Link: Jon Stewart's funny and powerful defense of the Wall Street protests
Jon Stewart comes to the defense of Occupy Wall Street It’s more than humor. There’s real, intelligent journalism.
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Big protest at Westlake Park, noon Saturday
Progressives of all stripes are converging at Westlake Center in Seattle tomorrow at noon for a big protest against corruption and injustice. Joining hundreds of similar protests around the country, activists will be saying...
Problems on the Left: a repeat of 2000 and 2008?
Monday at Drinking Liberally in Bellevue, a Democratic friend angrily confronted me and asked me to tone down my criticisms of President Obama. “Do you want a repeat of 2000 when Nader handed the...
Link: Bipartisan Senate bill would repatriate foreign earnings
Proposed bill would bring foreign earnings back to U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) Thursday introduced a bill she and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) are co-sponsoring to repatriate foreign tax dollars into the U.S. economy....
GOP leaders announce the formation of the "American Nightmare Movement"
Republican leaders announced today their plans to form an “American Nightmare Movement” (ANM) as a public-private partnership to promote more realistic expectations among the populace. With funding from the US Chamber of Commerce and...
Supercommittee Co-Chair Patty Murray Accepts Award from Defense Industry As She Mulls Cuts To Pentagon Budget
AlterNet is reporting that Supercommittee Co-Chair Patty Murray Accepts Award from Defense Industry As She Mulls Cuts To Pentagon Budget. “Murray’s individual take in defense industry donations since 2007 is greater than the combined...
Bloomberg Business Week warns about Occupy Wall Street, criticizes the GOP
Why Occupy Wall Street Should Scare Republicans On the Occupy Wall Street protests: The arguments I heard from the often-articulate protesters in the park were economic, not partisan. None of the posters depicted Romney,...
Link: 25 protesters arrested at Seattle's Westlake Park
‘Occupy Seattle’ protesters arrested at Westlake Park “It is not appropriate for people to put up tents and exclude others from a park, no matter how worthy the cause,” McGinn told reporters. “They can...