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- REPORT: 27,000 Will Die Because Republican States Refuse To Expand Medicaid
- Mandela’s Crucial Lesson For America — And The Republicans Who Never Learn
- The Inadequate, Necessary Budget Deal
- With Pope Francis, Time Got It Just Right
- Latest Obamacare Report Card Shows Progress
- 5 Good Signs For President Obama In Some Very Bad Polls
Mandela’s Crucial Lesson For America — And The Republicans Who Never Learn
Joe ConasonBeyond the eulogies bestowed this week on the late and truly great Nelson Mandela, a visionary, revolutionary, and peacemaker, there is much for Americans to learn from the story of his vexed relationship with our country. We will forget the mistakes perpetrated in dealing with him at our own peril.
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The Inadequate, Necessary Budget Deal
E. J. DionneWASHINGTON — It’s a sign of how far to the right House Republicans have dragged governance in our country that the very conservative budget deal reached by Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray will need many liberal and Democratic votes to pass.
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1 Percent’s Surge Is 40 Years In The Making
Cass SunsteinDec. 10 (Bloomberg) — From 2009 to 2012, the U.S. experienced a significant economic recovery, in which average real income growth jumped by 6 percent. That’s the good news. The bad news is that almost all of that increase — 95 percent — was enjoyed by those in the top 1 percent of the income distribution.
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1 Percent’s Surge Is 40 Years In The Making
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — From 2009 to 2012, the U.S. experienced a significant economic recovery, in which average real income growth jumped by 6 percent. That’s the good news. The bad news is that almost all of that increase — 95 percent — was enjoyed by those in the top 1 percent of the income distribution.
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Liz Cheney To Anti-Apartheid Protesters In 1988: ‘Nobody’s Listening’
In the late 1980s, Liz Cheney, current Republican candidate for Senate in Wyoming, channeled her father on the issue of apartheid, according to a recent story in Mother Jones.
The magazine uncovered an op-ed written by Cheney, in which she sternly rebuked anti-apartheid college protesters.
Boehner Blasts Right-Wing Criticism Of Budget Deal: ‘This Is Ridiculous’ [VIDEO]
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) signaled his support for the budget agreement brokered by the congressional conference committee and lashed out at outside conservative groups that have rallied against the plan, during a Wednesday morning press conference on Capitol Hill.
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Here’s The Real Story: The GOP Has Surrendered On Repealing Obamacare
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) both referred to the budget deal they announced on Tuesday evening as “historic.” They were correct — but not because of any of the cuts or fees in the modest deficit-reduction plan.
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How Not To Think About The Pension Crisis
The latest news out of Detroit isn’t good. To get its fresh start, this once great but now bankrupt city is going to stick it to municipal employees and retirees.
City retirees there haven’t enjoyed exactly lavish pensions, but what they had was thought to be secure, protected under the state’s Constitution.
Coke’s Conspiracy Against Tap Water
Coca-Cola is running a stealth advertising campaign.
Read more...Sarah Palin Can’t Tear Down The Wall Between Church And State
“We have just enough religion to make us hate,” wrote Jonathan Swift, “but not enough to make us love one another.” A lifelong religious controversialist, the 18th-century Irish satirist definitely knew whereof he wrote. After all, it’s fewer than 20 years since Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland quit dynamiting each other’s gathering places.
Read more...The Tea Party Jumps The Shark: 4 Reasons Steve Stockman Won’t Beat John Cornyn
U.S. Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) shook up the 2014 midterms on Monday night, when he made the surprising announcement that he will challenge Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) in his upcoming re-election campaign.
Read more...Congress Reaches Budget Deal
Washington (AFP) – Congressional negotiators reached a deal Tuesday on US federal spending, budget officials said, which if passed by lawmakers would avoid a disastrous repeat of a government shutdown that paralyzed Washington.
Read more...SHOCKER: Our Long-Term Debt Problem May Already Be Solved
You may have missed the news that health care costs are growing at the slowest rate ever recorded.
Republican critics are reluctant to give the Affordable Care Act any credit for this amazing development. But Medicare, which has already implemented cost-saving policies from the law, showed no — 0.0 percent — cost growth whatsoever last year.
Poll: Mark Pryor Trails Tom Cotton In Arkansas Senate Race
According to a poll released Monday by conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway, Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) trails his Republican opponent, U.S. Representative Tom Cotton, 48 percent to 41 percent in his race for a third term.
Though Pryor remains the more well-known candidate in the contest, his popularity among Independents and women is slipping.
