Dennis Kucinich

The Fed Under Fire (VIDEO)

Harry Hanbury | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Kucinich, Bill Greider, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Bernanke, Federal Reserve, Obama, Alan Grayson, Grayson, Bank of America, William Greider, Ken Lewis, Fed, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, The Fed, Ben Bernanke, Audit, Corruption, Grider, Business News

As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.

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The Hypocrisy of Bill Maher

Jeff Norman | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Noam Chomsky, Television, Hyprocrisy, Ballot, Liberals, Dennis Kucinich, Tv, President, Election, Ralph Nader, Bill Maher, Politics News

Bill Maher blasted the Democratic Party for kowtowing to its corporate paymasters, and bemoaned the lack of real liberals on ballots and television.

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Kucinich Rips Lewis For Duping Shareholders (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Fed, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Wall Street, Ken Lewis, Dennis Kucinich, Bernanke, Financial Crisis, Frbny, Politics News

Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis took a pounding Thursday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. One of the most damning exchanges ...

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Abraham Lincoln's Vegetarian Address

Dave Astor | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Gop, Whole Foods, Veggie Burgers, Vegetarian, Vegan, Healthy Diet, Tofu, Factory Farms, People Magazine, Civil War, Animals, Chowhound, Vegetarianism, Tempeh, Star Trek, Cats, Dennis Kucinich, Salad, Mr. Spock, Abraham Lincoln, Catsup, Faux Meat, Coretta Scott King, Meat-Free, Hormone-Laden Meat, Red Meat, Gettysburg Address, Veganism, Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth, Frank Perdue, Zucchini, Carnivores, Whole Paycheck, Caged Animals, Organic Food, Sonia Sotomayor, Vulcan, Pasta Primavera, Cruelty to Animals, Republicans, Meat, Dogs, Comedy News

"Four score and seven meals ago my conscience brought forth to the anti-rebel north a new diet conceived in kindness and dedicated to the proposition that all animals are created equal.

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Weekly Audit: Why Accountability Matters Economy NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mortgage Brokers, Tarp, Fdic, Goldman Sachs, Chrysler, Newsladder, Bernie Madoff, Economy NewsLadder, Recession, Dennis Kucinich, Caci International, Federal Reserve, Abu Gharib, Deregulation, Stimulus Package, Wall Street, Martha Coakley, Politics News

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium MediaWire Blogger With workers all over the globe trudging through a catastrophic recession, it's almost a given th...

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Merrill Lynch Bonuses 22 Times The Size Of AIG

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Aig, Merrill Lynch Bonuses, Aig Bonuses, Dennis Kucinich, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

Dennis Kucinich sent out a round of letters to top Treasury officials Monday morning, questioning how much they knew about bonuses paid to Merrill Lyn...

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Is Your Representative Opposing Escalation in Afghanistan?

Norman Solomon | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to "reconsider" his order deploying 17,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan. But the list of signers was awfully short.

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Kucinich To Investigate "Executive Assassination Ring"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Edolphus Towns, Dennis Kucinich, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, Executive Assassination Ring, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Politics News

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has sent a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns on Friday requesting an ...

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Can Congress Save Obama from Afghan Quagmire?

Robert Naiman | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: John Murtha, Congress, Ben Nelson, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Dennis Kucinich, Walter Jones, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, World News

A progressive presidency is a terrible thing to waste. It only comes around once every so often. Wouldn't it be a shame if Americans' hopes for the Obama administration were squandered in Afghanistan?

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Obama's Iraq Speech Receives Mixed Reviews On Capitol Hill

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, The Hill, Capitol Hill, Obama Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Lynn Woolsey, Obama Troop Drawdown, John Boehner, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Obama Iraq Speech, Obama Iraq, Iraq, Politics News

There has been something of an inverse partisan reaction in Congress to President Obama's speech on Friday outlining a drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq...

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Where Is Our $78 Billion?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paulson, Kucinich, Wall Street, 78 Billion, Bailout, TARP II, Chris Weigant, Dennis Kucinich, Taxpayer Money, Banks, Treasury, Wall Street Bailout, Tarp, Politics News

While Barack Obama is making all the news headlines today for (finally!) doing some cheerleading for his recovery package (as it wends its way through...

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Kucinich Leads Trend for Even Handed Foreign Policy

Michael Carmichael | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, Neil Abercrombie, Sam Farr, George MItchell, James McDermott, Ron Paul, Walter Jones, Fortney Stark, Keith Ellison, Todd Tiahrt, John Dingell, Frederick Boucher, William Delahunt, John Oliver, Henry Johnson, Dennis Kucinich, Brian Baird, Council for the National Interest, Robert Berry, Donna Edwards, Gwen Moore, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Paul Ronald, Nick Rahall, Raul Grijalva, Donald Payne, Lynn Woolsey, Earl Blumenauer, Loretta Sanchez, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Betty McCollum, John Shadegg, Samuel Graves, Victor Snyder, Barack Obama, James Moran, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Hilda Solis, Maurice Hinchey, Steve Kagan, Peter DeFazio, Kay Granger, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Jeb Hensarling, Henry Brown, George Miller, Israel Gaza Operation, Elton Gallegly, Politics News

According to astute observers -- there is a new trend in Congress in favor of a more even-handed approach to foreign policy. The bipartisan group, Co...

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Kucinich to Introduce Gaza Ceasefire Resolution -- Who Will Co-Sponsor?

Robert Naiman | Posted 01.14.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Congress, Gaza, Palestinians, Dennis Kucinich, Foreign Policy, World News

It's great that Dennis is on the floor of the House telling the truth. But it's terrible for the prospects of changing disastrous U.S. policies towards the Palestinians for Dennis to be standing alone.

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Can Congress Speak Out Against Gaza Violence? Yes, They Can!

Robert Naiman | Posted 01.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Congress, Gaza, Dennis Kucinich, Foreign Policy, World News

Don't whine about Congress if you haven't exerted the minimal effort to ask it to behave differently.

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Kucinich Calls For UN Probe Of Israel

Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kucinich Israel, Dennis Kucinich, Gaza, Gaza Crisis, Dennis Kucinich Israel, Israel Gaza, Politics News

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is calling for a United Nations investigation into Israel's attacks on Gaza, criticizing Israel for a disproportionate r...

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Gold Medals, Begich, Ron Paul, Ramsey, Mccain, Awards, China, Sarah Palin, Cindy Sheehan, Turncoat of the Year, Miss America, Enough Already, Mark Begich, 2008, Sofa, Dennis Kucinich, American Taxpayer, Turncoat, Status of Forces, Shinseki, Prime Minister, America Does Not Torture, Obama Wins, Edwards, Obama Is a Muslim, Barack Obama, Fred Thompson, Best Comeback, Taliban, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Maliki, Worst Politician, Styx, George Bush, President, Jon Benet, Beijing, President Elect Barack Obama, Iraq, Obama, President-Elect, Most Original Thinker, Spitzer, Bush, Lieberman, Michael Phelps, Blagojevich, Paulson, Mclaughlin, Stevens, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Pirates, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Shoes, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Biggest Loser, Somali Pirates, McLaughlin Group, Most Boring, Person of the Year, Jesse Jackson, Throwing Shoes, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Richardson, Olympics, Best Photo Op, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Palin, Best Politician, Fairest Rap, Ramseys, Politics News

Welcome to our annual awards! For the past three years, this column has paid homage (translation: "ripped off their gimmick") to the McLaughlin Group...

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Drug Czar of My Dreams

Matt Elrod | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Judge Jim P. Gray, Non-Violent Crime, Drug Policy Alliance, Prison System, Marijuana, Czar of My Dreams, Ron Paul, Medical Marijuana, President Elect Obama Drug Policy, Office of National Drug Control Policy, The Drug War, Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, Us Prison System, Jim P. Gray, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Prison, Dennis Kucinich, Drug Offenders, Drug Czar, Christian Science Moniter, Drug Policy, Legalize Marijuana, Alternative Treatment Drug Offenders, Politics News

A significant reallocation of scarce resources from criminal justice to public health solutions is long overdue, but drug policy is multi-disciplinary and international in scope.

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Cheney's Confession Should Lead to Criminal Investigation of Bush's Torture Policies

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jonathan Karl, Impeachment, Bush War Crimes, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, George W. Bush, Cheney Impeachment, Keith Olbermann, Eric Holder, Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, War Crimes, Cheney War Crimes, Evan Wallach, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Eric Holder Marc Rich, Bush Impeachment, Rod Blagojevich, Dennis Kucinich, Guantanamo Bay, Bill Clinton Impeachment, Washington Post, Cheney Torture, Bush Torture, Waterboarding, ABC News, World War II, Eric Holder Elian Gonzalez, Torture, Politics News

If the Bush administration would have at least acted like they might have done something wrong, maybe we could have moved on. But if Cheney is going on national TV to endorse torture, he has tied the hands of the country.

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Angry Kucinich Reminds Obama He Was Rival

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Hillary Clinton, Andy Borowitz, Team of Rivals, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Team of Rivals, Satire, Doris Kearns Goodwin Team of Rivals, Postmaster General, Politics News

As President-Elect Obama continues to assemble his "team of rivals" by filling Cabinet positions with former political opponents, he has drawn the ire of one self-styled rival who feels he has been unfairly overlooked.

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Peace Gnome to the Rescue

Mike Sheehan | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poole, Elephant, Cruelty, Pachyderm, Zoo, Kucinich, Inhumane, Animals, Animal Cruelty, Peace Gnome, LA City Council, Animal Rights, Humane Treatment of Animals, Dennis Kucinich, L.A. County Zoo, Politics News

Rep. Kucinich (D-OH) -- whom we around here affectionately refer to as the "Peace Gnome" -- is urging the L.A. City Council to free a captive elephant languishing in a county zoo.

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Botching the Bailout

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Neel Kashkari, Dennis Kucinich, Government Bailout, Bailout, Financial Crisis, Crony Capitalism, Business News

The Bush administration is squandering hundreds of billions of dollars on incompetence again -- the whole thing is beginning to look a little too much like Iraq.

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Soft Power is Obama's Greatest Strength

Indra Adnan | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue, Terrorists, Pakistan, Joseph Nye, New Administration, Violence, Obama, Iran, Media, Pacifism, Peace, Barack Obama, Fake News, Iraq War, Armistice Day, Smart Power, Activism, Dennis Kucinich, Soft Power, Non-Violence, Participation, Politics News

Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.

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Multiple Voices in Inspiring Essay Compilation

Donna Albergotti | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hosking, Martina Navratilova, Dalai Lama, Moby, Sue Coe, Dennis Kucinich, Ingrid Newkirk, Henry Heimlich, Aimee Mullins, Book Reviews, Paul McCartney, Robert Young, Peta, Happiness, Emotional Wellness, Social Activism, Essay Compilation, Living News

With infectious optimism, One Can Make a Difference ends up being a comforting, hopeful read for seemingly helpless times.

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Remembering 9/11 and Moving Forward

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Remembering 9/11, September 11th, Dennis Kucinich, 9/11 Anniversary, Politics News

America must move from the errant, retributive justice of 9/11 to a healing, restorative process of truth and reconciliation.

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Obama Obliterates McCain

Michael Carmichael | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Invesco Field, Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Deval Patrick, Dennis Kucinich, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Democratic Convention, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech, 2008 Election, Obama Convention Speech, Obama Speech, Denver, Politics News

Obama calmly yet passionately defined himself and his prescription for America in radical juxtaposition to the record of George Bush and the agenda of John McCain.

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