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- WATCH: Rand Paul Says We Must Hurt The Long-Term Unemployed To Help Them
- Rand Paul To Detroit: You’re Being Punished Because You Don’t Worship The Rich
- Pope’s Critique Of Capitalism Raises Ire On The Right
- This Week In Crazy: Rick Santorum Is A Non-Communist Nelson Mandela, And The Rest Of The Worst Of The Right
- Weekend Reader: The New Democrats And The Return To Power
- Book-Cooking Bank Gets To Keep Its Books Cooked
Pope’s Critique Of Capitalism Raises Ire On The Right
Cynthia TuckerIf the United States has a state religion, it’s capitalism.
That hasn’t always been so, but few adults under the age of 60 would know that Ayn Rand was once reviled by believers, that the working poor were once seen as honorable folk, and that churchgoing Christians did not always believe it their duty to defend the ways of Big Business. Indeed, there was once a time when even the U.S.
Weekend Reader: The New Democrats And The Return To Power
National Memo StaffToday the Weekend Reader bring you The New Democrats and the Return to Power by Al From, founder of the Democratic Leadership Council. The New Democrats and the Return to Power features From’s guidelines to reforming the Democratic Party back to the Clinton era.
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Book-Cooking Bank Gets To Keep Its Books Cooked
Jonathan WeilDec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Here’s a not-so-comforting lesson for investors, courtesy of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Just because the SEC says a company’s earnings were fraudulent doesn’t mean the company will ever be required to correct them.
The SEC this week accused Fifth Third Bancorp of committing accounting fraud during the height of the 2008 financial crisis.
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‘The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday’: Journalist Enters World Of Low-Paid Temp Workers In Southern California’s Warehouses
Journalist Gabriel Thompson’s “Holiday Crush,” first published by the Investigative Fund in conjunction with The Nation, exposes the world of seasonal workers working in California’s Inland Empire — an industrialized area packed with warehouses that hire temporary workers during the holiday season.
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This Will Get Messy: Conservative Senator Will Face Neo-Confederate Primary Challenge
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) has an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association and a reputation for bringing in federal dollars. And now, after announcing he will seek his seventh term in the U.S. Senate on Friday, he has a tough primary challenge ahead.
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Study: States That Refused Medicaid Expansion Will Lose Billions
When the Supreme Court ruled in the summer of 2012 that individual states did not have to participate in a federal expansion of Medicaid, many Republican governors rejoiced. “We don’t need the federal government telling us what to do when it comes to meeting the needs of the citizens of our states,” wrote Florida governor Rick Scott (R).
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Poll: Majority Of Americans Want Changes To Affordable Care Act
A Gallup poll released Friday finds that despite the glitches that have plagued the Affordable Care Act website since its October launch, the percentage of Americans who want the law scaled back or entirely repealed has hardly changed from two years ago.
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WATCH: Gun Reform Group Releases Startling New Ad For Newtown Anniversary
As the first anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting approaches, the nonprofit group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America has released an unsettling new television ad urging Americans to demand new gun safety measures.
Read more...Mandela’s Legacy Of Forgiveness And Hope
Even as much of the world mourns his passing, it is easy to underestimate Nelson Mandela’s greatness. His legacy has been fused with Tinseltown dramas starring such presidential figures as Dennis Haysbert and Morgan Freeman. Accustomed as we are to Hollywood’s happy endings, we might miss the sheer extraordinariness of Mandela’s life.
Read more...With Unemployment At A 5-Year Low, Will Ted Cruz Finally Stop Using This Lie?
“The single biggest job killer is Obamacare,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — the embattled conservative group behind Stand Your Ground and dozens of controversial right-wing bills pushed at the state level — on Thursday.
The crowd leapt to its feet.
You Have To See What Ted Cruz’s Fans Have To Say About Nelson Mandela
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to join in with the hordes of people around the world commemorating the life of the undeniably heroic Nelson Mandela.
His Facebook message was simple and typical:
Nelson Mandela will live in history as an inspiration for defenders of liberty around the globe.
America’s Greediest: Meet YUM! CEO David Novak, Keeping Fast-Food Wages Minimal
Among the most venerable Yuletide traditions is the annual appeal on behalf of the “neediest cases,” which has spread nationwide since it first appeared in the New York Times so long ago.
Read more...5 Easy And Effective Ways To Rebuild The Middle Class
This chart released by the Congressional Budget Office in October of 2011 — just weeks after the Occupy Wall Street protests began — made the income inequality crisis crystal clear: The poorer you were, the lower your income growth — even before the Great Recession began.
Read more...Most American Families Now Make Less Than $60,000 Per Year
The majority of American families earn $60,000 or less per year, according to a new report by The Hamilton Project.
The report, titled “A Dozen Facts about America’s Struggling Lower-Middle Class,” lays out the immense challenges facing Americans making between 100 and 250 percent of the federal poverty level (between roughly $15,000 and $60,000 per year).
