March 2012
125 posts
Republicans Alter U.S. Supreme Court Audio in... →
Republicans Alter U.S. Supreme Court Audio in Obama Attack
A Republican Party Internet advertisement uses altered audio from U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments to attack President Barack Obama’s health-care law.
In the web ad circulated yesterday, the Republican National Committee excerpts the opening seconds of the March 27 presentation of Obama’s top Supreme Court lawyer, Solicitor General...
General Motors pulls funding from climate sceptic... →
General Motors pulls funding from climate sceptic thinktank Heartland
Car giant breaks off 20-year relationship with Heartland Institute in ongoing row over its role in questioning global warming
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In a statement, GM said that it now runs its business “as if climate change is real and believe we have a role to play in developing new cars, trucks and technologies that can make a difference”.
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Portions Of Scott Walker's Anti-Union Law Struck... →
Portions Of Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law Struck Down By Federal Court
Just over a year after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a measure taking away most collective bargaining rights for public workers, labor unions scored a victory as a federal court struck down portions of the law. The court ruled that the state cannot prevent public sector unions from automatically deducting dues...
Robert Reich: Break Up The Big Banks, Says the... →
Robert Reich: Break Up The Big Banks, Says the Dallas Fed
novenator:
robertreich:
As the Supreme Court shows every sign of throwing out “Obamacare” and leaving 30 million Americans without health insurance, another drama is being played out in the quiet corridors of the Federal Reserve system that may affect even more of us.
This is the problem with unregulated, predatory capitalism: the...
Top 5 Worst U.S. States for Women. Which states... →
Top 5 Worst U.S. States for Women. Which states have been ranked the worst for women to live in?
americawakiewakie:
5. Kentucky
Things are blue for women in the Bluegrass State, where female poverty is at 18.5%, only 21% of women have college degrees and freedom of choice doesn’t exist for many. Health-insurance companies don’t cover abortions — unless it’s a procedure to save the mother’s...
WatchABC News releases surveillance video of arrest of George Zimmerman.
reuters:
ABC News releases surveillance video of arrest of George Zimmerman.
Walking While Black →
Walking While Black
Now there is widespread outrage over the senseless killing of a young black man who was doing nothing wrong and the fact that the man who killed him has not been arrested. People are trying to make sense of the series of gun laws that allowed George Zimmerman to act as he did — starting with the Florida laws that allowed someone like Zimmerman, who had previously been charged...
