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• Must Read Daily Kos Today

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  Badabing writes ~ Ben Bernanke Says Hes Sorry, And He Wont Do It Again ~*~
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• Skeptics: CBOs Health Care Reports Include "A Lot Of Blinking Yellow Lights"

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  McClatchy reports: Beltways health care bills will not control costs ~ Is it back to drawing board? Bernie Sanders has said as much . The Senate deliberations will have to strip out the bad and refigure the good. As the health care reform spotlight turns to the Senate, Bernie drove home the case ...
  2 days ago

• Switzerlands Oldest Bank Rejects the US

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 131
  The IRS UBS settlement may be good for the government coffers but it may be damaging to the US investment fraternity in the long run. Some even call the action of the IRS to demand details of thousands of UBS bank account holders suspected of evading taxes an act of financial apartheid. As a result of disruptive ...
  3 days ago

• The financial media are either corrupt or they are stupid (make that both).

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Take for instance the news coming out of the FDIC that they now have a negative $8.2B short fall. Hello George Bailey! Where are the red flags? Why isn’t the media saying “hey loyal followers, you should get your money out of the bank before the people who don’t read the newspapers do”, but instead they are ...
  3 days ago

• Harold Ford Jr.: U.S. Senator From New York?

  
  Booker Rising — Authority: 147
  I thought ol boy was trying to become Hollywoods chief lobbyist? Anyway, hat tip to reader Queen for this story. Apparently, a poll is being conducted on Harold Ford Jr.s behalf to gauge his chances of running for a U.S. Senate seat in New York, where he has had a home for three years. The moderate-liberal politico ...
  3 days ago

• US Senators ask White House to make ACTA Text Public

  
  Public Policy Connections — Authority: 411
  On 23 November 2009, two US Senators, Bernie Sanders (I-VI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), wrote a letter  to the US Trade Representative requesting that the secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) be made available, and that the public be allowed to review and comment on substantive proposals in the ...
  3 days ago

• Our sophisticated pundit class | Michael Tomasky

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  If you missed Mark Halperins idea of funny in regard to Mary Landrieu, I urge you to take a look at this .     Halperin is a leading political pundit, a real establisher of conventional wisdom. This is really pretty unbelievable. What is with these guys? Remember Dana Milbanks "hilarious" joke about what kind of ...
  4 days ago

• Fighting Ghosts & Shadow Governments

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 568
  Fighting Ghosts & Shadow Governments Jim Kirwan 11-24-9 Rense Back in the beginning of the First obvious Dictatorship of the Twenty-first Century; when the Shadow Government of Dick Cheney became the new rulers of this nation and the greatest threat to actual world order: A massive new shadow ...
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• US to send 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  US president set to make official announcement on US troop levels early next week Barack Obama said today that he intended to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, as it became clear that he is poised to announce early next week the deployment of up to 35,000 more troops to the troubled region in one of the most crucial ...
  4 days ago

• No tough questions for Galbraith on Capitol Hill

  
  The Cable — Authority: 674
  When PeterGalbraith testified on Capitol Hill Monday, the former U.S. ambassador andU.N. envoy answered questions on the credibility of Hamid Karzai, the elections in Afghanistan, the U.S. mission there,troop levels, and a host of other issues. What lawmakers failed to bring up were theallegations that Galbraith, ...
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  Connecticut Local Politics — Authority: 547
  
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• Senator Kaufman Calls For Immediate SEC Ban On Naked Access High Risk, High Frequency, Highly Unregulated And Unfair Wall Street Trading Practices

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  (presser) Kaufman Asks Commission to Act Now on High Frequency Trading In letter to SEC Chairman Schapiro, Senator outlines dangers of manipulative algorithms and systemic risk WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Ted Kaufman (D-DE) today urged Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Schapiro to take ...
  5 days ago

• Today in Washington D. C. - Nov 23, 2009 - Congress in Recess Playing at Home

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 544
  Congress is in recess until Monday, November 30th. At that time the Senate will resume consideration of the Reid substitute amendment to H.R. 3590, the vehicle for Democrats’ health care reform bill. As previously reported, the Senate voted 60-39 along party lines to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the ...
  5 days ago

• Join The International Day Of Action - Dont Nuke The Planet - Set For Dec. 12th

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  Nuclear Information and Resource Service writes: SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL DONT NUKE THE CLIMATE CAMPAIGN! DECEMBER 11-12 CALL-IN AND ACTION DAYS The behind-the-scenes maneuvering on the Senate climate bill is reaching a fever pitch, especially the efforts to add tens--or even hundreds--of billions of dollars ...
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• FDL Action: Petition Harry Reid Against Allowing Corrupt Democrats Kill The Public Option Outside Of A Simple Majority

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  The Senate starts debating health care next week. But if it passes without a public option, theres only one person to blame: Harry Reid. As the majority leader of the Senate, the power to pass a public option is squarely in Reids hands. Will Reid let three or four corrupt Senators owned by the insurance industry ...
  5 days ago

• June Eisley Writes: URGENT - CALL TODAY - End The Afghan Occupation NOW!

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  National White House Call-In Day: Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Call President Obama, Your Senators, and Member of Congress to Stop the Escalation and End the War in Afghanistan An ad-hoc coalition of national peace advocacy organizations is calling on people from every corner of the country to ...
  5 days ago

• News: Moderate-To-Conservative Democrats & Health Care

  
  Booker Rising — Authority: 147
  Artur Davis Gives His Thoughts On Health Care Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) found himself facing criticism last week when Rev. Jesse Jackson made the comment "You cant vote against health care and call yourself a black man." By the end of the week, Mr. Jackson had pulled back on his initial comment. In an interview on ...
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• About medical malpractice | Michael Tomasky

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Theres a lot of dispute about whether "medmal" reform really produces significant cost control. Im told that in Michigan, where these reforms are law, it hasnt really changed much. Last month, at the request of Orrin Hatch, the CBO issued a report on estimated savings of a medmal reform package that would cap real ...
  6 days ago

• Delaware Health Care For America Now Thanks Senators Carper And Kaufman For Voting To Proceed

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 147
  From the inbox: Delaware Health Care for America Now Thanks Senators Carper and Kaufman for Voting to Proceed Delaware Healthcare coalitions as part of Health Care for America Now (HCAN) – the nation’s largest health care campaign – released the following statement thanking Senators Carper ...
  6 days ago

• Unhealthy Lobbying

  
  Center for Media and Democracy - Publishers of PR Watch — Authority: 564
  The President of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Steve Roberts, wants West Virginias Senators Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller to "withhold voting to advance national health care reform until the Obama Administration, particularly the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, backs down on its campaign against ...
  6 days ago

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