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Inequality has ballooned over the last three decades as some of the wealthiest Americans have enriched themselves at the expense of everyone else. Who are the worst offenders? You tell us.
The sinister Guy Fawkes mask made famous by the film V for Vendetta has become an emblem for anti-establishment protest groups. Who's behind them?
The VA is required by law to bill other insurance, but they are not allowed to bill Medicare. This makes no sense. It makes more sense for these two government programs to share the cost of caring for the eldest of our Veterans.
On Thursday September 8, President Obama presented the American Jobs Act in an address to Congress. The purpose of the American Jobs Act is simple: put more people back to work and put more money in the pockets of working Americans.
Throughout our history Americans have used petitions to unite around issues they care about. We the People provides you with a new way to petition the federal government to take action on a range of issues.
The Washington Post is reporting: In debt talks, Obama offers Social Security cuts.Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and I agree that Democrats must stand firm against any cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits.
The 2011 Citizens Medal will recognize “citizens of the United States of America who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”
"I do not have a problem with this country dispatching a shoot-to-kill team to get Osama Bin Laden. ... What I object to, is those who want to silence those who disagree with me."
"If the only issue were cutting the federal deficit by four or five trillion dollars over the next ten years, the President and Democrats wouldn’t have to cave in to this extortion.
"We are here today because every single one of you stood tall and said, “Yes, we can.” (Applause.) Yes, we can learn. Yes, we can succeed. You decided you would not be defined by where you come from but by where you want to go, by what you wan …
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Town Hall on America's Fiscal Future April 19, 2011 | 57:45 | Public Domain President Obama answers questions about the budget, reducing the deficit, and improving America's fiscal future at a town hall event at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA.
"As if 79-year-old Bob Queener hasn't been through enough in the past 16 months, now his nursing home is giving him the boot. ... What's happening to Queener isn't as rare as it used to be.
President Obama invites you to participate in his "Shared Responsibility and Shared Prosperity" Facebook town hall event on Wednesday, April 20th at 1:45 pm PT / 4:45 pm ET live online from Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
"President Obama lays out his plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years and to ensure America's future wealth and prosperity in a speech at George Washington University in Washington, DC." April 13, 2011 | 43:41 | Public Domain
Video of the Day: Keith Olbermann's Fridays with Thurber
"All the pre-breakup rumblings between Glenn "Lonesome Rhodes" Beck and Fox News indicated that Beck had some kind of dream of an All-Beck TV Enterprise. ... "
This is a link to a live web cam of a Bald Eagle's Nest with eggs expected to hatch soon.
Keith Olbermann continues to read stories by James Thurber. "The Luck Of Jad Peters" by James Thurber
Keith Olbermann (On Video) gives his picks for the Worst Persons of the Day
Stone balancing by Kent Avery Stanley Park, Vancouver
MADISON, Wis. -- The largest estimated crowd yet gathered outside of the Wisconsin state capitol Saturday as protesters continued to rally against Gov. Walker's "budget repair bill," despite this week's passage of the bill in both the state assembly and state senate.
"Still having never learned to be calm, retract their claws, and sit around and act rationally in a situation that calls for panic, Wisconsin's Republicans and their Corporate Puppeteers tonight guaranteed themselves an unprecedented and disastrous recall next January. "
Good advice for young entrepreneurs or another sign that Mitt Romney can't relate to ordinary Americans? Romney told Ohio college students yesterday that if they wanted to start a business, they should just borrow $20,000 or so from their parents, as a friend of his did. (Jimmy …
right wing bashing of and comparing to Alinsky is it a right wing exageration
President Obama showed again last night why he is in command, at the helm, and not someone else.
Given the opportunity my question in a debate would be the following; How does the concentration of wealth in a small percentage of citizens benefit capitalism, the creation of jobs, and our country? And two follow up questions. Given that all taxes, state, federal, municipal, et …
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