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As reported here and here, a video introduction to the Justice Party of Washington and a discussion of ballot access for third political parties will take place at Traditions Café (300 Fifth Ave. S.W.)...
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...
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:05:20 -0700 Subject: [SFPJN] Occupy the East End Rejects MoveOn.org Takeover Attempt PRESS RELEASE: Occupy the East End Rejects MoveOn.org Takeover Attempt April 8th, 2012 Please disseminate to everyone...
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...
Retired US Navy Commander Faces Jail Over Interruption of Super Committee Hearing Bolger disrupted a public hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the Super Committee, last October. “All...
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy report Who Pays? A distributional analysis of the tax systems in all 50 states shows just how regressive the tax system is, both nationally and, especially, in...
The Washington state legislature is still engrossed in a special Session.  The House passed a budget yesterday that avoided major cuts to education, but kept the new proposed accounting system for sales-tax receipts collected on...
