Democrats Cave In Again. Millionaires Keep Their Tax Cuts.

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Why are Democrats caving in to Republican demands that millionaires get to keep low tax rates? They’re doing so in order to protect legislation to create more tax cuts. So, Democrats are caving in to Republicans in order to protect a Republican-friendly piece of legislation.

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Americans Elect Candidate Ejection Committee Chaired by FBI, CIA, Military Research Chiefs

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You read that right. But before you find out who they are, consider what they will do. What the Americans Elect Candidate Ejection Committee Does Americans Elect is the first-ever effort by an American corporation to run its own privatized …

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Pete DeFazio Takes On Wasteful Military Spending

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U.S. Representative Peter Defazio has identified outrageous examples of military waste, and is demanding an audit of the Pentagon’s books. However, both the House and Senate have worked together to make sure such scrutiny does not take place.

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Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Americans Elect, Jon Huntsman and No Labels

“A not-for-profit organization, called Americans Elect is establishing ballot access in all 50 states for the candidates for president and vice president in 2012 who will be nominated directly by the people in an online nominating process. The sophisticated website …

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Carbon Dioxide Surging Up In Spite Of Weak Economy

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The economy may have tanked, but human population growth hasn’t, and energy consumption hasn’t dwindled either. The Global Carbon Project report is a reminder that, though things may seem bleak now, the human species still has plenty of room to crash down even further.

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Americans Elect COO Elliot Ackerman Fibs Twice on National Television

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Last week, Americans Elect Chief Operating Officer Elliot Ackerman appeared on Chris Matthews’ national show Hardball to talk up his billionaire father’s corporate presidential election system. But Chris Matthews and guest David Corn had a few questions for him: Through …

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Department of Labor: Forced Child Labor Behind Toys Made in China

When you go shopping for gifts this year, will you buy toys made in China? The U.S. Department of Labor maintains a list of items that it has a “reasonable basis to believe” are made in a country through the …

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Occupy Wall Street Protest Still Up And Running

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Protesters did a couple of checks of the human microphone while I was in Zuccotti Park, but mostly, they were just milling around, occupying the space – or a fraction of it. There were somewhere between 50 and 75 people in the square. Some played chess. Some played guitar. Most were in small groups, for conversation.

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Green Presidential Candidate Mourns Black Friday

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Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein reacts to stories of Black Friday violence by suggesting that, instead of temporary discount gimmicks, American workers need better pay, provided by a raise in the minimum wage

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Jill Stein for President Would End Cuts To America’s Budget

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Jill Stein’s solution: Keep the military cuts. End America’s wars. Eliminate George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy. Stop the Budget Control Act’s cuts to domestic spending and invest in direct job creation, rather than waiting for corporations who have refused to create jobs with the trillions of dollars they already have available.

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Rick Perry Leaps To The Rescue!

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Rick Perry has responded to the economic crisis caused by the SuperCommittee’s failure to come to an agreement preventing damaging cuts to America’s core social infrastructure… by signing a pledge to outlaw marriage for millions of Americans.

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Shirt Sale Donations: Village Enterprise Fund and the ACLU

When we started selling shirts to help cover the costs of running the Irregular Times website, we decided to print only on shirts that are made in the USA because, despite all the attempts to erode worker rights, American textile …

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Bloomberg: Occupy Wall Street for the 99%, Occupy West 50th Street for the 1%

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November 15, 2011: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlaws the occupation of Zuccotti Park by protesters who have peaceably assembled to engage in political speech and to petition for the redress of grievances (see U.S. Constitution Amendment I). American …

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No Labels Leader Pioneered the GOP Tax Plan Benefiting America’s Rich and Burdening the Poor

Maya MacGuineas was a policy advisor for Republican politician John McCain, first as Senator and then as a candidate for President. John McCain has received funds from the billionaire Peter G. Peterson throughout this period. (You might have heard of …

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Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Opposes Bloomberg Shut Down Of Occupy Wall Street

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As Barack Obama supports crackdowns against peaceful protesters across America, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has issued a statement of support for the constitutional rights of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, and has challenged President Obama to withdraw federal support for anti-protest raids.

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Americans Elect Lauds Figure for Criticizing “Selfishness” in Washington DC. Guess Who?

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Yesterday, Americans Elect quoted from a person lambasting politicians in Washington DC for their selfishness, greed and focus on narrow interests. Who is that person? “Too many people are worried about themselves personally and the next election and not doing …

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Senate Democrats turn back Republican Attempt to end Net Neutrality

“Net neutrality” is the principle that internet corporations should provide information at the same speed from all sources, no matter whether that source is a small web page like this one expressing individuals’ facts and ideas, or a political start-up …

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Occupy San Diego: Anti-Bank, Pro-Credit Union, with Benefits

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Occupy San Diego stands opposed to the domination of big banks: Protesters with Occupy San Diego held a mock funeral march for banks through the streets of downtown San Diego on Saturday as a nation-wide movement asked Americans to switch …

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