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Fox Attacks Democrats For Attempting To Deal With Gender Wage Inequality

Fox Attacks Democrats For Attempting To Deal With Gender Wage Inequality
"Fox & Friends attacked the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation aimed at addressing the wage inequality between men and women, with Fox host Dan Perino claiming the legislation is just a "distraction." In fact, wage inequality is real: Study after study has found that women are paid less than men."

99% Spring has Sprung: Shareholder Actions Underway Across the County | Common Dreams

99% Spring has Sprung: Shareholder Actions Underway Across the County | Common Dreams
"This spring, in coordinated actions across the country, retirees who lost their pensions, families whose homes are underwater, students with impossible debt, the unemployed and underemployed, family farmers, immigrants, vets and more will be knocking on the doors of corporate boardrooms, holding CEOs of major American firms responsible for crashing the economy then turning their backs on their fellow Americans."

Fox Whitewashes Tea Party Group's History To Push For Voter ID Laws

Fox Whitewashes Tea Party Group's History To Push For Voter ID Laws
"Fox News continued its relentless advocacy of disenfranchising voter ID laws this morning, as Fox & Friends' Gretchen Carlson hosted Catherine Engelbrecht, the founder of the Tea Party-affiliated organization True the Vote, to trump up voter fraud claims and tout voter ID laws."

Obama talks infrastructure and jobs to Building Trades unions

Obama talks infrastructure and jobs to Building Trades unions
"As he focused on Republican obstructionism before this clearly receptive audience, though, Obama repeatedly noted that infrastructure should not be and has only recently become a partisan issue, pointing to an argument that should stand him in good stead on many fronts during the campaign—his efforts to get beyond partisanship were met by an increase in partisanship from Republicans, so what was he to do? But the key message of this speech is that Obama is not only ready to fight, he's ready to enjoy it."

Tea Partiers Who Opposed Bank Bailout Take Campaign Donations From Bailed-Out Banks

Tea Partiers Who Opposed Bank Bailout Take Campaign Donations From Bailed-Out Banks: Tea Party-backed candidates swept into Washington in 2010 on a wave of opposition to bank bailouts. Now that they’re in Washington, however, their campaigns are drowning in campaign cash provided by the very banks that benefited from the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The 10 freshmen Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee who have Tea [...]/p

Talking With Chomsky » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Talking With Chomsky » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"Noam Chomsky has not just been watching the Occupy movement. A veteran of the civil rights, anti-war, and anti-intervention movements of the 1960s through the 1980s, he’s given lectures at Occupy Boston and talked with occupiers across the US.  A new publication from theOccupied Media Pamphlet Series brings together several of those lectures, a speech on “occupying foreign policy” and a brief tribute to his friend and co-agitator Howard Zinn."

May Day

May Day
"People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That's because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning."

The Implosion of Capitalism

The Implosion of Capitalism
"When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die. Let the seas be emptied of life. Let one useless war after another be waged. Let the masses be thrust into extreme poverty and left without jobs while the elites, drunk on hedonism, accumulate vast fortunes through exploitation, speculation, fraud and theft."

On May 1st, Occupy Calls For A General Strike. Will You Be There?

On May 1st, Occupy Calls For A General Strike. Will You Be There?
"Tomorrow, citizens around the world will make a statement by gathering to once again make May 1st the call to action it once was. (You can follow it here.) The NYC Occupy movement has called for a day of "mutual aid" and the day's activities will culminate in the offering of free education:"

AZ Lawmakers Lash Out At Imaginary United Nations Conspiracy With Assault On All Poverty & Environmental Laws

AZ Lawmakers Lash Out At Imaginary United Nations Conspiracy With Assault On All Poverty & Environmental Laws: Earlier this year, Texas U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz touted a bizarre conspiracy theory claiming that George Soros secretly partnered with the United Nations to eliminate the game of golf. Seriously, we aren’t making this up. Unfortunately, this fantasy isn’t limited to just one unusually radical candidate for elected office. Rather, the Arizona House is [...]/p

Banks Working with Police to ‘Identify, Map and Track’ Occupy Protesters | Common Dreams

Banks Working with Police to ‘Identify, Map and Track’ Occupy Protesters | Common Dreams
"The banks from America and overseas are working to “identify, map and track” protesters."

10 Constituent Groups Mitt Romney Would Screw Over | | AlterNet

10 Constituent Groups Mitt Romney Would Screw Over | | AlterNet
"Mitt Romney has a resume and an agenda that promises pain for average Americans. He would increase the financial burdens of the poor, reduce the protection of agencies that monitor everything from Wall Street to toxins in foods. He respects only wealth, and consequently, has assembled a program that could be called Trickle-Down on Steroids."

Obama To Sign Executive Order To Keep For-Profit Colleges From Defrauding Military Families

Obama To Sign Executive Order To Keep For-Profit Colleges From Defrauding Military Families: President Obama announced today that he will sign an executive order aimed at preventing abuse in a federal program that helps military members, veterans, and their families attend college. Under the new rule, schools will be required to provide information regarding financial aid, loan repayment plans, and credit transfers, practices that will help end abuse [...]/p

Occupy Prepares For May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking | Common Dreams

Occupy Prepares For May Day: No Work, No School, No Banking | Common Dreams
"Occupy Wall Street hopes to capture headlines once again next week with the May 1 "General Strike", long-advertised by the group as an event that will prove to the public and media that OWS is currently experiencing a resurgence."

24 Hours Of Fox News' Karl Rove Problem

24 Hours Of Fox News' Karl Rove Problem
"Republican strategist Brad Blakeman labeled the ad a "success" because "Karl has gotten more earned media than the amount he invested in the ad." This is due, in no small part, to the help of Rove's colleagues at Fox News."

Postal Workers Unions Continue Fight to Stop Massive USPS Cutbacks | Common Dreams

Postal Workers Unions Continue Fight to Stop Massive USPS Cutbacks | Common Dreams
"“Congress created this manufactured crisis..., and Congress must solve this,” declared Sally Davidow, spokeswoman for the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), which has resisted congressional efforts to curtail USPS service and eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs."

On May Day, Expect Scores of Rallies, Marches, Creative Actions | Activism | AlterNet

On May Day, Expect Scores of Rallies, Marches, Creative Actions | Activism | AlterNet
"A strike, if it actually happens on May 1 or thereafter, may not look like one ever has before."

The Last Word - Secret meeting to take down Obama exposed

Wells Fargo is just the beginning of a ‘season of protest’

Only in America: Money buys influence, legally

US Rep Gary Peters fights for auto workers and holds Mitt Romney accountable

With Chrysler reporting their strongest quarter in 13 years, U.S. Rep. Gary Peters spoke to Ed Schultz about how this proves that President Obama was right and Mitt Romney was wrong when he called argued that we should "let Detroit go bankrupt"

The Self-Made Myth: Debunking Conservatives' Favorite -- And Most Dangerous -- Fiction | Visions | AlterNet

The Self-Made Myth: Debunking Conservatives' Favorite -- And Most Dangerous -- Fiction | Visions | AlterNet
"The self-made myth is one of the most cherished foundation stones of the conservative theology."

Tucker Carlson's Pathetic Descent into the Gutter of Hackdom | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Tucker Carlson's Pathetic Descent into the Gutter of Hackdom | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
Once a promising young magazine writer, the bow-tied Daily Caller pundit has come to epitomize the worst about right-wing media.

CAUGHT ON TAPE: The GOP’s Woman Problem

CAUGHT ON TAPE: The GOP’s Woman Problem: In a combative speech on the Senate floor this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called a Democrats’ accusations that the GOP is waging a war on women “phony,” “outlandish,” and a distraction.” McCain’s remarks, typical of GOP rhetoric on the issue, sweep aside the reality of the last few months. Watch it: The latest example, [...]/p

Poll: 75 Percent of Americans Support Regulating CO2 As A Pollutant, 60 Percent Support Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax

Poll: 75 Percent of Americans Support Regulating CO2 As A Pollutant, 60 Percent Support Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax: A new national survey confirms strong public support for funding renewable energy research, regulating carbon pollution, and signing a global treaty to slash emissions. The study, conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, found a remarkable 75% of Americans support “regulating carbon dioxide (the [...]/p

With Education Budgets Drained, Atlanta Wants To Use Taxpayer Money To Replace A 20-Year-Old Stadium

With Education Budgets Drained, Atlanta Wants To Use Taxpayer Money To Replace A 20-Year-Old Stadium: The Georgia Dome is a world-class sporting facility that serves the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons and often hosts the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament, the SEC football championship, an annual bowl game, and the NCAA Tournament. In 2013, it’s slated to host the NCAA Men’s Final Four — college basketball’s biggest event — and it’s [...]/p

Voters Say K Street and Wall Street in Trouble in 2012

Voters Say K Street and Wall Street in Trouble in 2012
"The big news coming out of the Pennsylvania primaries yesterday is that two of K Street's favorite Capitol Hill Democrats, Tim Holden and Jason Altmire, got upset in races where they had lots more cash than their opponents. The way these races played out should be a big lesson to Democrats who think they can take special interest cash, make pro-special interest votes, and still win elections."

Exxon Makes $104 Million In Profit Per Day So Far In 2012, While Americans Are Stuck With A Higher Gas Bill

Exxon Makes $104 Million In Profit Per Day So Far In 2012, While Americans Are Stuck With A Higher Gas Bill: Last year, ExxonMobil, one of the world’s most profitable companies, earned $1,300 in profits per second. As consumers paid record-high springtime gas prices, Exxon posted first quarter profits of $9.45 billion. This is down slightly from the first quarter of 2011, when Exxon posted $10.65 billion in profits. Exxon benefited from the high price of [...]/p

Prison Industries: "Don't Let Society Improve or We Lose Business"

Prison Industries: "Don't Let Society Improve or We Lose Business"
"One out of every 100 people in the United States is imprisoned. Even though we are 5 percent of the world's population, we have 25 percent of the prisoners in the world. We are number one in the world in the number of people we imprison - we even beat China."

Consumers In States Hostile To ACA To Receive Higher Average Rebates Than Residents In States That Support It

Consumers In States Hostile To ACA To Receive Higher Average Rebates Than Residents In States That Support It: By requiring everyone to purchase health insurance coverage in 2014, the Affordable Care Act provides millions of new customers to private health insurers. But the law also guarantees that companies don’t swindle premium dollars away on corporate profits and CEO bonuses. Under the law, insurers have to comply with a new Medical Loss Ratio or [...]/p

Ed Schultz on the USPS: More About The Real Cause of the Postal Crisis

"Republicans want to privatize the Post Office, just like they want to privatize health care, social security and anything else they can think of where they can squeeze an extra buck out of the American public and give them less for their money. Can you spell GREED?" A lame duck Republican Congress in 2006 passed a mandate that required the Postal Service, over 10 years, to pre-fund healthcare benefits for the next 75. This unique burden costs USPS $5.5 billion a year. No other employer, private or public, is mandated to do pre-funding of that nature. All in the name of privatization.

A Fight Bigger Than ALEC | The Nation

A Fight Bigger Than ALEC | The Nation
"ALEC will survive, of course, kept afloat largely by the billionaire Koch brothers and their corporate allies. But as activists keep up the pressure, they must not lose sight of the worst culprits, who must be identified and targeted: the more than 2,000 legislative members of ALEC. The Center for Media and Democracy maintains a list of lawmakers allied with ALEC at ALECexposed.org."

PERRspectives: Romney's "Vision" Blind to Economic History

PERRspectives: Romney's "Vision" Blind to Economic History
"Romney would deliver a massive tax cut windfall for the rich, paying for it by gutting the social safety net each pretends to protect. He would end Medicare as we know it with a premium support gambit that would dramatically shift health care costs to America's seniors. While increasing defense spending, the GOP White House hopeful would repeal the Affordable Care and leave at least 30 million people without insurance. And despite his pledge to end many tax loopholes and deductions to fund their gilded-class giveaway, Mitt Romney doesn't have the courage to say which ones. As a result, Mitt "Cut, Cap and Balance" Romneywould actually add trillions more in red ink to the national debt."

GOP Targets Safety Net Programs, Financial Regulations To Avoid Defense Cuts

GOP Targets Safety Net Programs, Financial Regulations To Avoid Defense Cuts: Committees in the House are busily marking up legislation to avoid the scheduled cuts that lawmakers approved as part of the 2011 Budget Control Act. Those automatic reductions to domestic and defense spending — agreed to by both parties during the effort to raise the nation’s borrowing limit — will go into effect on January [...]/p

Why Is Mitt Romney So Incredibly Weird? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Why Is Mitt Romney So Incredibly Weird? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
"He seems incapable of natural conversation and frequently uncomfortable in his own skin."

Using ALEC Playbook, Bobby Jindal Radically Reshapes Public Education | | AlterNet

Using ALEC Playbook, Bobby Jindal Radically Reshapes Public Education | | AlterNet
"Jindal’s agenda and the strategy to move it come right from the playbook of conservative advocacy group ALEC, in an effort to revive Jindal’s national political profile."

Military Shift Campaign Donations From Ron Paul To Obama In March

Military Shift Campaign Donations From Ron Paul To Obama In March: The Army Times reported in February that anti-war GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) was at that time, “by far,” getting the most in campaign contributions from members of the United States military. According to a review of Federal Election Commission data, Paul received nearly $250,000 in donations from servicemembers, President Obama, $130,000 and GOP [...]/p

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules | Common Dreams

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules | Common Dreams
"the group recently adopted "model legislation" on fracking chemical disclosure, based on a bill passed in Texas last year. According to The Times, the model bill was "sponsored within ALEC" by ExxonMobil, which runs a major oil and gas operation through its subsidiary, XTO Energy."

GE Annual Meeting Interrupted by 99 Percent Protesters | Common Dreams

GE Annual Meeting Interrupted by 99 Percent Protesters | Common Dreams
"Hundreds of protesters affiliated with the "99 Percent" movement disrupted the start of General Electric Co's annual shareholders' meeting in Detroit on Wednesday, in an attack on the largest U.S. conglomerate's low tax rate."

House GOP Would Kick 280,000 Children Off School Lunch Program To Protect Tax Cut For Millionaires

House GOP Would Kick 280,000 Children Off School Lunch Program To Protect Tax Cut For Millionaires: Our guest blogger is Melissa Boteach, director of Half In Ten at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. House Republicans recently proposed cuts to nutrition assistance that will kick 280,000 low-income children off automatic enrollment in the Free School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Those same kids and 1.5 million other people will also lose [...]/p

Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief

Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief
"The collective weight of American student debt is a drag not just on those paying the debt, but on our entire economy."

No shortage of shadowy special interest groups to fill ALEC's role

Procter and Gamble leaves ALEC

Wall Street Lobbied Hard To Water Down Law On Congressional Insider Trading

Wall Street Lobbied Hard To Water Down Law On Congressional Insider Trading: President Obama signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act earlier this month, which was passed after a 60 Minutes investigation revealed that members of Congress were profiting from information they received in their official capacity. House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-AL), for instance, made nearly $30,000 trading on information he received during [...]/p

8 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Is More Right Wing Than George W. Bush

8 Reasons Why Mitt Romney Is More Right Wing Than George W. Bush: During the primary season, Mitt Romney was frequently derided by his Republican opponents as a “Massachusetts Moderate.” This isn’t true. Last week, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee suggested the policies advanced this year by Mitt Romney and the Republicans would be like the “policies of the Bush administration…just updated.” A close review of [...]/p

Mitt Romney's War On The Poor

Dow Chemical Reaps Rewards by Funding PBS' 'America Revealed' | Common Dreams

Dow Chemical Reaps Rewards by Funding PBS' 'America Revealed' | Common Dreams

Is 'America Revealed'--or PBS? Dow-sponsored public TV series tracks Dow's product lines

How GOP Shenanigans On Rule To Standardize Union Elections Hurt The Middle Class

How GOP Shenanigans On Rule To Standardize Union Elections Hurt The Middle Class: Our guest blogger is Karla Walter, a Senior Policy Analyst with the American Worker Project at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on whether to block a commonsense rule that creates a standard process for union elections and gives workers a fairer way of choosing whether to [...]/p

Utah Tea Party Adds A Fifth Tenther Extremist To The 2012 U.S. Senate Election

Utah Tea Party Adds A Fifth Tenther Extremist To The 2012 U.S. Senate Election: Most Republicans are smart enough not to openly admit that they think America’s social safety net is unconstitutional, even if they do misunderstand our founding document to prohibit Medicare or Medicaid or Social Security. Instead, the Republican leadership normally placates the most radical parts of their base with vague rhetoric about respecting the Tenth Amendment, [...]/p

Mitt Romney, American Parasite : Information Clearing House

Mitt Romney, American Parasite      : Information Clearing House
"Romney has devoted his life to ensuring that every last penny rises to a few hands at the top."

Are We Sliding Toward a Police State? : Information Clearing House

Are We Sliding Toward a Police State?      : Information Clearing House
"When officials misbehave so egregiously, it undermines our society and our form of government in deep and disturbing ways."

Shareholders Say No to Citigroup CEO Pay: A Model for Fighting Crony Capitalism

Shareholders Say No to Citigroup CEO Pay: A Model for Fighting Crony Capitalism
"Last week, the country saw one of the fruits of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill."

Obamacare will save Medicare $200 billion by 2016

Obamacare will save Medicare $200 billion by 2016
"The actual experience Medicare beneficiaries, and particularly seniors, have had with the Affordable Care Act has lessened some of the fear, and according to the March Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll, for the first time the law is seen more favorably by seniors than not."

Proctor & Gamble Becomes 13th Company To Drop ALEC

Proctor & Gamble Becomes 13th Company To Drop ALEC: Joining a dozen other major corporations, Proctor & Gamble decided not to rejoin the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) this year, according to a statement from Color Of Change, which launched a campaign against the shadowy right-wing front group behind state laws restricting access to the ballot and “stand your ground” gun laws. The statement: [...]/p

The Man the Banks Fear Most

The Man the Banks Fear Most
"Wall Street's gone largely unpunished for its role in 
wrecking the economy—until New York Attorney General 
Eric Schneiderman came along."

Report: Obama’s Affordable Care Act Will Save Medicare $200 Billion

Report: Obama’s Affordable Care Act Will Save Medicare $200 Billion: pThe Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s health care reform law, will reportedly save Medicare more than $2 billion by 2016, while saving seniors nearly $60 billion in out-of-pocket costs, according to a new report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to the report, Medicare’s largest savings come from “cuts to [...]/p

Obama Has Received Least Favorable News Coverage So Far During 2012 Election Cycle

Obama Has Received Least Favorable News Coverage So Far During 2012 Election Cycle: With friends like these, who needs negative campaign ads? While a friendly press in the tank for President Obama may fit nicely into the right’s narrative of liberal bias in the press, a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism shows that of all the presidential candidates during this election [...]/p

Right-Wing Campaign to Privatize Public Ed Takes Hold in Pennsylvania | | AlterNet

Right-Wing Campaign to Privatize Public Ed Takes Hold in Pennsylvania | | AlterNet
"A nationwide movement to promote school vouchers, funded by a coterie of wealthy corporate and Wall Street donors, has once again made Pennsylvania a battleground state in the fight over privatizing education."

Obamacare will save Medicare $200 billion by 2016

Obamacare will save Medicare $200 billion by 2016
"Here's an inconvenient fact for Mitt Romney and the Republicans"

Liz Cheney and John Bolton Rewrite Bush Years, Claim Torture Caught Bin Laden

Liz Cheney and John Bolton Rewrite Bush Years, Claim Torture Caught Bin Laden
"So Liz Cheney, here's my response to your rather arrogant suggestion that President Obama should bow before you and express his deep and undying gratitude to former President George W. Bush and your criminal father and thank them: No thanks are necessary."

RNC Spokeswoman: Republican Economic Platform Will Be The Bush Program, ‘Just Updated’

RNC Spokeswoman: Republican Economic Platform Will Be The Bush Program, ‘Just Updated’: During an interview last week on The Fernando Espuelas Show, Alexandra Franceschi, Specialty Media Press Secretary of the Republican National Committee, said that the Republican party’s economic platform in 2012 is going to be the same as it was during the Bush years, “just updated”: ESPUELAS: What do you mean by economic security? Regardless of [...]/p

RNC Spokeswoman: Republican Economic Platform Will Be The Bush Program, ‘Just Updated’

RNC Spokeswoman: Republican Economic Platform Will Be The Bush Program, ‘Just Updated’: During an interview last week on The Fernando Espuelas Show, Alexandra Franceschi, Specialty Media Press Secretary of the Republican National Committee, said that the Republican party’s economic platform in 2012 is going to be the same as it was during the Bush years, “just updated”: ESPUELAS: What do you mean by economic security? Regardless of [...]/p

Wells Fargo Profiting From For Profit Prisons

Arctic Methane in Vicious Cycle of Global Warming: Study | Common Dreams

Arctic Methane in Vicious Cycle of Global Warming: Study | Common Dreams

More methane emissions lead to more warming, and more warming leads to more methane emissions

Three Stories Not Told: Earth Day Edition

Three Stories Not Told: Earth Day Edition
"the mainstream press has overlooked some of the most important environmental challenges we face. In honor of Earth Day, Media Matters has compiled three major environmental stories the media missed this year:"

Ryan’s Medicaid Cuts Would Have Cost States $555 Billion Over Past Decade

Ryan’s Medicaid Cuts Would Have Cost States $555 Billion Over Past Decade: States would have lost $555 billion over the past decade if House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposed Medicaid cuts had been in effect starting in 2001, analysis from The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) shows. Under Ryan’s plan, which would convert Medicaid to a block grant, federal Medicaid funds in most [...]/p

Will The Media Let Congress Forget About The Gulf Oil Disaster?

Will The Media Let Congress Forget About The Gulf Oil Disaster?
"Following a lengthy investigation, the national Oil Spill Commissionconcluded in January 2011 that "the root causes" of the BP disaster were "systematic and, absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur." 

Cantor Suggests Anti-Semitism Is A Problem Within The House GOP Caucus

Cantor Suggests Anti-Semitism Is A Problem Within The House GOP Caucus: A few weeks ago, the House GOP was up in arms over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) $25,000 donation to anti-incumbent candidate Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who ultimately defeated his opponent, incumbent Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL). But the story got a little more fraught when it turned out that Manzullo once said Cantor would [...]/p

Deadbeat dad Joe Walsh no longer deadbeat dad

Deadbeat dad Joe Walsh no longer deadbeat dad
"Of course, that doesn't mean he isn't still an awful stain on humanity for a long list of reasons, including, but not limited to, dismissing his rival Tammy Duckworth's military service (and the two legs she lost) in Iraq with an "Ehhh. Now let’s move on"; inviting said rival to debate him on a day when she has National Guard duty; and receiving an award from the Family Research Council for hating chicks and teh gays in just the right way."

CHART: 17 Years After Oklahoma City Bombing, Right-Wing Extremism Is Significant Domestic Terror Threat

CHART: 17 Years After Oklahoma City Bombing, Right-Wing Extremism Is Significant Domestic Terror Threat: By Ken Sofer and CAP National Security team intern Molly Bernstein Seventeen years ago today, Timothy McVeigh and co-conspirator Terry Nichols detonated 4,800 pounds of homemade explosives under the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building’s daycare center in downtown Oklahoma City. The explosion resulted in 168 dead, 680 injured and over $652 million in damage. The [...]/p

Threatened, ALEC Sics Right-Wing Bloggers on 'Liberal Media'

Threatened, ALEC Sics Right-Wing Bloggers on 'Liberal Media'
"Just like when one turns on the light in a tenement apartment and the cockroaches go scurrying, ALEC is desperately looking for dark corners to once again hide their presence."

Average Fortune 500 CEO Now Paid 380 Times As Much As The Average Worker

Average Fortune 500 CEO Now Paid 380 Times As Much As The Average Worker: According to the latest edition of the AFL-CIO’s Executive Pay Watch report, the gap between CEO pay and worker pay expanded last year. In 2011, CEOs in the Fortune 500 made an average of $12 million, about 380 times what the average worker makes: The ratio of CEO-to-worker pay between CEOs of the S&P 500 [...]/p

How The Mainstream Media Enables Senate GOP Obstructionism Of The Majority's Will

How The Mainstream Media Enables Senate GOP Obstructionism Of The Majority's Will
"Yesterday, we documented how the conservative media, following the release of a report by the Secretary of the Senate, covered up obstructionism by Senate Republicans in order to cast Democrats as "do-nothing" and "lazy." In fact, Republicans have routinely resorted to filibusters to try to block bills that would have otherwise passed the Senate"

The Shock Doctrine: Video - : Information Clearing House

The Shock Doctrine: Video -      : Information Clearing House
"An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance."

ALEC Wants You To Pay 750 Percent More For High-Speed Internet | Economy | AlterNet

ALEC Wants You To Pay 750 Percent More For High-Speed Internet | Economy | AlterNet
The corporate front group may change its social policy stance, but it still plans on robbing you blind.

What If the Greedy Rich Paid Their Share? 8 Things to Know About Wealth and Poverty in the US | Economy | AlterNet

What If the Greedy Rich Paid Their Share? 8 Things to Know About Wealth and Poverty in the US | Economy | AlterNet
We're far from poor -- we just have a wildly lopsided distribution of wealth that makes us seem poor.

Eyeless Shrimp and Fish With Tumors: The Horrific Consequences of BP's Spill | Environment | AlterNet

Eyeless Shrimp and Fish With Tumors: The Horrific Consequences of BP's Spill | Environment | AlterNet
"Despite mounting environmental and health consequences, not to mention the death of 11 workers, no executives have received jail time."

Corporate Media Hypocrisy: Ted Nugent's Death Wish for Obama v. Hilary Rosen's Work Jab at Ann Romney | Election 2012 | AlterNet

Corporate Media Hypocrisy: Ted Nugent's Death Wish for Obama v. Hilary Rosen's Work Jab at Ann Romney | Election 2012 | AlterNet
Mitt Romney's campaign welcomed the endorsement of a washed-up rock-n-roller who said President Obama could "suck on my machine gun." Where's the outrage?

Obama Echoes Bush, Sets Plan for Polar Bear Extinction | Common Dreams

Obama Echoes Bush, Sets Plan for Polar Bear Extinction | Common Dreams
"The Obama Administration issued a proposed rule yesterday that disregards the effects of greenhouse gases on polar bear habitat leading one conservation group to say that the rule echoes former President George W. Bush's plan, and that it will lead to the extinction of polar bears."

How the War on Women Became Mainstream

How the War on Women Became Mainstream
"the Ledbetter Act didn’t end right-wing attacks on equal pay laws. It only made them more aggressive in overturning them."

Analysis: Romney’s Plan To End Deductions Falls Far Short Of Paying For His Massive Tax Cut For The Rich

Analysis: Romney’s Plan To End Deductions Falls Far Short Of Paying For His Massive Tax Cut For The Rich: pWhen presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney unveiled his new tax plan in February, he insisted the plan would be deficit neutral even though it provides a 20 percent across-the-board tax cut. By ending tax deductions and closing loopholes for wealthy Americans, Romney said, he would make up for the drain on federal revenues such [...]/p

Right-Wing Media Cover Up Senate Republicans' Obstructionism

Right-Wing Media Cover Up Senate Republicans' Obstructionism
"Following the release of a report on the legislative business conducted by the Senate, conservative media have tried to cover up Republican obstructionism in order to label the Democratic-controlled Senate as "lazy" and "do-nothing."

Florida Investigation Finds ‘Possible Criminal And Ethical Violations’ By Freshman Republican Congressman

Florida Investigation Finds ‘Possible Criminal And Ethical Violations’ By Freshman Republican Congressman: Investigators at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement identified “possible criminal and ethical violations” by freshman Rep. David Rivera (R-FL). Among these were filing erroneous personal financial reports while a member of the Florida House of Representatives, falsely amending those disclosures after media criticism, and using campaign and government accounts to reimburse his own personal [...]/p

Cantor ‘Puzzled’ That Obama Would Threaten To Veto The Latest GOP Tax Cut For Millionaires

Cantor ‘Puzzled’ That Obama Would Threaten To Veto The Latest GOP Tax Cut For Millionaires: House Republicans this week plan to vote on a bill proposed that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-WI) that is supposedly aimed at “small businesses,” but in reality would cut taxes for millionaires. Due to its non-existent targeting to actual small businesses, the cut would benefit hedge fund managers, wealthy lawyers, professional sports teams, and Oprah’s [...]/p

Romney Immigration Adviser Kris Kobach Says Mitt Romney Won’t Support GOP DREAM Act

Romney Immigration Adviser Kris Kobach Says Mitt Romney Won’t Support GOP DREAM Act: During the GOP presidential primary, Mitt Romney staked out the most extreme position on immigration of any Republican candidate. Romney even campaigned with his immigration policy adviser Kris Kobach, the author of Alabama and Arizona’s harsh immigration laws, on Martin Luther King Day. Now that Romney is the presumptive nominee, he’s trying to soften his [...]/p

REPORT: Broadcast News Networks Misrepresent Intelligence On Iranian Nuclear Issues

REPORT: Broadcast News Networks Misrepresent Intelligence On Iranian Nuclear Issues
"Many in the media have long since repudiated their failures in the lead-up to the Iraq War, acknowledging that they were too quick to accept the false notion that Iraq possessed a sizable and dangerous cache of weapons of mass destruction. The question today is whether they have learned from those mistakes."

The Republican War on Postal Workers

A lame duck Republican Congress in 2006 passed a mandate that required the Postal Service, over 10 years, to pre-fund healthcare benefits for the next 75. This unique burden costs USPS $5.5 billion a year. All in the name of privatization.

Ryan budget pays for war, banking crisis on the backs of seniors and the disabled

Legacy Of BP Oil Spill: Eyeless Shrimp And Fish With Lesions

Legacy Of BP Oil Spill: Eyeless Shrimp And Fish With Lesions: The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded nearly two years ago to the day, beginning an oil spill that lasted three months and released some two hundred million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. BP may have declared their mission accomplished, but the results of the spill are still trickling out. The latest? Shrimp with [...]/p

Catholic bishops to House Republicans: Your budget makes Jesus cry. John Boehner to bishops: STFU.

Catholic bishops to House Republicans: Your budget makes Jesus cry. John Boehner to bishops: STFU.
"You know how Republicans in Congress believe all of our laws should be Catholic Church-approved, right? Well, all of our laws regarding lady parts, anyway."

The Secret Service Says They Are Investigating Ted Nugent’s Threatening Remarks Toward Obama

The Secret Service Says They Are Investigating Ted Nugent’s Threatening Remarks Toward Obama: Ted Nugent’s threatening remarks about President Obama at the annual National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis have earned him a follow-up conversation with the Secret Service. On Sunday, the singer remarked that “if Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next [...]/p

GOP selective outrage on display in response to Ted Nugent's rant

Romney-endorser Ted Nugent's recent homocidal rantings to show the largest similarity between him and Mitt Romney: neither of them mean a thing they say. "Nugent declared. “If Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year.” Nugent peppered his endorsement of Mitt Romney over the weekend with a vulgar, vote-against-your economic-self-interests-before-Obama-comes-to-your-shack-and-exproriates-your-guns-rant.

GOP Unveils Plan to Gut Food Stamp Program | Common Dreams

GOP Unveils Plan to Gut Food Stamp Program | Common Dreams
"House Republicans have passed their budget that includes slashing food stamps in an effort to save billions in cuts to the Pentagon."

Former GM Executive Bob Lutz Slams The GOP’s ‘Pure Fiction, Knee-Jerk’ Hatred Of Electric Cars

Former GM Executive Bob Lutz Slams The GOP’s ‘Pure Fiction, Knee-Jerk’ Hatred Of Electric Cars: GM’s Former Vice Chairman, Bob Lutz, slammed GOP media pundits yesterday for spreading “pure fiction” about the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles. Conservative commentators — lead by Rush Limbaugh and Fox News — have taken every opportunity to tear down the Chevy Volt, calling it “crappy,” a “Fred Flinstone car,” and an “exploding Obamamobile.” They’ve even called [...]/p

Mitt Romney defends tax return secrecy by falsely claiming he's been as open as President Obama

Mitt Romney defends tax return secrecy by falsely claiming he's been as open as President Obama
"Sorry, Mitt. You're not running against John McCain or John Kerry, and President Obama has released every return since the year 2000, not just two."

Fox & Friends Wants To Know: ‘Who Should We Choose’ As Mitt Romney’s Vice President?

Fox & Friends Wants To Know: ‘Who Should We Choose’ As Mitt Romney’s Vice President?: pYesterday, the Romney campaign announced that longtime adviser Beth Myers would be tasked with vetting and recommending a Vice Presidential nominee to Mitt Romney. Apparently, to Fox & Friends hosts Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brian Kilmeade, that announcement came as a clarion call. The show’s official Twitter account posed a question for its 150,000+ [...]/p

Health Care in an Age of American Decline » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Health Care in an Age of American Decline » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"The U.S. has very little to show for its insanely expensive health arrangement.  Its per capita costs are twice those of other advanced OECD nations (11).  However, it ranks pretty low in health outcomes such as infant mortality and and life expectancy (12)."

The Secret Service Says They Are Investigating Ted Nugent’s Threatening Remarks Toward Obama

The Secret Service Says They Are Investigating Ted Nugent’s Threatening Remarks Toward Obama: Ted Nugent’s threatening remarks about President Obama at the annual National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis have earned him a follow-up conversation with the Secret Service. On Sunday, the singer remarked that “if Barack Obama becomes the president in November again, I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next [...]/p

10 Wildly Depressing Facts About the Gender Wage Gap | Gender | AlterNet

10 Wildly Depressing Facts About the Gender Wage Gap | Gender | AlterNet
If progress continues at its current rate, it will take 45 years to eradicate the wage gap.

Freedom from a Dead-End Life: True Liberty Means Defeating the Right-Wing's Nightmare Vision for America | Economy | AlterNet

Freedom from a Dead-End Life: True Liberty Means Defeating the Right-Wing's Nightmare Vision for America | Economy | AlterNet
"It’s the freedom for companies to screw their workers, pollute, and otherwise operate free of any meaningful regulations to protect the public interest."

April 16 News: Heat Wave Prompts ‘Dire Warnings’ From Boston Marathon Officials; Glaciers Still Shrinking Rapidly

April 16 News: Heat Wave Prompts ‘Dire Warnings’ From Boston Marathon Officials; Glaciers Still Shrinking Rapidly: Our round-up of the latest in climate and clean energy. Please post more links below. A forecast for intense heat during Monday’s Boston Marathon prompted race officials to issue dire warnings over the weekend, along with the offer of a deferment for runners willing to wait until next year. [Wall Street Journal] To figure out [...]/p

The Unscientific Model

The Unscientific Model
"But for now what's most important to know is that these seemingly innocuous calls for "academic freedom" spring directly from a conservative think tank's dishonest campaign to undermine one of the cornerstones of modern biological science."

Don't fine Goldman Sachs, says Eliot Spitzer — indict the company, take back the CEO's paychecks

New Video Of Migrant’s Death Could Revive Homicide Allegations Against Border Patrol Agents

Top Ten Tax Facts

Top Ten Tax Facts
"1. The government has collected lessin taxes as a proportion of the economy in the past three years than it has in any three-year period since World War II, and tax rates are at historic lows."

Arizona Is the "Petri Dish" for Corporate-Influenced Legislature

Arizona Is the "Petri Dish" for Corporate-Influenced Legislature
"Arizona, with 49 out of 90 legislators with membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), is a darling of the bill drafting body and home to several bills modeled on the council's legislation targeting workers' compensation, unions and public education."

Pothole Nation | Common Dreams

Pothole Nation | Common Dreams

We can thank inequality for America's inadequate -- and increasingly unsafe -- basic infrastructure

Joe Walsh Challenged Duckworth To A Debate At The Same Time That She Was Serving Army Duty

Joe Walsh Challenged Duckworth To A Debate At The Same Time That She Was Serving Army Duty: Last Friday, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) challenged his Democratic opponent — Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth — to a debate. Walsh posted an announcement on his campaign website which stated that the congressman would be hosting a town hall on Sunday, and that he “has invited his opponent Tammy Duckworth to join him because he [...]/p

Shaking The Etch-A-Sketch: After Promising To Veto It, Romney Says He Wants A DREAM Act

Shaking The Etch-A-Sketch: After Promising To Veto It, Romney Says He Wants A DREAM Act: During the primary, when he only needed to appeal to hard right Republican voters, Mitt Romney promised to veto the DREAM Act, which provides young people who have lived much of their lives in the United States a path to citizenship. Now that Romney needs to appeal to Latinos in order to win the general [...]/p

Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money | Common Dreams

Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money | Common Dreams
"The wealthiest Americans believe they've earned their money through hard work and innovation, and that they're the most productive members of society. For the most part they're wrong. As the facts below will show, they're not nearly as productive as middle-class workers. Yet they've taken almost all the new income over the past 30 years."

Texas Toxic Dump Site May Benefit from Owner's Political Largesse | Common Dreams

Texas Toxic Dump Site May Benefit from Owner's Political Largesse | Common Dreams
"Simmons isn’t partial to any single candidate or political cause. He’s given generously to the super PACs backing all the top Republican presidential contenders. And he’s the No. 1 donor to Karl Rove’s super PAC, American Crossroads, which is supporting Republicans across the board. Simmons says it’s his loathing for Barack Obama that’s driving him to spread his money around. “Any of these Republicans would make a better president than that socialist, Obama,” he told the Wall Street Journal recently. “Obama is the most dangerous American alive.”

A Tax Day without The Tea Party | Common Dreams

A Tax Day without The Tea Party | Common Dreams
"Over the past several years, few annual occasions have been more symbolic of the direction of political discussion in our country than Tax Day. This year, the IRS due date bears witness to the impact of the Occupy movement in American politics."

Ann Romney welcomes 'attacks' as long as she can milk them for all they're worth

Ann Romney welcomes 'attacks' as long as she can milk them for all they're worth
"She loved it? Being viciously attacked with a factual statement about how she's never had a job, and she loved it? So, in other words, all the foot-stomping and pearl-clutching and salt-smelling and fundraising emails about poor Ann being attacked (with the truth), and all along, she loved it?"

NE Gov Vetoes Prenatal Care For Undocumented Women, Cites Nonexistent Planned Parenthood Connection

NE Gov Vetoes Prenatal Care For Undocumented Women, Cites Nonexistent Planned Parenthood Connection: Gov. Dave Heineman (R-NE) vetoed a bill on Friday that would have restored prenatal care for pregnant women who are undocumented immigrants because, Heineman explained, some of those funds could wind up at groups like Planned Parenthood. “I oppose providing taxpayer benefits to illegal immigrants,” he said in a press release. “I oppose providing taxpayer [...]/p

The War on Public-Sector Workers

The War on Public-Sector Workers
"However, their targets are not the corporate CEOs pulling down tens of millions of dollars a year in pay and bonuses. Nor is it the Wall Street crew that got incredibly rich inflating the housing bubble and then took government handouts to stay alive through the bust. The targets of these politicians' wrath are school teachers, firefighters, and other public-sector workers."

Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes | The Nation

Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes | The Nation
"As American families rush to complete their annual tax returns, many will have paid more in federal income taxes than some of America’s largest and most profitable corporations. AT&T, Boeing, Citigroup, Duke Energy and Ford collectively reported more than $20 billion of US pre-tax income last year, yet none of them paid a dime in federal income taxes. Instead, they claimed refunds of more than $1.3 billion from the IRS."

Lawmakers Consider Over 900 Reproductive Health Measures This Year

Lawmakers Consider Over 900 Reproductive Health Measures This Year: So far this year, 944 measures related to reproductive health have been introduced in 45 state legislatures, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Half of those bills would restrict abortion access. According to Guttmacher’s analysis, 75 abortion restrictions have passed at least one legislative chamber, and nine have been enacted into law. Eleven states have considered [...]/p

Mitt Romney Tells Rich Donors His Secret Plan To Cut Housing Assistance

Mitt Romney Tells Rich Donors His Secret Plan To Cut Housing Assistance: During comments overheard by an NBC news reporter, Mitt Romney told a crowd at a private fundraiser last night that he might eliminate the Department of Housing and Urban Development, scale back the Department of Education, and eliminate some specific tax provisions. There are all details that he has refused to divulge on the campaign [...]/p

Maddow: John Edwards Is Being Singled Out For Prosecution. Why?

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The contorted contours of Congressional power according to the radical Roberts Court

The contorted contours of Congressional power according to the radical Roberts Court
"Under Justice Thomas' reading of the Commerce and Necessary and Proper power, one could plausibly argue that the individual mandate violates the Constitution. But one would need to gut decades of settled precedent to do so. Such a reading would put in jeopardy our modern national state. Civil rights laws? Sorry no power for that. Environmental laws? Sorry, no power for that. Social Security? No can do. Medicare? Ditto."

Dear Ann Romney: allow others the choice you made

Dear Ann Romney: allow others the choice you made
"If you were serious, Ann, these are just some of the things that you'd do. Otherwise, you're just another spoiled Republican telling people that as long as you can do what you want, then everyone else can go to hell."

Cashin' In Regular Jonathan Hoenig Suggests Eliminating Medicare and Medicaid

Cashin' In Regular Jonathan Hoenig Suggests Eliminating Medicare and Medicaid
"Republicans like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are basically saying the same thing Hoenig did here with their goal of destroying our social safety nets. They're just a little more subtle about it."

Occupy Spreads It's Wings

Jeffrey Sachs: Wall Street Sense of Entitlement is Beyond Measure

Myths And Facts About Oil And Gasoline

Myths And Facts About Oil And Gasoline
"Both mainstream and conservative media outlets have responded to the recent spike in gasoline prices by circulating talking points rooted in politics rather than facts. As a whole, these claims reflect the misconception, perpetuated by the news media, that changes in U.S. energy policy are a major driver of oil and gasoline prices."

Paying Your Boss: How States Are Letting Corporations Pocket Their Workers’ Tax Payments

Paying Your Boss: How States Are Letting Corporations Pocket Their Workers’ Tax Payments: According to a new report by Good Jobs First, an organization that promotes accountability in economic development, a growing number of companies are collecting their workers’ income tax payments and keeping them, with the approval of state governments. Instead of having their taxes go to pay for public services like schools or roads, these workers [...]/p

Pro-Oil Outside Groups Spend More Than $16 Million On Energy Attack Ads Since January

Pro-Oil Outside Groups Spend More Than $16 Million On Energy Attack Ads Since January: A handful of outside groups, fueled by oil and coal dollars, are committing tens of millions to propel Big Oil to the forefront of the 2012 elections — outspending the Obama campaign on political energy ads by an overwhelming amount. In the first three-and-a-half months of 2012, groups including Americans for Prosperity, American Petroleum Institute, Crossroads [...]/p

Republican Allen West Plays The Desperate "Commie" Card

When Libertarians Stand for Medieval Control Instead of Freedom | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

When Libertarians Stand for Medieval Control Instead of Freedom | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet
"Debates on birth control in the US show how modern conservatism is just a neoliberal gloss on medieval domination."

Four Ways the Big Banks are Still Screwing Homeowners — And How They're Fighting Back | | AlterNet

Four Ways the Big Banks are Still Screwing Homeowners — And How They're Fighting Back | | AlterNet
"Here's how the banks are still doing exactly as they please when it comes to homes. But there's hope."

Wealth Defense Industry: The Real Reason America's Oligarchs Can Squeeze the Rest of Us | News & Politics | AlterNet

Wealth Defense Industry: The Real Reason America's Oligarchs Can Squeeze the Rest of Us | News & Politics | AlterNet
"In 2005, Citigroup offered its high net-worth clients in the United States a concise statement of the threats they and their money faced.

The report told them they were the leaders of a “plutonomy,” an economy driven by the spending of its ultra-rich citizens. “At the heart of plutonomy is income inequality,” which is made possible by “capitalist-friendly governments and tax regimes.”

Study: Autism Linked to Industrial Food, Environment | Common Dreams

Study: Autism Linked to Industrial Food, Environment | Common Dreams
Report cites prevalence of high-fructose corn syrup in US diet as possible contributor to alarming epidemic

If the Other Shoe Drops, I Want Medicare | Common Dreams

If the Other Shoe Drops, I Want Medicare | Common Dreams
"Medicare for all, for life is not an impossible dream.  Support the American Health Security Act of 2011, S915/HR1200, and ask your elected officials to do the same.  We can do better for one another.  And we must."

Oil Speculator Bankrolls Latest Karl Rove Attack Ad

Oil Speculator Bankrolls Latest Karl Rove Attack Ad
"The latest anti-Obama ad, which blames Obama for rising gas prices, is being financed in part by a hedge fund manager who has pumped up the price of oil through excessive speculation."

Bush Tax Cuts Leave Stinging Legacy

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How investing in wind energy can save American jobs

On ALEC: ‘This agenda is out of sync with the values of American people.’

EXCLUSIVE: Shareholders Call On Companies To Disclose ALEC Ties

EXCLUSIVE: Shareholders Call On Companies To Disclose ALEC Ties: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faces a run on its membership as Kraft, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Intuit, the Gates Foundation and, as of yesterday, McDonald’s broke ties with the conservative organization. While some companies are refusing to distance themselves from ALEC’s involvement in Voter ID legislation and support for the “stand your ground” laws that [...]/p

Walker's War On Women

Why It Will Be Hard For Romney To Claim That Obama Is Waging A War On Women

Why It Will Be Hard For Romney To Claim That Obama Is Waging A War On Women: As part of Mitt Romney’s ongoing attempt to project all of his weakness onto President Obama, the presumed GOP nominee is accusing his general election opponent of waging a “war on women.” Democrats have used the same charge to highlight Republicans’ systematic attacks on women’s rights, but Romney flipped the claim at a rally last [...]/p

Stephen Colbert's "Lady-Heroes" Highlights the Worst GOP Male Statements in the "War on Women"

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The 1% don't want the poor to eat...unless it's out of a trashcan

Group Mobilizing Big Anti-Fracking 'Earthquake' | Common Dreams

Group Mobilizing Big Anti-Fracking 'Earthquake' | Common Dreams

"If we stay silent, special interests will win; if we speak out together we have a chance."

- Common Dreams staff

Top 10 Koch Facts | AlterNet

Top 10 Koch Facts | AlterNet
"Everyone seems to be investigating Charles and David Koch lately, with exposés of their corrupt political behavior popping up in places like the New Yorker,AlterNet, ThinkProgress, and Brave New Foundation’s film Koch Brothers Exposed."

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, McDonald's Drop Support of ALEC | Common Dreams

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, McDonald's Drop Support of ALEC | Common Dreams

Activists continue push for sponsors to drop "corporate leviathan"

Paul Ryan Cites Catholic Social Teaching To Defend Budget That Ignores It

Paul Ryan Cites Catholic Social Teaching To Defend Budget That Ignores It: When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his latest “Path to Prosperity” budget last month, it was immediately admonished as an “immoral disaster” that “robs the poor” by Catholic religious leaders. That echoed the backlash Ryan received last year, but it hasn’t stopped him from attempting to use Catholic social teaching to support [...]/p

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs laws, sends message that ‘women’s lives don’t matter’

Gates Foundation Announces It Will Withdraw Funding From ALEC

Gates Foundation Announces It Will Withdraw Funding From ALEC
"Good news indeed, as the movement to defund the American Legislative Exchange Council gathers momentum. Too bad we couldn't pull this off before ALEC managed to impose its toxic legislative agenda on so many Republican-controlled states, but at least we're doing it now. Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard to stop this gang of corporate thugs."