel' And 'Doesn't Break A Sweat'"I love Nancy Pelosi," President Obama declared last night ...
7,500 offshore tax evaders come clean-US tax chief"Some 7,500 wealthy Americans turned over information about hidden overseas assets, including some valued at more than $100 million, ahead of a tax amnesty program's Thursday deadline, the top U.S. tax collector said."
Obama's Choice: Play It Safe or Risk It All to Keep Hope Alive"But these days, any politician crazy enough to take on the entrenched corporate and political classes that control Washington is likely facing early retirement.
Barbara Ehrenreich: The Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America"In her new book, Ehrenreich examines how the positive-thinking movement was started by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, and an amateur metaphysician named Phineas Parkhurst Quimby in response to Calvinism; how being positive became mandatory in corporate cultur …
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comGlenn Greenwald gives his critical view on Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize. Personally I have mixed feelings. Warning: Some brutal pictures
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