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Who needs Republicans when you've got Ben Nelson?
By GottaLaff This is what I meant earlier when I said 60 (or 59) Democrats in the Senate is not what the media insists it is (a block of 60-- or 59-- votes): Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Monday...
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US Chamber’s Lobbyists Solicited Hackers To Sabotage Unions, Smear Chamber’s...
Think Progress has a must-read. Just go. I'll give you a tease, but it's their story, and it's an important one. This is one of those (many) times I really miss Keith Olbermann's coverage:...
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VIDEO: "We crunched the numbers. I will no longer be able to afford to teach."
Oconomowoc's Kim Hoffman says of shortsighted Wisconsin budget bill, "We crunched the numbers. I will no longer be able to afford to teach." Protect Wisconsin Families - Madison Rallies By SEIU...
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Three Organizations Take Up Where ACORN Left Off
Alternet has a spiffy post that I just had to share, and it's all about the resurrection of ACORN (of sorts) via three organizations. You can't keep a good grass roots effort down, GOP, no matter how...
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VIDEO: Even too far for Republicans
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Thank you to Rachel for getting this story out there. Imagine that, Republicans for union workers. Mind-boggling considering...
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"Shareholder democracy" is a joke... (hello, Rupert Murdoch)."
Michael Hiltzik has another informative column up at the L.A. Times that makes a lot of important points about workers vs. workers (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's divide and conquer strategy), how this...
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Unions "were put in place to fight for employees, not to protect the employer"
Andy Marquis, reporter for RACE22.com, is our guest blogger of the day. He used to consider himself a Republican but not any more. He changed his voter registration to Independent in 2011 and says...
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VIDEO: Why California labor unions are growing
Please watch the whole video, especially the part at about 11:43. The bad news: Union membership is on the decline. In fact, a record low 11.3 percent of all U.S. workers were union members, down from...
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House GOP leadership rammed through bill that would have effectively put...
Yesterday I posted this: "Reince Priebus confirms GOP’s not really serious about reinventing itself; Paul Ryan aids and abets." One of our astute readers brought one more thing to my attention,...
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Banishing the Poor, Unemployed and Working Class from the Mainstream Media...
Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash at Truthout, via my pal Mark Karlin; How often do you come across an article or a television news story that presents a poor person in a positive light? Or for that...
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"Labor Day: the red-headed stepchild of holidays... to honor not the dead,...
Today’s guest post by the one, the only, Will Durst: THE LEAST LABORING OF DAYS Hey, it’s Labor Day, everybody. Woo- hoo. Okay, we’re partying now. Throw your arms in the air and wave them like you...
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