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Reviving Confidence in the American Economy: China, Investment and the Deficit Hawks

Rob Johnson | Posted 12.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Investments, Deficit, Obama Administration, Living Standards, Deficit Hawks, China, Productivity, Business News

The retrenchment of the American consumer blows a chill wind over the sentiments of consumers and business investment. Only the Obama Administration's fiscal stimulus resists the decline of demand.

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The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same

Abe Gurko | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jasper Schuringa, George W. Bush, Twitter, Obama Administration, Obama, Evil Doers, Facebook, Barack Obama, I Mean What, Meet the Press, David Axelrod, Janet Napolitano, Alphonse Karr, This Morning With George Stephanopoulos, Flight 253, Hurricane Katrina, Robert Gibbs, Dentu-Creme, Politics News

As citizens, in case you're the Jasper Schuringa on your next flight, or as politicians, who need to cut the lip service and demand results.

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Obama Moves To Curb Federal Secrets, Encourage Declassification

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 12.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Declassification Center, National Archives, Classified Materials, President Obama, Obama Administration, Federal Secrets, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered the federal government to rethink how it protects the nation's secrets, in a move that wa...

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Obama Administration To Announce Loans For Nuclear Power

Reuters | Posted 12.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Administration, Nuclear Power, Green News

Congress authorized $18.5 billion for nuclear loan guarantees in 2005, hoping to revive development of the carbon-free source of energy. Investments i...

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Q&A With Responsible Pension Investment Expert Thomas Croft

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Simmons Mattress, Westwood Capital, Sup-Prime Mortgages, Packaging Holdings Corp., MEPT Fund, Green Jobs, Social Security, Shadow Bank Robbers, Blue Ridge Paper Products, Obama Administration, Lynn Williams, Billy Joel, University of Pittsburgh, Kevin Phillips, Aig, KPS Capital Partners Fund, Hedge Funds, Crack Finance, Kkr, Bethlehem Steel, Pension Funds, Dean Baker, Financialization, Working Capital, Pension, AFL-CIO Investment Trusts, Private Equity, Up From Wall Street, Pennsylvania Public Pension Fund, Ponzi Scheme, Calpers, Fdr, Apollo Partners, Employee-Stockholders, Cmu, Thomas Croft, Wall Street, Blackstone Partners, Linens ‘N Things, Meadwestvaco, Mervyn’s, Business News

It's incredible how much we don't know when it comes to the investment practices and trends that affect workers' retirement assets and other institutional savings.

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Obama Nominees Still Being Stalled By Republicans

The New York Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nominations, Obama Nominations, Confirmations, Nominees, Obama Administration, Obama, Nomination Process, Obama Confirmations, Confirmation Hearings, Obama Nominees, Obama Administration Picks, Confirmation Process, Politics News

Almost every day, the news releases go up on the White House Web site and go out to reporters: "President Obama announces more key administration post...

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Senate Democrats Tell White House: Drop Cap And Trade Climate Change Bill

Politico | Posted 12.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Senate, White House, Barack Obama, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, Environment, Green, Obama Administration, US Senate, Obama Cap and Trade, Green News

Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any e...

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Left, Right & Center: A Look Back at 2009

Huff Radio | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, U.S. Economy, Global Economy, 2009, Barack Obama, Politics News

Was the Obama presidency the biggest story of 2009 or was it the economy?

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Fannie And Freddie Receive Unlimited Future Funds To Stay Afloat

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 12.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Freddie Mac, Fannie Freddie, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Banks, Financial Crisis, Fannie Mae, Obama Administration, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Business News

NEW YORK — The government has handed its ATM card to beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury Department said Thurs...

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The Democrats' Authoritarian Health "Reform" Bill and the Ascendency of Corporatism in the Democratic Party

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

From the moment he was elected, Obama has governed not as a progressive liberal but as a corporatist liberal. Progressive liberals hoped Obama would be like FDR. Instead, he's been like Bill Clinton on steroids.

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Obama Won't Push Equal Rights Law in the Right Direction

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 12.25.2009 | Politics

While the Obama administration pretends that the law is a concrete inflexible animal incapable of multiple interpretations, LGBT rights in this country continue to languish. Strong leadership is needed.

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Obama Defends Himself Against Black Critics

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Race Issues, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Race, Health Care, African Americans, African-American Issues, American Urban Radio Networks, Obama American Urban Radio Networks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday rebutted critics who say he isn't showing enough compassion toward black America, citing his healt...

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Baucus and Hill 57 Victims of 30 Year Chemical War

Melinda Gopher | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Baucus Legacy, Hill 57, Montana Democrats, Obama Administration, Racism, Health Care Reform, Interparty Racism, Jim Messina, Politics News

At 1:00 a.m. EST, December 21, 2009 -- The U.S. Senate passed a procedural vote on the chamber's health care legislation. The bill intends to generat...

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Tarmac Delays Limited: Government Imposes 3-Hour Limit

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 12.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarmac Stranding, Tarmac Limit, Transportation Department, Holiday Travel, Obama Administration, Tarmac Delays, Airlines, Business News

WASHINGTON — Stinky toilets, crying babies, airless cabins – the Obama administration said Monday passengers don't have to take it any mor...

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Cartoon: Obama's Predicament

Sunil Adam | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

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Uganda's Anti-Gay Law: Opposition Grounded in Bipartisan Confluence of Human Rights and Public Health

Dr. Mark Dybul | Posted 12.19.2009 | World

Read More: Unaids, Uganda, Anti-Gay Laws, Hiv, Africa, Rick Warren, Obama, Obama Administration, Aids, AIDS in Africa, World News

Gay men and women cannot be legislated out of existence. The practical impact of a proposed anti-gay law will be to undermine Uganda's efforts to combat its HIV epidemic.

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Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Congress, Copenhagen, Science, Climate and Energy, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News

Today, as world leaders, led by President Obama, struggled deep into the night on a plan to fight climate change, a handful of U.S. senators at home w...

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Poor Women in California Can Expect a Lump of Coal From the Government This Holiday Season

Pedro Nava | Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Legislative Women's Caucus, Women's Issues, Breast Cancer Screenings, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Every Women Counts Program, Obama Administration, Breast Cancer, California Legislature, Breast Cancer Awareness, California, Governor Schwarzenegger, Cancer Registry, Women and Politics, Women's Health, US Preventive Services Task Force, Breast Cancer Prevention, Healthcare, California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles News

Schwarzenegger and the California Department of Public Health have embraced the holiday season with a new set of proposed rules that will abandon low-income women.

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Obama Administration Denies Lesbian Spousal Benefits Despite Judge's Finding

The Advocate | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Opm, Gay Rights, Obama Administration, Karen Golinski, Office of Personnel Management, San Francisco, Health Care, Gay Issues, Health Benefits, Politics News

The Office of Personnel Management has concluded that it does not have the legal authority to provide benefits to the spouse of Karen Golinski, a staf...

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Why Pakistanis Don't Like Us: 'Crazy' Times in Islamabad

Rob Asghar | Posted 12.18.2009 | World

Read More: Bush Administration, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Pakistan Democracy, World News

Pakistani President Asif Zardari is being pressured to leave office in the wake of a high court ruling in Islamabad. This poses a dilemma for Washington as the U.S. government seeks to help stabilize Pakistan.

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A Gitmo Christmas Carol: Say 'Bah Humbug' to Cheney (Video)

Danielle Celena Belton | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, New Security Action, Vice President Dick Cheney, Christmas, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Obama Gitmo, Obama Administration, Dick Cheney Torture, Gitmo Detainees, Gitmo, Dick Cheney, Detainees, Politics News

New Security Action released this video over the holidays as part of a concerted effort to call for the closing of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Here are some facts about the prison at Guantanamo Bay:

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Dorgan Accuses White House of Unethically Politicizing Safety Warnings From the FDA

David Sirota | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Byron Dorgan, Obama Administration, White House, Fda, Politics News

It's one thing for the White House to oppose or a measure. But if the White House political staff played ventriloquist for a science/safety declaration from the FDA, that's a huge problem.

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Swinging Senators to Be

Shawn Healy | Posted 12.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jacob Meister, Thomson Correctional Center, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Mark Kirk, Cheryle Jackson, Public Option, Rod Blagojevich, Financial Overhaul, Alexi Giannoulias, Obama Administration, Health Care Reform, David Hoffman, Afghanistan War, Chicago News

Attendees of the Union League Club's Dem Senatorial Forum were treated to candidates largely in agreement, but whose actions show little evidence they have been infected by the holiday spirit.

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Rape of the American Taxpayer

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Obama Administration, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Taxpayers, Citigroup, Politics News

I used to have a bumper sticker on my truck that read, "If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention." This sentiment was specifically aimed...

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A 10-Point Plan to Drive Down Health Care Costs & Expand Coverage

Bradford Kane | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Health Care Costs, Obama Administration, Compromise, Health Insurance, Bipartisan, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Whether or not they realize it, families, individuals, and businesses need competition and a system that affordably serves everyone, in order to stabilize the scope and cost of coverage.

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