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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chrysler, Automaker Bailout, Gm, Finance, Economy, Ford, Financial Crisis, Congress, Carl Levin, Business News

WASHINGTON — The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Con...

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Rust-Covered Car Execs? Kick 'Em To The Curb

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, General Motors, Economy, Michigan, Ford, Sustainability, Washington DC, Carl Levin, Business News
Jeffrey Feldman

The federal government should make it clear that it is not going to waste taxpayer time or money by listening to the same, arrogant and idiotic bunch of automotive executives that caused all the problems in the first place.

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The Meaning of Change Will Be Tested by the Auto Industry Bailout

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The question shouldn't be whether or not to bail out the U.S. auto industry, but how assistance to the car manufacturers fits within the larger national energy plan that is greener, self-sustaining and economically positive.

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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$50 Billion for the Detroit Three: Yea or Nay?

Steve Parker | Posted 09.27.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.

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Representation Without Taxation: Study Says Most Corporations Avoid US Income Tax

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Carl Levin, Gao, Government Accountability Office, Income Tax, Tax Evasion, Corporate Greed, Business News

WASHINGTON — Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress. The s...

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7 Days: The Week That Ended a War & a Candidacy, with Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin and Arianna, Bender & Green

Mark Green | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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Mark Green

Our conversation converged on the conclusion that Obama looked "presidential" while McCain looked like a biblical Job wandering around from golf carts to supermarket aisles shopping for news and votes.

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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Sen. Levin Calls For UBS To Clean Up Or Shut Down Over Tax Evasion

Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

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**UPDATE** The Wall Street Journal reports that UBS will close private-banking operations for U.S. clients: A UBS AG executive told a U.S. Senate pa...

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John McCain, Torture Puppet

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jack Cloonan, Dan Coleman, Alberto J. Mora, Mark Fallon, John McCain, Jane Mayer, Cia, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, US Torture, Senate Committee on Armed Services, William J. Haynes II, Carl Levin, Fbi, Barack Obama, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Beyond McCain's stunted historical memory, his outburst flies in the face of the evidence that the entire "War on Terror" imprisonment program has been both chronically brutal and irredeemably flawed.

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Sam Stein

War Opponents Dispute Clinton's Account Of Levin Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2002 Invasion, Carl Levin, War Opponents, Clinton, Democratic Primary, Iraq War, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Levin Amendment, Democratic Debate, Politics News

War opponents say Sen. Hillary Clinton is misleading in her explanation about why she voted in 2003 against a bill that would have stalled America's i...

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Democrats May Force All-Night Filibuster On Iraq Withdrawal

The Hill | Manu Raju and Mike Soraghan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Democrats might force Republicans to wage a filibuster if the GOP wants to block the latest Iraq withdrawal bill, aides and senators said Tuesd...

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