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Amazon.com has come under criticism for working with ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council), a corporate lobbying group that writes model legislation in favor of corporate and conservative causes. See Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to...
RootsAction writes: “Mr President: Watch This Video. It’s been decades since the Cold War ended, yet our country still has 450 U.S. inter-continental ballistic missiles deployed and ready to fire at Russia on a...
Tonight, in association with MoveOn.org, I’ll be attending a 99% Spring training session. I got an email from the organizers with a link to their training materials, including this PDF: The 99% Spring Training...
Dennis Kucinich appeared in Des Moines, WA on April 12, 2012 at a forum on “The Threat to Social Security: An Issue for All Generations.“ Photos and video excerpts are below. Other speakers at...
I asked the 26 year old unemployed son of a friend to help out with some yard work. While working, we got to discussing politics. He said, “I heard that Obama wants gas prices...
State Integrity Investigation (http://www.stateintegrity.org) has rated the 50 states on corruption risk. Washington State has gotten a score of B- on the Corruption Risk Report Card. Overall grade B- 83% Rank among 50 states...
The Christian Science Monitor is reporting, in Buffett Rule: Could it backfire on Democrats?, “Democrats are campaigning for the Buffett Rule, which would ensure millionaires pay federal taxes at a higher tax rate. But...
AlterNet published an article by Peter Van Buren, I Had to Tell the Truth About Iraq–Even Though it Cost Me My Career. The author, who worked for the State Department at a forward operating...
The world’s top 7 military spenders in 2010 The US Spends more on the military than the next 15 countries combined, and it spends 43% of the world total. Figures from the SIPRI Yearbook...
