Tag: politics
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Neither the Times nor the Post appear to have pressed the Chamber to answer two critical questions: 1) How many foreign sources of funding does the Chamber have? The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent received this statement from a Chamber spokeswoman: “[Of] the Chamber’s 300,000 members, a relative handful are non-U.S. based companies.”…
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WASHINGTON—Citing a desire to gain influence in Washington, the American people confirmed Friday that they have hired high-powered D.C. lobbyist Jack Weldon of the firm Patton Boggs to help advance their agenda in Congress. Known among Beltway insiders for his ability to sway public policy on behalf of massive corporations…
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via en.wikiquote.org Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and…
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(Editor’s note: Whatever your political beliefs, we can all agree that people say the dumbest things. Below, you’ll find some some stupid conservative quotes put together by Sasha Brown-Worsham. For equally stupid — and funny — gaffs made by their liberal counterparts, read 50 Dumb Liberal Quotes.) When politicians and…
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Let’s Get Our Priorities Straight Focus on Helping the Middle Class, Not Tax Cuts for the Rich SOURCE: AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez A woman stocks up on bread at Sacred Heart Community Center in San Jose, CA, on September 16, 2010. The percentage of people living in poverty jumped for the…
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via americanprogress.org
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http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/v/?i=104052668 via thinkprogress.org As ThinkProgress has noted, there are currently two competing visions of governance in the United States. One, the conservative vision, believes in the on-your-own society, and informs a policy agenda that primarily serves the well off and privileged sectors of the country. The other vision, the progressive…
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Jon Stewart: The Most Trusted Name In Fake News October 4, 2010 Listen to the Story Fresh Air from WHYY [44 min 35 sec] Add to Playlist Transcript In July 2009, Time magazine held an online poll asking who America’s most trusted newscaster was; Jon Stewart won with…
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Are Democrats Really Doing Better? Oct 4 2010, 5:18 PM ET Are Democrats doing better? Are they closing the enthusiasm gap? Why are Republicans exuding less confidence about the Democratic Party’s scheduled root canal on November 2? There is some obvious perception-framing here. Republicans want to make sure that a…
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‘I’m Not Saying Your Mother’s a Whore’: How Fox News Censored Jon Stewart vs. Bill O’Reilly Fox News has generously placed the full, unedited conversation between Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart online, so we can see precisely how unfairly and deviously Fox edited the interview in order to weaken Stewart’s…
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Host a Commit to Vote House Party On Tuesday, October 12th, OFA volunteers nationwide are organizing house parties where they’ll gather with friends and neighbors to get folks involved in the elections and committed to vote—and then tune in to a special message from the President about committing to vote,…
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