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Bernie Sanders Calls Federal Reserve "Socialism for the Rich" After $16 Trillion Secret Bail-Outs
Written by Ralph Lopez | Daily Kos
Bail-outs Included Foreign Banks -
After 89 Democrats in the House voted in a victory for bipartisanship to audit the Federal Reserve, some jaw-dropping numbers are emerging as a result of a partial conducted this year. It is no surprise that the news is dropping with a dull thud in the media. That's why you should get your news from the Internet and sites like this.
House Adopts 2013 Pentagon Budget Increase
Written by Renee Parsons | Huffington Post
Viewing the recent House of Representatives debate on the 2013 Defense Appropriations bill (HR 5856) was as disorienting as if living in an alternate reality with little acknowledgement that while the federal deficit continues to increase, some of the country's once-great cities are in the throes of critical demise.
The Man Who Invented “Too Big to Fail” Banks Finally Recants. Will Obama or Romney Follow?
Written by Robert Reich | Common Dreams
I’m in Alaska, amid moose and bear, trying to steal some time away from the absurdities of American politics and economics. But even at this remote distance I caught wind of Sanford Weill’s proposal on CNBC that big banks be broken up in order to shield taxpayers from the consequences of their losses. Forget the bear and moose for a moment. This is big game.
Mitt Romney will show his true colors tonight, when he slips behind closed doors in a foreign capital to collect money from international bankers who are mired in scandal.
The presidential contender is officially in London to cheer on the US team in the Olympics.
Global Warming's Terrifying New Math
Written by Bill McKibben | Common Dreams
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is.
If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven't convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate change:
Senator Sanders Asks Obama: Will You Defend Social Security?
Written by Common Dreams Staff | Common Dreams
"It is past time that the president told the American people in no uncertain terms that he will not cut Social Security on his watch."
US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took to the Senate floor today and asked President Obama to end any speculation about his stance on Social Security and implored him to take a strong, public defense against the vociferous attacks on the program led by the Republican party and their presidential candidate, Mitt Romney
Low-Income Older Women Will Be Worst Hit if States Don’t Expand Medicaid
Written by Bryce Covert | The Nation
Last week I calculated that more than 4 million women could be left uninsured if their governors decide to opt out of expanding Medicaid as part of the Affordable Care Act, as many of them are indicating. But there are subsets within that number that are particularly vulnerable and who were expecting the most help from the ACA.
Ex-Romney Aide Steers Vast Machine of G.O.P. Money
Written by Nicholas Confessore | New York Times
The most influential political strategist of the 2012 campaign works out of an unmarked suite in an anonymous office park in suburban Virginia, a few floors above a Japanese-themed steakhouse. He does not work for one of the presidential campaigns. He is not a pundit.
Help Elect Our Medicare for All Slate
Written by Mike Hersh | PDA National Team
'Downing Street Memo' Redux: Is the Intelligence Fix on Iran Already Underway?
Written by Ray McGovern and Annie Machon | Common Dreams
Recent remarks by Sir John Sawers, who heads Britain’s MI6 (the Secret Intelligence Service that is Britain’s CIA counterpart), leave us wondering if Sawers is preparing to “fix” intelligence on Iran, as his immediate predecessor, Sir John Scarlett, did on Iraq.
Scarlett’s pre-Iraq war role in creating “dodgy dossiers” hyping the threat of non-existent “weapons of mass destruction” is relatively well known.
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